Timeline of the Reformation and Counter Reformation
1419-36 Hosites provoked civil war with the Catholic Church
1483 Luther born
1492 Pope Alexander VI elected pope, probably involving bribery
1494 Oratories of the Divine Love founded
1507 Luther ordained as a priest
1510s Pope Leo X introduced a major indulgences campaign to fund the rebuilding of St Peter’s
1516 Luther publishes his own accurate version of the New Testament in Greek
1517 Luther wrote a letter to the Archbishop of Mainz, ignored as AoM had used funds from
indulgences campaign to pay off debt from bribery to gain role in 1514
31 Oct 1517 Luther posted his 95 Theses
April 1518 Pope Leo X ordered Luther to attend a meeting of the leading figures of the Augustinian Order
1518 Frederick the Wise blocked Luther’s extradition to Rome
Oct 1518 Pope Leo X sent Cardinal Cajetan to meet Luther at Augsburg
July 1519 Leipzig disputation between Luther and Eck
June 1920 Pope Leo X excommunicated Luther
May 1921 Charles V placed Luther under an imperial ban, making him an outlaw
April 1521 Diet of Worms
1521 Luther translates the New Testament into German
1521-29 Charles V absent
1522 von Sickingen declared war on Archbishop of Trier
1522-23 Diet of Nuremberg. Council of Trent called for
1523 Zwingli put forward his 67 Propositions
1523 von Sickingen defeated and knights destroyed
1524 Diet of Ratisbon
1524 Theatines founded, worked among the sick and poor
1524-25 Peasants’ War
1525 Break between the Catholic and Protest churches
1525 Charles V defeated France
1526 Diet of Speyer
1528 Zwingli alliance to pressure the Hapsburgs and expand Protestantism
1528 Capuchins – Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
1528 Pope Clement VII gave Capuchins permission to preach to the poor
July 1929 Protestant ‘Publication of the Protest’ published
1529 First Kappel War
1529 Second Diet of Speyer
1529 Colloquoy of Marburg. Oct meeting arranged between Zwingli and Luther
1530 Diet of Augsburg Recess of Diet
1531 Second Kappel War. Zwingli killed
1531 Protestant doctrine text published
1531 Schmalkaldic League formed under Philip of Hesse
1532 Charles V desperate for assistance with the Turkish offensive in Vienna
1534 Luther published Old Testament
1535 Ursulines founded
1538 Best-known society of priests produced a report on the state of the Catholic Church
1538 Charles V agreed a ten year truce with France
1540 Jesuits founded, approved by Pope Paul III
July 1542 Inquisition established by Pope Paul III
1419-36 Hosites provoked civil war with the Catholic Church
1483 Luther born
1492 Pope Alexander VI elected pope, probably involving bribery
1494 Oratories of the Divine Love founded
1507 Luther ordained as a priest
1510s Pope Leo X introduced a major indulgences campaign to fund the rebuilding of St Peter’s
1516 Luther publishes his own accurate version of the New Testament in Greek
1517 Luther wrote a letter to the Archbishop of Mainz, ignored as AoM had used funds from
indulgences campaign to pay off debt from bribery to gain role in 1514
31 Oct 1517 Luther posted his 95 Theses
April 1518 Pope Leo X ordered Luther to attend a meeting of the leading figures of the Augustinian Order
1518 Frederick the Wise blocked Luther’s extradition to Rome
Oct 1518 Pope Leo X sent Cardinal Cajetan to meet Luther at Augsburg
July 1519 Leipzig disputation between Luther and Eck
June 1920 Pope Leo X excommunicated Luther
May 1921 Charles V placed Luther under an imperial ban, making him an outlaw
April 1521 Diet of Worms
1521 Luther translates the New Testament into German
1521-29 Charles V absent
1522 von Sickingen declared war on Archbishop of Trier
1522-23 Diet of Nuremberg. Council of Trent called for
1523 Zwingli put forward his 67 Propositions
1523 von Sickingen defeated and knights destroyed
1524 Diet of Ratisbon
1524 Theatines founded, worked among the sick and poor
1524-25 Peasants’ War
1525 Break between the Catholic and Protest churches
1525 Charles V defeated France
1526 Diet of Speyer
1528 Zwingli alliance to pressure the Hapsburgs and expand Protestantism
1528 Capuchins – Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
1528 Pope Clement VII gave Capuchins permission to preach to the poor
July 1929 Protestant ‘Publication of the Protest’ published
1529 First Kappel War
1529 Second Diet of Speyer
1529 Colloquoy of Marburg. Oct meeting arranged between Zwingli and Luther
1530 Diet of Augsburg Recess of Diet
1531 Second Kappel War. Zwingli killed
1531 Protestant doctrine text published
1531 Schmalkaldic League formed under Philip of Hesse
1532 Charles V desperate for assistance with the Turkish offensive in Vienna
1534 Luther published Old Testament
1535 Ursulines founded
1538 Best-known society of priests produced a report on the state of the Catholic Church
1538 Charles V agreed a ten year truce with France
1540 Jesuits founded, approved by Pope Paul III
July 1542 Inquisition established by Pope Paul III
