Protestant Traditions Timeline

By Ger1016
  • Period: 313 to 410

    Imperial Chruch

  • 325

    Nicean Creed Formed

  • Period: 410 to Jan 1, 1054

    Early Middle Ages

  • Jan 1, 1054

    The Great Schism

  • Period: Jan 1, 1054 to Jan 1, 1307

    High Middle Ages

  • Period: Jan 1, 1095 to Jan 1, 1291

    The Great Crusades

  • Period: Jan 1, 1198 to Jan 1, 1216

    Papal Rule of Innocent III

  • Period: Jan 1, 1307 to Jan 1, 1500

    Changes and Decline

  • Period: Jan 1, 1307 to Jan 1, 1377

    Avignon Papacy

  • Period: Jan 1, 1378 to Jan 1, 1418

    Great Western Schism

  • Jan 1, 1456

    Johannes Gutenberg Invents the Printing Press

    Johannes Gutenberg Invents the Printing Press
  • Jan 1, 1483

    The Birth of Luther

    The Birth of Luther
  • Jan 1, 1484

    Ulrich Zwingli is Born in Swiss Village

  • Jan 1, 1491

    Birth of King Henry VIII

    Birth of King Henry VIII
  • Jan 1, 1505

    At Age 22 - Luther Joins Augustinian Monastery at Erfurt

  • Jul 10, 1509

    John Calvin Born in Noyon, France

    John Calvin Born in Noyon, France
  • Jan 1, 1512

    Luther Receives Doctorate of Theology

    Luther Receives Doctorate of Theology
  • Jan 1, 1513

    Luther Begins Lecture on Psalms

  • Jan 1, 1515

    Luther Began Lecturing on the Epistle and Discovered His Difficulties in His Faith in Christ

  • Jan 1, 1516

    Mary I Birth

    Mary I Birth
  • Oct 31, 1517

    Luther Publishes His Ninety-Five Theses on the Eve of All Saints Beginning of Protestant Reformation

    Luther Publishes His Ninety-Five Theses on the Eve of All Saints Beginning of Protestant Reformation
  • Jan 1, 1518

    Zwingli Becomes a Priest in Zurich

  • Jan 1, 1521

    Diet of Worms

  • Jan 1, 1523

    Imperial Diet Meets Again @ Nuremberg

  • Jan 21, 1525

    Grebel Baptized Blaurock in the Square of Zurich

  • Jan 1, 1526

    Diet of Spire Formally Withdraws the Edict of Worms

  • Jan 1, 1527

    Imperial Troops (German and Spanish) Invade Italy and March on Rome

  • Jan 1, 1528

    Charles V Orders the Death Penalty for Anabaptists

  • Jan 1, 1529

    The Second Diet of Spire Takes Place

  • Jan 1, 1530

    Charles V Attends Diet of Augsburg in Germany

  • Oct 1, 1531

    Five Catholic Cantons Joined a Surprise Attack on Zurich

  • Jan 1, 1532

    Peace of Nuremberg is Signed

  • Jan 1, 1533

    Elizabeth I is Born

    Elizabeth I is Born
  • Jan 1, 1534

    King Henry VIII is Monarch and Head of Church of England

  • Jan 1, 1536

    Menno Simmons Embraces Anabaptism

    Menno Simmons Embraces Anabaptism
  • Jan 1, 1537

    Birth of Edward VI of England

    Birth of Edward VI of England
  • Jan 1, 1546

    Death of Martin Luther

  • Jan 1, 1547

    King Henry VIII of England Dies

  • Jan 1, 1549

    Book of Common Prayer is Adopted by English Church

    Book of Common Prayer is Adopted by English Church
  • Jan 1, 1553

    Edward VI Death

  • Jan 1, 1558

    Mary I Death

  • Jan 1, 1571

    The Thirty-Nine Articles Are Published

  • Elizabeth I Dies

  • Pastor John Smyth Broke Away From the Church of England

  • First Holy Communion of the New World is Held in Jamestown, Virginia

    First Holy Communion of the New World is Held in Jamestown, Virginia
  • Earliest Known Baptist Church-Amsterdam

  • John Smyth Baptizes Himself and Others

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    Synod of Dort

  • Rhode Island is Founded by Roger Williams

    Rhode Island is Founded by Roger Williams
  • Roger Williams Starts a Baptist Church in Providence, RI

  • John Clarke Starts Baptist Church in Newport, RI

  • George Fox Discovers the Quakers

    George Fox Discovers the Quakers
  • Quaker Act is Passed

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    Quaker Prosecutions Throughout England

  • Conveticle Act

  • William Penn Founded Pennsylvania

    William Penn Founded Pennsylvania
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    John Wesley's Holy Club @ Oxford

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    The First Great Awakening

  • George Whitefield Dies

  • The Book of Common Prayer is Ammended

  • Period: to

    The Second Great Awakening

  • John Wesley Dies

  • Methodism Splits From Anglicanism

  • Birth of Joseph Smith, Jr. in Vermont

    Birth of Joseph Smith, Jr. in Vermont
  • Assasination of Jospeh Smith, Jr.

  • William Booth Begins His Ministerial Career

    William Booth Begins His Ministerial Career
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    Third Great Awakening

  • William and Catherine Booth Founded the Salvation Army

    William and Catherine Booth Founded the Salvation Army
  • A Quasi Military Command Orders Deployment of the Salvationists

  • Birth of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

    Birth of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
  • Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht
  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer Dies

  • Pope Leo III Crowns Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor