Luther and the Reformation in Germany Timeline

By Jacobhj
  • 1510

    1510

    Luther is sent to Rome on monastic business and sees the corruption of the Church.
  • 1517

    1517

    Luther posts his 95 theses on a church door in Wittenburg in Germany, formally beginning the Protestant Reformation in Europe
  • 1518

    1518

    Luther defends his beliefs in front of Augustinians, and refuses to recant. Frederick the Wise protects him from being handed over to Rome.
  • 1519

    1519

    Luther debates papal infallibility and begins a New Testament sermon series.
  • 1520

    1520

    Luther is told by papal bull to recant within 60 days or be excommunicated, but he instead burns the bull and writes three texts
  • 1527

    1527

    First Protestant university founded in Marburg.
  • 1528

    1528

    Simon Fish finishes writing his ‘A Supplication for the Beggars’ in Antwerp
  • 1530

    1530

    Philipp Melanchthon, a collaborator with Luther, presents the Augsburg Confession, a statement of Lutheran arguments. The Schmalkadic League is formed by Protestants against the Emperor Charles V.
  • 1539

    1539

    Frankfurt declares a truce between Catholic and Protestant areas.
  • 1545

    1545

    Luther writes Against the Papacy at Rome.
  • 1546

    1546

    Luther dies.
  • 1562

    1563

    Publication of John Foxe’s Book of Martyrs.