Protestant Reformation

  • 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