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| November 10, 1483 |
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Luther is Born in Eisleben |
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| 1484 Early Summer |
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Family moved to Mansfeld |
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1490 |
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| March 12, 1491 |
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Luther begins school at Mansfel Lateinschule |
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| 1498 Spring |
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Luther goes to school in Eisenach |
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1500 |
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| May 1501 |
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Luther enters University of Erfurt |
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| September 29, 1502 |
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Luther receives Baccalaureate degree and begins studying for his Masters |
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| January 1505 |
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Luther receives his Masters degree |
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| May 19, 1505 |
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Luther begins law school at University of Erfurt |
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| July 2, 1505 |
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Luther is caught by a thunderstorm on the way back to Erfurt from his parent's house and is nearly struck by lightning |
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| July 17, 1505 |
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Luther enters the Black Monastery in Erfurt |
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| 1507 |
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Luther begins study of theology at the University of Erfurt |
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| April 3, 1507 |
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Luther is ordained to priesthood |
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1510 |
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| November 1510 |
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Luther leaves on a journey to Rome |
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| April 1511 |
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Luther returns to Erfurt from Rome. He is transferred to Wittenberg and moves into the newly constructed(Augustinian) Black Cloister |
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| October 1512 |
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Luther becomes Doctor of Theology |
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| 1514 |
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Luther becomes priest for Wittenberg's city church |
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| January 4, 1515 |
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Luther begins an interview with papal chamberlain, Carl von Miltitz in Altenberg |
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| January 6, 1515 |
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Luther ends his interview with Miltitz |
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| 1517 |
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Johann Tetzel begins selling indulgences on the borders of Saxony |
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| October 31, 1517 |
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Luther posts 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Castle |
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| March 26, 1518 |
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The Disputation at Heidelberg begins |
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| Summer of 1518 |
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The papal court begins an inquisition in Rome in response to Luther's ideas |
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| August 7, 1518 |
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Luther is summoned to Rome to answer charges against him |
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| September 1518 |
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Luther travels to Augsburg for interview with Cajetan |
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| October 12, 1518 |
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Luther begins his interview with Cardinal Cajetan in Augsburg in lieu of going to Rome |
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| October 14, 1518 |
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Luther ends interview with Cajetan |
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| October 20, 1518 |
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Luther flees from Augsburg |
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| October 30, 1518 |
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Luther arrives back in Wittenberg and places himself under the protection of Elector Frederick III ("Frederick the Wise") of Saxony |
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| November 8, 1518 |
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Pope Leo X issues Cum Postquam |
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| December 18, 1518 |
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Luther is ready to go into exile but Frederick decides not to abandon him |
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| July 1519 |
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Leipzig debate between Luther and John Eck. |
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1520 |
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| 1520 |
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Luther writes intensively. Completes A Brief Form of the Ten Commandments; A Brief Form of the Creed; A Brief Form of the Lord's Prayer |
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| January 9, 1520 |
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Rome restarts the inquisition against Luther and his ideas |
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| May 1520 |
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Luther writes his Treatise on Good Works |
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| June 11, 1520 |
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Luther writes The Papacy in Rome |
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| June 1520 |
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Luther writes The Open Letter to the Christian Letter to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation |
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| June 15, 1520 |
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Pope Leo X issues bull of excommunication against Luther. He has 60 days to recant. |
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| August 1520 |
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Address to the German Nobility |
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| September 1520 |
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Johann Eck posts the bull of excommunication throughout Saxony. |
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| October 6, 1520 |
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Luther writes The Babylonian Captivity |
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| October 12, 1520 |
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Luther's books are burned in Colgne. Burning of his book in other cities follow thereafter. |
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| November 20, 1520 |
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Luther writes Freedom of the Christian Man and publishes it along with an open letter to Pope Leo X. |
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| December 10, 1520 |
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Luther burns papal documents along with books of church law and books written by his enemies outside the walls of the city |
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| January 1521 |
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Diet of Worms opens |
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| Janauary 3, 1521 |
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Luther is excommunicated in the bull Decet Romanun Pontificem |
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| March 6, 1521 |
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The Emperor Charles V summons Luther to appear before the Diet of Worms |
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| April 6, 1521 |
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Luther travels to Worms |
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| April 15, 1521 |
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Luther enters Worms. A crowd has gathered and cheer for him. |
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| April 17, 1521 |
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The first hearing of the Diet of Worms |
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| April 18, 1521 |
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The second hearing of the Diet of Worms |
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| April 25, 1521 |
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The Diet of Worms is dismissed |
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| April 26, 1521 |
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Luther leaves Worms as quietly as possible |
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| May 4, 1521 |
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Luther is "kidnapped" on his way home from Worms. He is taken to Wartburg |
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| May 10, 1521 |
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Luther arrives at Wartburg castle. He hides there for 11 months, from May 4, 1521 to February 29, 1522. |
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| May 26, 1521 |
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Edict of Worms is issued. |
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| December 1521 |
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A ban is issued against Luther and his followers |
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| 1522 |
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Numerous changes take place in Wittenberg. Monks refuse to say private mass, the minister marries, and students destroy the altar at the Franciscan monastery. |
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| Febrary 1522 |
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The ban on Luther and his followers is lifted |
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| March 1-5, 1522 |
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Luther leaves Wartburg and travels to Wittenberg accompanied by several knights |
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| September 21, 1522 |
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Luther publishes the German New Testament |
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| April 18, 1523 |
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The General Council of the Diet of Nürnberg instructs the princes of the Edict of Worms |
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| July 1, 1523 |
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The first Protestant martyrs are burned in Brussels |
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| 1524 |
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The Third Imperial diet of Nürnberg renews the banishment of Luther. |
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| 1524 |
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Luther publishes Wittenberg Gesangbuch, a hymnbook for church use |
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| 1524 |
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Peasants rise up in southwest Germany. They claim to follow the teachings of Luther and demand better economic conditions. |
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| April 5, 1525 |
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Katherine von Bora along with several other nuns leave the Nimbschen Cistercian Cloister. |
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| May 1525 |
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Against the Robbing & Murdering Hordes |
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| May 13, 1525 |
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Luther is betrothed to Katherine von Bora |
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| May 15, 1525 |
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At the Battle of Frankenhausen, 50,000 peasants are killed. Most of the crops, hundreds of villages, and 1000 castles and monasteries are destroyed. Almost 100,000 died. Protestant ministers are hanged. |
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| June 13, 1525 |
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Luther marries Katherine von Bora. They take residence in the Black Cloister. |
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| December 1525 |
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Luther's Bondage of the Will against Erasmus |
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| January 1526 |
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The First Imperial Diet of Spires makes Protestant reforms legal. The Diet suspends the Edict of Worms. |
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| June 7, 1526 |
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Hans(John) Luther II is born to Martin and Katherine |
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| Summer 1527 |
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Luther Writes |
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| December 1, 1527 |
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Elizabeth Luther is born to Martin and Katherine |
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| March 1528 |
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Confession of the Lord's Supper against Zwingli |
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| May 4, 1528 |
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Elizabeth Luther dies |
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| March 1529 |
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Luther publishes the Small Catechism |
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| May 4, 1529 |
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Luther publishes the Large Catechism |
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| May 4, 1529 |
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Magdalena Luther is born |
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| October 1, 1529 |
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The Marburg Colloquy begins. German and Swiss theologians try to form a theological statement they can both agree on. |
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1530 |
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| April 8, 1530 |
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The Diet of Augsburg convenes. Holy Roman Emperor Charles V summons the German Lutheran nobility to Augsburg to account for their "Lutheran" views. |
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| May 1, 1530 |
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Hans Luther, Martin's father, dies |
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| June 25, 1530 |
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The Augsburg Confession - Luther at Coburg |
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| November 19, 1530 |
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The Diet of Augsburg ends. Charles V gives the Protestants until April of 1531 to submit to him and the Catholic Church's authority. |
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| 1531 |
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Margaretta Luther dies (Martin's mother) |
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| November 9, 1531 |
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Martin Luther, Jr. is born |
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| 1532 |
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The Religious Peace of Nümberg grants German Protestants freedom of religion until further notice |
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| January 29, 1533 |
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Paul Luther is born |
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| October 1534 |
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Luther publishes the first edition of the German Bible |
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| December 17, 1534 |
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Margarethe Luther is born |
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| May 1536 |
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Wittenburg Concord with the Swiss - Bucer |
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| January 1537 |
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The Smalcald Articles |
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| February 9, 1537 |
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The Bundestag at Schmalkald begins. Luther attends and issues the Schmalkaldic Articles, as a statement of the Lutheran doctrine. |
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| November 1, 1539 |
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Katherine Luther has a miscarriage |
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1540 |
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| 1541 |
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Luther writes "Lord Keep Us Steadfast in Thy Word" |
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| September 20, 1542 |
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Magdelena(Luther's daughter) dies |
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| January 1543 |
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Against the Jews |
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| January 17, 1546 |
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Luther is called to mediate between Gebherd and Albert |
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| February 17, 1546 |
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Luther dies of heart failure |
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| February 20, 1546 |
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Luther's coffin is moved to Wittenberg |
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| February 22, 1546 |
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Luther's funeral is held in the castle church in Wittenberg. Johannes Bugenhagen gives the funeral oration. |
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1550 |
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This document was compiled by Professor Richard E. Muller on March 15, 1984.
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