Protestant Traditions Timeline By Ger1016 Period: 313 to 410 Imperial Chruch 325 Nicean Creed Formed Period: 410 to Jan 1, 1054 Early Middle Ages Jan 1, 1054 The Great Schism Period: Jan 1, 1054 to Jan 1, 1307 High Middle Ages Period: Jan 1, 1095 to Jan 1, 1291 The Great Crusades Period: Jan 1, 1198 to Jan 1, 1216 Papal Rule of Innocent III Period: Jan 1, 1307 to Jan 1, 1500 Changes and Decline Period: Jan 1, 1307 to Jan 1, 1377 Avignon Papacy Period: Jan 1, 1378 to Jan 1, 1418 Great Western Schism Jan 1, 1456 Johannes Gutenberg Invents the Printing Press Jan 1, 1483 The Birth of Luther Jan 1, 1484 Ulrich Zwingli is Born in Swiss Village Jan 1, 1491 Birth of King Henry VIII Jan 1, 1505 At Age 22 - Luther Joins Augustinian Monastery at Erfurt Jul 10, 1509 John Calvin Born in Noyon, France Jan 1, 1512 Luther Receives Doctorate of Theology Jan 1, 1513 Luther Begins Lecture on Psalms Jan 1, 1515 Luther Began Lecturing on the Epistle and Discovered His Difficulties in His Faith in Christ Jan 1, 1516 Mary I Birth Oct 31, 1517 Luther Publishes His Ninety-Five Theses on the Eve of All Saints Beginning of Protestant Reformation Jan 1, 1518 Zwingli Becomes a Priest in Zurich Jan 1, 1521 Diet of Worms Jan 1, 1523 Imperial Diet Meets Again @ Nuremberg Jan 21, 1525 Grebel Baptized Blaurock in the Square of Zurich Jan 1, 1526 Diet of Spire Formally Withdraws the Edict of Worms Jan 1, 1527 Imperial Troops (German and Spanish) Invade Italy and March on Rome Jan 1, 1528 Charles V Orders the Death Penalty for Anabaptists Jan 1, 1529 The Second Diet of Spire Takes Place Jan 1, 1530 Charles V Attends Diet of Augsburg in Germany Oct 1, 1531 Five Catholic Cantons Joined a Surprise Attack on Zurich Jan 1, 1532 Peace of Nuremberg is Signed Jan 1, 1533 Elizabeth I is Born Jan 1, 1534 King Henry VIII is Monarch and Head of Church of England Jan 1, 1536 Menno Simmons Embraces Anabaptism Jan 1, 1537 Birth of Edward VI of England Jan 1, 1546 Death of Martin Luther Jan 1, 1547 King Henry VIII of England Dies Jan 1, 1549 Book of Common Prayer is Adopted by English Church Jan 1, 1553 Edward VI Death Jan 1, 1558 Mary I Death Jan 1, 1571 The Thirty-Nine Articles Are Published Jan 1, 1603 Elizabeth I Dies Jan 1, 1606 Pastor John Smyth Broke Away From the Church of England Jan 1, 1607 First Holy Communion of the New World is Held in Jamestown, Virginia Jan 1, 1609 Earliest Known Baptist Church-Amsterdam Jan 1, 1609 John Smyth Baptizes Himself and Others Period: Jan 1, 1618 to Jan 1, 1619 Synod of Dort Jan 1, 1636 Rhode Island is Founded by Roger Williams Jan 1, 1639 Roger Williams Starts a Baptist Church in Providence, RI Jan 1, 1639 John Clarke Starts Baptist Church in Newport, RI Jan 1, 1640 George Fox Discovers the Quakers Jan 1, 1662 Quaker Act is Passed Period: Jan 1, 1662 to Jan 1, 1664 Quaker Prosecutions Throughout England Jan 1, 1664 Conveticle Act Jan 1, 1682 William Penn Founded Pennsylvania Period: Jan 1, 1729 to Jan 1, 1735 John Wesley's Holy Club @ Oxford Period: Jan 1, 1730 to Jan 1, 1740 The First Great Awakening Jan 1, 1770 George Whitefield Dies Jan 1, 1784 The Book of Common Prayer is Ammended Period: Jan 1, 1790 to Jan 1, 1840 The Second Great Awakening Jan 1, 1791 John Wesley Dies Jan 1, 1791 Methodism Splits From Anglicanism Dec 23, 1805 Birth of Joseph Smith, Jr. in Vermont Jan 1, 1844 Assasination of Jospeh Smith, Jr. Jan 1, 1852 William Booth Begins His Ministerial Career Period: Jan 1, 1858 to Jan 1, 1908 Third Great Awakening Jan 1, 1865 William and Catherine Booth Founded the Salvation Army Jan 1, 1878 A Quasi Military Command Orders Deployment of the Salvationists Feb 4, 1906 Birth of Dietrich Bonhoeffer Nov 9, 1938 Kristallnacht Jan 1, 1945 Dietrich Bonhoeffer Dies Mar 2, 2022 Pope Leo III Crowns Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor