Martin Luther and the Reformation

By geaphinney
  • 1483

    Martin Luther is born

  • 1501

    Matin Luther starts to study law

  • 1505

    Martin Luther is struck by lightining

    he says that he will become a munk and is saved. He worked hard to please the church but he couldn't
  • 1517

    Nailed 95 theses onto church doors

    These were later translated from latin to german
  • 1517

    Translated the Bible from Latin to German

    Did this so everyone could read the bible and interpet it themselfes
  • 1521

    Told to take back his teachings by the German Emporer

    Emporer declared him an outlaw and anyone could kill him without punishment
  • 1521

    Was taken into hiding

    Where he translated the bible from Greek to German
  • Period: 1522 to

    Luther’s teachings inspired a new religion - Lutheranism

  • Period: 1522 to

    Lutheranism continued to challenge the church’s ideas