Luther Key Dates

Question 1

1505

Answer 1

Luther abandoned career in Law, joined priesthood

Question 2

1516

Answer 2

Faith Alone ‘sola fide’ idea developed

Question 3

1517

Answer 3

95 Theses produced

Question 4

1521

Answer 4

Refused to back down before Charles at Diet of Worms

Outlawed by Charles V

Luther ‘kidnapped’ by supporter, hidden by Frederick the Wise

Question 5

1522-23

Answer 5

Knights War

Question 6

1524-25

Answer 6

Peasants War

Question 7

1529

Answer 7

Diet of Speyer

Luther produced Large and Small Catechisms

Question 8

1546

Answer 8

Luther dies

Question 9

1547

Answer 9

Battle of Muhlberg

Question 10

1555

Answer 10

Charles V abdicated

Peace of Augsburg

Question 11

1518

Answer 11

Luther summoned to Augsburg, threatened by Cajatan

Diet of Augsburg, German princes referred to Pope as ‘hellhound’

Question 12

1519

Answer 12

Debate with Eck

Developed idea of ‘sola scriptura’

Question 13

1520

Answer 13

Luther excommunicated

Luther’s 3 major pamphlets

Question 14

1388

Answer 14

John Wycliffe produced first vernacular Bible

Question 15

1415

Answer 15

Hussite leader Jan Huss burned for questioning power of Pope

Question 16

1509

Answer 16

Erasmus published ‘In Praise of Folly’, a satirical attack on Church corruption

Question 17

1515

Answer 17

Erasmus finished Greek New Testament, which was used by Luther

Question 18

1522

Answer 18

Luther published German New Testament

Question 19

1525

Answer 19

Luther married Katherine von Bora and began family of 6

Albrecht of Hohenzollern converted to Lutheranism

Question 20

1540

Answer 20

Luther’s reputation damaged, encouraged bigamous marriage of Philip of Hesse

Question 21

1522-29

Answer 21

Charles was absent from Germany

Question 22

1526

Answer 22

Philip of Hesse converted to Lutheranism

Question 23

1527

Answer 23

John, Elector of Saxony converted to Lutheranism