luther

By binglonglei
  • Oct 10, 1483

    born

    Martin Luther, German: 10 November 1483
  • 1484

    early life

    His family moved to Mansfeld in 1484
  • 1501

    early life

    In 1501, at the age of 17, he entered the University of Erfurt
  • Apr 3, 1507

    Early and academic life

    On 3 April 1507, Jerome Schultz lat.Hieronymus Scultetus, the Bishop of Brandenburg, ordained Luther in Erfurt Cathedral. In 1508, von Staupitz, first dean of the newly founded University of Wittenberg, sent for Luther, to teach theology. He received a bachelor's degree in Biblical studies on 9 March 1508, and another bachelor's degree in the Sentences by Peter Lombard in 1509.
  • 1516

    Start of the Reformation

  • Apr 18, 1521

    Diet of Worms

  • 1523

    Marriage

    Katharina von Bora, Luther's wife, by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1526.
    Martin Luther married Katharina von Bora, one of 12 nuns he had helped escape from the Nimbschen Cistercian convent in April 1523,
  • 1526

    Organising the church

    From 1525 to 1529, he established a supervisory church body, laid down a new form of worship service,
  • 1531

    Final years

  • Feb 18, 1546

    death