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Becomes a monk and begins studying theology at the university of Erfurt and then Wittenberg.
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Publishes gis 95 theses, critiquing the catholic church's sale of indulgences.
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Charged with heresy in rome for his challenges to church authority.
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Excommunicated by pope leo x and summoned to the diet of worms, where he was declared an outlaw.