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Born in Eisleben, Saxony
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Received his Baccaleureat from the University of Erfurt
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Luther had an ephipany while caught in a terrible storm and decided to abandon his plan of becoming a lawyer to become a monk.
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After recieving his doctorate in Theology in 1512, Luther took a position as Theology Professor at the Wittenberg University 'Leucorea'.
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Luther came to new understandings about his relationship with God.
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Pope Leo X introduced more indulgences to pay for the construction of St. Peter's Basilica.
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Luther filed a serious of grievances against the Catholic Church.
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Luther engages in a theological debate in Leipzig with a chief defender of traditional Catholicism, John Eck.
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Pope Leo X warns Luther that he will be excommunicated unless he recants his 95 Theses within sixty days.
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Luther publicly burns the papal bull that threatened him with excommunication.
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Pope Leo X officially excommunicated Luther from the Catholic Church.
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Luther appears before the Diet of Worms and refuses to recant anything in his 95 Theses. He is later declared an outlaw and his writings are banned.
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Luther published his version of the New Testament in German.
