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1483 Born
1501 Martin Luther enters the University of Erfurt.
1512 Martin Luther becomes a doctor of theology .
1512 Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg
1517 Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church
.
1519 Martin Luther questions the infallibility of papal decrees.
1519 Martin Luther joins the debate regarding papal authority against John Eck at Leipzig.
1520 Martin Luther burns a copy of The Book of Cannon Law (see Canon Law
) and his copy of the Papal bull Exsurge Domine.
1521 Pope Leo X
excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull
''Decet Romanum Pontificem''.
1521 18 - Martin Luther is examined before Emperor Charles V
and the German
Diet of Worms
.
1521 Martin Luther leaves Worms and disappears for a year - he is rumored to be murdered but really is in hiding.
1521 The Diet of Worms
ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw.
1525 Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora.
1534 Martin Luther's translation of the New Testament
into German
appears
1543 Martin Luther publishes ''On the Jews and Their Lies''
1546 Died
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