Timeline to the Protestant Reformation

  • John Wycliffe translates the bible to vernacular English
    Apr 1, 1382

    John Wycliffe translates the bible to vernacular English

    Wycliffe advocated translation of the Bible into the common vernacular. In 1382 he completed a translation directly from the Vulgate into Middle English – a version now known as Wycliffe's Bible.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Dec 31, 1499

    John Calvin forms the Presbyterian Church in Scotland

    John Calvin was a famous French theologian and a major leader of the Protestant Reformation. He helped popularize the belief in the sovereignty of God in all areas of life, as well as the doctrine of predestination.
  • Fall of Constantinople and The Byzantine Empire
    Apr 29, 1453

    Fall of Constantinople and The Byzantine Empire

    The Fall of Constantinople was the capture of the Byzantine Empire's capital by the Ottoman Empire. The city fell on 29 May 1453, the culmination of a 53-day siege which had begun on 6 April 1453.
  • Martin Luther is born
    Nov 10, 1483

    Martin Luther is born

    Martin Luther was born to Hans Luder and his wife Margarethe on 10 November 1483 in Eisleben, County of Mansfeld in the Holy Roman Empire.
  • Leo X starts indulgence campaign
    1515

    Leo X starts indulgence campaign

    The Pope started a new indulgence campaign to raise money for the rebuilding of St. Peter's Basilica, a church in Rome.
  • Period: Oct 31, 1517 to

    The Protestant Reformation begins

    In 1517, Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses condemning the abuses of the church, among which were the selling of indulgences, which Leo had used to fund the construction of Saint Peter's Basilica. https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation/high-ren-florence-rome/high-renaissance1/a/raphael-pope-leo-x
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    30 Years War Begins

    The Thirty Years' War was a 17th-century religious conflict fought primarily in central Europe.