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Nov 10, 1483
martin
born in 1483 november 10th -
Jul 2, 1505
goes back to school
on 2 July 1505, he was returning to university on horseback after a trip home. During a thunderstorm, a lightning bolt struck near him -
Jul 17, 1505
hard times
on 17 July 1505.[23] One friend blamed the decision on Luther's sadness over the deaths of two friends. -
Oct 29, 1508
teaching theology
in 1508, von Staupitz, first dean of the newly founded University of Wittenberg, sent for Luther, to teach theology -
Oct 29, 1512
was a teacher
Luther taught that salvation and subsequently eternal life is not earned by good deeds but is received only as a free gift of God's grace through faith in Jesus Christ as redeemer from sin -
Oct 29, 1517
Martin
in 1517. His refusal to retract all of his writings at the demand of the Pope -
Oct 31, 1517
wrote dishop
On 31 October 1517, Luther wrote to his bishop -
Jan 29, 1518
95 theses
It was not until January 1518 that friends of Luther translated the 95 Theses from Latin into German and printed and widely copied them, making the controversy one of the first in history to be aided by the printing press.
