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Jan 1, 1517
Luther puts up 95 Theses
Signals the start of the Protestant Movement. -
Jan 1, 1520
Luther publishes book To the Christrain Nobility of the German Nation
Luther is spreading his belief of throwing off the shackles of the Church via literature -
Jan 1, 1521
Diet of Worms
Luther is excommunicated from the Catholic Church and is officially cut off from the Church -
Jan 1, 1522
Translation of Bible into German language
Allows the Germans to not have to read Latin and be culturally independent -
Jan 1, 1525
Formation of the Anabaptists
Another off-shoot of the Protestant reformation, it weakened the Catholic Church, and in turn strengthened the other Christian Churches -
Jan 1, 1529
Calvanism Founded
Another reformed religion splits off of the Catholic Church -
Jan 1, 1530
Augsburg Confession
Outlines Lutheran theology and practice which allowed for the basis of Lutheranism -
Jan 1, 1533
Initiation of English Reform
Lutheranism gives others basis on which to create their own religion, in this case the Anglican Church of England -
Jan 1, 1534
Society of Jesuit
This is to counter the reformation and to reconvert the converted back to the Catholic Church -
Jan 1, 1536
Dissolution of the Monasteries
This revokes much of the Church's power (political and economical) within England -
Jan 1, 1536
John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion
Was a major attack on the Catholic Church as it listed all of its flaws and portrayed the changed doctrines of Calvinism -
Jan 1, 1545
Council of Trent
Marked the full support of the Catholic Church's idea of Counter-Reformation -
Jan 1, 1549
The Book of Common Prayer
Allowed the Lutheran churches to have a personal book, not use a Catholic book -
Jan 1, 1555
Peace of Augsburg
Major step in Lutheranism as they have secured a foothold within the HRE and are tolerated almost to the point of acceptance -
Jan 1, 1557
Geneva Bible
Was the primary Bible of Protestantism
