Social and political events of Luther's time

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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

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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