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1466
Birth
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1470
Began Education
Age 4 -
1475
Latin Grammar School
Age 9 -
1483
Death of Parents via the Black Death
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1492
Poverty forces Erasmus to become a monk
Ordained a Catholic priest. -
1499
Travels to England
Met Tomas Moore and John Colet, who influenced him, stays 10 years in France, England, and the Netherlands. -
1516
Translates New Testament into Greek
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1517
Luther posts the 95 Theses
Next 10 years, Erasmus debates over human nature. -
1536
Death