Luther, Calvin and the Protestant Reformation

1517-1522 Luther’s “Ninety-Five Thesis” is published in 1517, and translated into both German and English by 1522.

1529 Ulrich Zwingli of Switzerland and Martin Luther exchange ideas regarding the Reformation; both come to agreement on many issues yet remained divided on the interpretation of the Eucharist.

1534 Henry VIII split’s from the Catholic Church and establishes Anglicanism.

1536 Henry VIII presents the Dissolution of the Monasteries and deteriorates Catholic influence in England. Calvin publishes his Institutes on the Christian Religion.

1545-1563 Council of Trent; Counter-Reformation is put in motion. Martin Luther dies in 1546.

1560 The Geneva Bible is created, becoming the first English-translated bible and the authorized bible of Great Britain.

1564 Calvin dies.

1611 King James Bible is published, succeeding the Geneva Bible.

1618 Synod of Dort, an international church meeting held by the Dutch Reformed Church. This meeting was in response to the rise of Arminianism, in which the views held by Jacob Arminius were rejected by the Synod.

1618-1648 Thirty-Years War in central Europe commences.

1682 William Penn founds the state of Pennsylvania in North America, in the hope of creating a state for religious freedom.