Protestant Reformation By isabella_t10 Period: 1463 to 1525 Frederick the Wise of Saxony Period: 1483 to 1546 Martin Luther Period: 1484 to 1531 Ulrich Zwingli Period: 1491 to 1547 Henry VIII 1499 Confederation of the Swiss Sates won independence from the Holy Roman Empire Period: 1500 to 1558 Charles V 1509 "The Praise of Folly" Period: 1509 to 1564 John Calvin Period: 1516 to 1558 Bloody Mary 1517 Luther posts his 95 theses 1521 Diet + Edict of worms 1521 Pope Leo excommunicates Luther 1523 City Council of Zurich holds a public debate between Zwingli supporters in Government vs Catholics in Government. 1524 Peasant revolt 1529 Ulrich and Luther consider joining faiths 1531 Religious Civil War in Switzerland 1533 Archbishop annuls the marriage of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon 1534 English Act of Supremacy 1536 "Institutes of the Protestant religion" (Calvin) 1555 Peace of Augsburg