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Relic Collection
Builds a famous collection of relics at Wittenberg.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Wittenberg in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Builds a famous collection of relics at Wittenberg.
Founds the University of Wittenberg.
Begins teaching at the university founded by Frederick the Wise.
Luther is said to have posted the 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany
Luther is said to have posted the 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany
His territory becomes the setting for Luther's challenge to indulgences.
Publicly burns the Papal Bull at Wittenberg
Publicly burns the Papal Bull at Wittenberg during the Reformation
Pope Leo X wishes for Martin Luther to recant 41 of these theses, which Luther famously refused to do before the Diet of Worms in 1521, thus symbolically initiating the Protestant reformation
Pope Leo X wishes for Martin Luther to recant 41 of these theses, which Luther famously refused to do before the Diet of Worms in 1521, thus symbolically initiating the Protestant reformation
Allows events to settle after Luther returns from Wartburg.
Publishes a numerical pattern of planetary distances that includes Jupiter's orbit.
Birth of August von Mackensen
Provenance
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