Dublin Core
Title
Social and political events of Luther's time
Subject
Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
Reformation
Description
Important milestones during and part of the Protestant Reformation.
Creator
University of Arizona Libraries
Publisher
University of Arizona Libraries
Date
2017
Rights
Permission to use must be obtained from the University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections.
Format
PNG
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
social-timeline_theme1
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Timeline
1492 - Christopher Columbus lands in the Americas
1502 - University of Wittenberg founded
1507 - Indulgence for rebuilding of St. Peter’s in Rome offered by Pope Julius II
1516 - Erasmus publishes His Greek-Latin New Testament
1518 - Erasmus publishes Colloquia, his masterly work on abuses in church practices
1521 - Imperial Diet of Worms
1523 - First martyrs of the Reformation burned at the stake in Brussels
1524-26 - Peasant Revolt in Germany, ends with their catastrophic defeat at Frankenhausen
1529 - Diet of Speyer; German princes protest against Catholic majority and are labeled “Protestants”; princes form Schmalkaldic League
1534 - Society of Jesus (Jesuits) founded by Ignatius of Loyola to confront Protestants
1536 - John Calvin publishes his Institutes of the Christian Religion, outlining his theology
1540 - Pope Paul III approves Jesuits Order
1543 - Nicolaus Copernicus publishes De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium
1545-63 - Council of Trent convened, defines Catholic theology against Protestants
1555 - Peace of Augsburg legalizes Lutheranism within the empire
1502 - University of Wittenberg founded
1507 - Indulgence for rebuilding of St. Peter’s in Rome offered by Pope Julius II
1516 - Erasmus publishes His Greek-Latin New Testament
1518 - Erasmus publishes Colloquia, his masterly work on abuses in church practices
1521 - Imperial Diet of Worms
1523 - First martyrs of the Reformation burned at the stake in Brussels
1524-26 - Peasant Revolt in Germany, ends with their catastrophic defeat at Frankenhausen
1529 - Diet of Speyer; German princes protest against Catholic majority and are labeled “Protestants”; princes form Schmalkaldic League
1534 - Society of Jesus (Jesuits) founded by Ignatius of Loyola to confront Protestants
1536 - John Calvin publishes his Institutes of the Christian Religion, outlining his theology
1540 - Pope Paul III approves Jesuits Order
1543 - Nicolaus Copernicus publishes De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium
1545-63 - Council of Trent convened, defines Catholic theology against Protestants
1555 - Peace of Augsburg legalizes Lutheranism within the empire