Reformation

By jprahlow
  • Nov 10, 1483

    Martin Luther is born

    Martin Luther was born in Eisleben,which is in eastern Germany, on November 10, 1483.
  • Nov 11, 1483

    Martin Luther was baptized

  • Period: Nov 24, 1483 to Feb 24, 1546

    Reformation period

  • Jan 1, 1501

    Martin Luther enrolls in the University of Erfurt

    Martin Luther enrolls in the University of Erfurt to study grammer, logic, rhetoric, and metaphysics. The exact date is not known.
  • Jul 6, 1505

    Martin Luther makes a vow to be a monk

    Martin Luther was caught in a huge thunderstorm and, since he was afraid for his life, he made a vow to St. Anne to become a monk if he was saved.
  • Jul 17, 1505

    Martin Luther enters the monastary.

    Martin Luther enters the Augustinian monastary at Erfurt on July 17, 1505 to become a monk.
  • Oct 31, 1517

    Martin Luther nails the Ninety-Five Theses to the chuch door

    Martin Luther nails the Ninety-Five Theses to the church door to reject indulgences and penance.
  • Jun 17, 1520

    a papal bull is issued to Martin Luther

    Martin Luther recives an official letter telling him to recant what he was saying. About this time, the Spnish had spread smallpox to the Aztecs and many of them were sick.
  • Mar 1, 1521

    The Diet of Worms

    Martin Luther was summoned to the Diet of Worms so that he could recant what he said. He is quoted as saying during the trial, "Here I stand, I can do no other."
  • May 8, 1521

    Luther is placed under the Imperial Ban

  • Jun 13, 1525

    Martin Luther is married

    Martin Luther was married to Katherine von Bora, a fomer nun he rescued from a monastary.
  • Feb 18, 1546

    Martin Luther dies