Martin Luther

By atanevski22
  • 1483

    Born

  • 1502

    Luther took the customary course in the liberal arts and received the baccalaureate degree in 1502.

  • 1505

    Luther studied at the University of Erfurt and in 1505 decided to join a monastic order, becoming an Augustinian friar.

  • 1512

    he was awarded his Doctor of Theology

  • 1516

    Works as a part of the Clergy

  • 1517

    Martin Luther is said to have nailed his argument against the Catholic Church's sale of better treatment after death to a church door in Wittenberg

  • 1519

    he wrote a series of pamphlets developing his ideas - 'On Christian Liberty', 'On the Freedom of a Christian Man', 'To the Christian Nobility' and 'On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church'.

  • 1521

    Pope Leo X excommunicated Luther.

  • 1521

    Three months later, Luther was called to defend his beliefs before Holy Roman Emperor Charles V

  • 1522

    Luther returns to Lutherstadt Wittenberg and sets off a series of theological and social reforms, such as education for all.