Martin Luther King Jr. Timeline By berario20 1926 Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15. 1953 Martin Luther King Jr. married Coretta Scott. They had four children. 1963 Martin led a 200,000 person march to protest unfair laws. 1964 Dr. King was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize for his work. 1968 Martin Luther King died in Montgomery, AL. 1983 A holiday was declared to remember MLK Jr. each January.
