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Martin Luther

By _cnakagawa_
  • Nov 10, 1483

    Born in Eisleben, Germany, in 1483

  • 1505

    July 1505

    Luther had a life-changing experience that set him on a new course to becoming a monk.
  • 1513

    1513

    Beginning in 1513, while preparing lectures, Luther read the first line of Psalm 22, which Christ wailed in his cry for mercy on the cross, a cry similar to Luther’s own disillusionment with God and religion.
  • 1517

    1517

    Luther posts his 95 theses.
  • Oct 31, 1517

    October 31, 1517

    Martin Luther, angry with Pope Leo X’s new round of indulgences to help build St. Peter’s Basilica, nailed a sheet of paper with his 95 Theses on the University of Wittenberg’s chapel door.
  • 1519

    July 1519

    In June and July of 1519 Luther publicly declared that the Bible did not give the pope the exclusive right to interpret scripture, which was a direct attack on the authority of the papacy.
  • 1519

    1519

    Leipzig debate
  • 1520

    1520

    Finally, in 1520, the pope had had enough and on June 15 issued an ultimatum threatening Luther with excommunication.
  • 1521

    1521

    Diet of Worms
  • Feb 18, 1546

    1546

    Death