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1483 - 1546Life of German priest, theologian, and reformer Martin Luther.
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1501Martin Luther enters the University of Erfurt, studying law, but switches to philosophy.
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1505Martin Luther drops out of university to become a monk after making a vow to Saint Anne to save him during a storm.
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1512Martin Luther receives his doctorate in theology and is a member of the faculty of the University at Wittenberg.
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c. 1513Martin Luther is inspired by scripture to claim that faith, not works, justifies one for salvation.
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31 Oct 1517 - 1517Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Church.
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1521Martin Luther is excommunicated as a heretic by the Church.
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18 Apr 1521Martin Luther refuses to recant at the Diet of Worms, is branded an outlaw.
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c. 1524The Dutch Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus publishes his De Libero Animo, an argument on free will directed against Martin Luther.
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1525Martin Luther is married to former nun Katharina von Bora.
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1534Martin Luther publishes the complete Bible in German which becomes a best-seller.
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1546Martin Luther dies of a stroke at his hometown of Eisleben.
