Diet of worms

Protestant Reformation

By mikaylayoung2
  • Period: Mar 1, 1509 to Mar 1, 1547

    English Reformation

    Series of events which lead to the Church of England breaking away from the Catholic church and the Pope.
  • Oct 31, 1517

    95 Theses

    95 Theses
    Martin Luther nails his 95 theses to the door of the Wittenburg Castle Church which outlined 95 things he found wrong with the way the church ran things
  • Jun 5, 1521

    Diet of Worms

    Diet of Worms
    The Diet of Worms was a council to decide the fate of Martin Luther. It was held in Worms, Germany.
  • Oct 11, 1521

    Henry VIII “Defender of the Faith”

    Henry VIII “Defender of the Faith”
    Written to go against what Martin Luther wrote
  • Oct 1, 1529

    Marburg Colloquy

    Marburg Colloquy
    A meeting at Marburg Castle, Marburg, Hesse, Germany that went until October 4th which attempted to solve a disagreement between Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli over the Real Presence of Christ in the Lord's Supper.
  • Jun 25, 1530

    Augsburg confession

    Augsburg confession
    8 articles that constitute the basic confession of the Lutheran churches
  • Feb 27, 1534

    Act of Supremacy

    Act of Supremacy
    Legislation that is still in force today that granted King Henry VIII of England and any monarchs after Royal Supremacy, which means that he was declared the supreme head of the Church of England.
  • Jul 6, 1535

    Execution of Sir Thomas Moore

    Execution of Sir Thomas Moore
    Executed for accepting bribes, treason and creating conspiricies.
  • Feb 29, 1536

    John Calvin “Institutes of Christian Religion

    John Calvin “Institutes of Christian Religion
    John Calvin's work of Protestant systematic theology was published in latin.
  • Oct 6, 1536

    William Tyndale’s Execution

    William Tyndale’s Execution
    Charged with Heresy
  • Sep 27, 1540

    Society of Jesus

    Society of Jesus
    A male religious congregation of the Catholic Church founded by Ignatius of Loyola.
  • Apr 29, 1545

    Council of Trent

    Council of Trent
    held until 1563. Acted as counter-reformation
  • Period: Mar 1, 1550 to

    Roman Inquisition

    System of tribunals during the second half of the 16th century, responsible for prosecuting people accused of many different crimes relating to alternate religious beliefs.
  • Sep 25, 1555

    Peace of Augsburg

    Peace of Augsburg
    First legal basis for both Lutherism and Catholicism to both exist

  • Edict of Nantes

    Edict of Nantes
    Gave Calvinist Protestants of France rights in the country which was at the time still mostly catholic.

  • King James Bible

    King James Bible
    The King James Bible is an English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England that began in 1604 and was completed in 1611.