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The Lutheran Reform Movement
1517-1555
- 1516: Erasmus of Rotterdam publishes the New Testament with a Latin and a Greek text.
- 1483-1546: Martin Luther
- 1517: Luther posts the "95 Theses" on the Wittenburg Church door.
- 1518: Diet of Augsburg.
- 1519: Luther's disputation with Johann Eck in Leipzig.
- 1520: Luther is excommunicated.
- 1521: Luther appears before the Diet of Worms.
- 1524-1525: The Peasant's Revolt in Southern Germany.
- 1529: The Marburg Colloquy: Luther and Zwingli meet to discuss Church reform.
- 1530: Melancthon writes the Augsburg Confession.
- 1536: Denmark and Norway are declared Lutheran.
- 1546: Luther dies.
- 1546-1547: Schmalkaldic War between Emperor Charles V and the Schmalkaldic League.
- 1555: The Peace of Augsburg: Lutherans and given rights equal to Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire.
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