Diet of worms

Protestant Reformation

  • Period: Mar 1, 1509 to Mar 1, 1547

    English Reformation

    Series of events which lead to the Church of England breaking away from the Catholic church and the Pope.
  • 95 Theses
    Oct 31, 1517

    95 Theses

    Martin Luther nails his 95 theses to the door of the Wittenburg Castle Church which outlined 95 things he found wrong with the way the church ran things
  • Diet of Worms
    Jun 5, 1521

    Diet of Worms

    The Diet of Worms was a council to decide the fate of Martin Luther. It was held in Worms, Germany.
  • Henry VIII “Defender of the Faith”
    Oct 11, 1521

    Henry VIII “Defender of the Faith”

    Written to go against what Martin Luther wrote
  • Marburg Colloquy
    Oct 1, 1529

    Marburg Colloquy

    A meeting at Marburg Castle, Marburg, Hesse, Germany that went until October 4th which attempted to solve a disagreement between Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli over the Real Presence of Christ in the Lord's Supper.
  • Augsburg confession
    Jun 25, 1530

    Augsburg confession

    8 articles that constitute the basic confession of the Lutheran churches
  • Act of Supremacy
    Feb 27, 1534

    Act of Supremacy

    Legislation that is still in force today that granted King Henry VIII of England and any monarchs after Royal Supremacy, which means that he was declared the supreme head of the Church of England.
  • Execution of Sir Thomas Moore
    Jul 6, 1535

    Execution of Sir Thomas Moore

    Executed for accepting bribes, treason and creating conspiricies.
  • John Calvin “Institutes of Christian Religion
    Feb 29, 1536

    John Calvin “Institutes of Christian Religion

    John Calvin's work of Protestant systematic theology was published in latin.
  • William Tyndale’s Execution
    Oct 6, 1536

    William Tyndale’s Execution

    Charged with Heresy
  • Society of Jesus
    Sep 27, 1540

    Society of Jesus

    A male religious congregation of the Catholic Church founded by Ignatius of Loyola.
  • Council of Trent
    Apr 29, 1545

    Council of Trent

    held until 1563. Acted as counter-reformation
  • Period: Mar 1, 1550 to

    Roman Inquisition

    System of tribunals during the second half of the 16th century, responsible for prosecuting people accused of many different crimes relating to alternate religious beliefs.
  • Peace of Augsburg
    Sep 25, 1555

    Peace of Augsburg

    First legal basis for both Lutherism and Catholicism to both exist
  • Edict of Nantes

    Edict of Nantes

    Gave Calvinist Protestants of France rights in the country which was at the time still mostly catholic.
  • King James Bible

    King James Bible

    The King James Bible is an English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England that began in 1604 and was completed in 1611.