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Born in Eislben, Germany.
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He was riding on horseback in a thunderstorm, when he was then struck by lightning. He then cried out, "Help! Saint Anna, I will become a monk!"
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Martin Luther entered a closed Augustinian friary in Erfurt.
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As the cause of Martin Luther's excommunication from the Catholic Church, was the main cause of the Protestant Reformation.
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He decided to take a public stand aganist the ations of a friar named Johann Tetzel. Martin Luther posted his 95 theses on the door of the Wittenberg.
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In Wittenberg, Saxony, where Martin Luther nailed the 95 theses to the door of the Catholic Church.
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The Pope warned Martin Luther with the papal bull, that he risked excommunitcation.
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Died in Eisleben, the city of his birth.
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The Reformation led to a series of religous wars such as the Thirty-Years' War. Killing between 25 - 40% of the population.
