3 January 152195 ThesesMartin Luther
Burns the papal bull condemning his 95 theses & is excommunicated by Pope Leo X
Historical records for Germany in 1521, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Burns the papal bull condemning his 95 theses & is excommunicated by Pope Leo X
Burns the papal bull condemning his 95 theses & is excommunicated by Pope Leo X
Burns the papal bull condemning his 95 theses & is excommunicated by Pope Leo X
Burns the papal bull condemning his 95 theses & is excommunicated by Pope Leo X
Summoned to appear at the Diet of Worms
The German Princes come out in Luthers favour. Rejects the belief that bread & wine can become the body & blood of Christ. Charles V opens a Diet to discuss what to do with Luther. Challenges the papal claim to be the sole authority on the scriptures
Tried before the Emperor at the Diet of Worms & put under the ban of the Empire
Protects Martin Luther at Wartburg Castle after the Diet of Worms.
Arranges Luther's protective custody at Wartburg Castle.
Charles issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw, banning his writings, and requiring his arrest: "We want him to be apprehended and punished as a notorious heretic"
Despite the agreement at the Diet of Worms that Luther could return home safely, it was privately understood that Luther would soon be arrested and punished. To protect him from this fate, Prince Frederick seized him on his way home and hid him in Wartburg Castle. It was during his time in Wartburg that Luther began his German translation of the Bible
Despite the agreement at the Diet of Worms that Luther could return home safely, it was privately understood that Luther would soon be arrested and punished. To protect him from this fate, Prince Frederick seized him on his way home and hid him in Wartburg Castle. It was during his time in Wartburg that Luther began his German translation of the Bible
Martin Luther's powerful testimony of faith at the Diet of Worms in 1521 made an indelible impression upon the mind of George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, who turned his eyes to the new faith earlier than any other German prince or any other member of the House of Hohenzollern
When Luther eventually reemerged from the Wartburg, the emperor, distracted with other matters, did not press for Luther's arrest. Ultimately, because of rising public support for Luther among the German people and the protection of certain German princes, the Edict of Worms was never enforced in Germany
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
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
Captured for his own safety by Duke Frederick of Saxony
Luther appears at the Diet before Charles V to to answer charges of heresy
On refusing to recant Luther is declared a heretic and is excommunicated by Pope Leo X
The Papal nuncio at the Diet, Girolamo Aleandro, draws up and proposes the fierce denunciations of Luther embodied in the edict, which permitted anyone to kill Luther without legal consequence
On refusing to recant Luther is declared a heretic and is excommunicated by Pope Leo X
The Papal nuncio at the Diet, Girolamo Aleandro, draws up and proposes the fierce denunciations of Luther embodied in the edict, which permitted anyone to kill Luther without legal consequence
Luther appears at the Diet before Charles V to to answer charges of heresy
On refusing to recant Luther is declared a heretic and is excommunicated by Pope Leo X
Prince Frederick seizes Luther and hides him in Wartenberg Castle, during his time in Wartenberg Luther begins his German translation of the Bible
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