| Year | Magisterial | Pre- |
|---|---|---|
| 1330 | John Wycliffe is born. | |
| 1372 | John Wycliffe receives doctorate in theology from Oxford. Jan Hus is born. | |
| 1375 | Wycliffe writes *On Divine Dominion* | |
| 1376 | Wycliffe writes *On Civil Dominion*. | |
| 1377 | Papal bulls issued demanding Wycliffe stop teaching heresy at Oxford. | |
| 1382 | Wycliffe leaves Oxford to live in his parish in Lutterworth. Wycliffe's teachings are condemned by the Synod of London. | |
| 1384 | John Wycliffe dies. | |
| 1396 | Jan Hus receives master of arts degree from University of Prague. | |
| 1398 | Jan Hus begins lecturing at the University of Prague. | |
| 1402 | Hus becomes preacher at Bethlehem Chapel in Prague. | |
| 1409 | Council of Pisa. [More] | |
| 1410 | Jan Hus is excommunicated. | |
| 1412 | Jan Hus leaves Prague to live in southern Bohemia. Jan Hus writes The Expositions. | |
| 1413 | Jan Hus writes Concerning Simony. | |
| 1414 | Jan Hus summoned to appear at the Council of Constance. [More] Pope Sixtus IV is born. Thomas a Kempis writes, "The Imitation of Christ." | |
| 1415 | Jan Hus is burned at the stake. | |
| 1428 | John Wycliffe's bones are exhumed and burned according to papal command. | |
| 1431 | Pope Alexander VI is born. | |
| 1432 | Pope Innocent VIII is born. | |
| 1436 | Francisco Ximenez (Jimenez) de Cisneros is born. | |
| 1439 | Pope Pius III is born. | |
| 1443 | Pope Julius II is born. | |
| 1445 | Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg is born. | |
| 1452 | Girolamo Savonarola is born. | |
| 1463 | Frederick the Wise, elector of Saxony is born. | |
| 1465 | Johann Tetzel probably born in this year. | |
| 1469 | Tommaso de Vio Gaetani Cajetan is born. | |
| 1473 | Cardinal Ximenez is imprisoned by Alonso de Carrillo archbishop of Toledo. | |
| 1478 | Wolfgang Capito is born. | |
| 1479 | Cardinal Ximenez is released from prison by Archbishop Carrillo. | |
| 1480 | Andreas Rudolf Bodenstein von Karlstadt is born. | |
| 1482 | Johann Oecolampadius is born. | Cardinal Ximenez is appointed vicar- general of Siguenza. Bishop Albert of Bavaria calls for a synod in Strasbourg to address issues of reform. Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg serves as official preacher. |
| 1483 | Luther is born in Eisleben. | |
| 1484 | Ulrich Zwingli is born in St. Gall. Joachim Vadian is born in St Gall. | Cardinal Ximenez enters a convent in Toledo. Pope Sixtus IV dies. |
| 1485 | Johann Bugenhagen born in Pomerania. | |
| 1489 | Guillaume (William) Farel is born. | |
| 1490 | Argula von Grumbach is born. | |
| 1491 | Martin Bucer is born. | |
| 1492 | Berchtold Haller is born. | Cardinal Ximenez is appointed confessor to Queen Isabella I. Pope Innocent VIII dies. |
| 1495 | Cardinal Ximenez begins Catholic reform in Spain | |
| 1497 | Philipp Melanchthon (born Philip Schwartzerdt) is born. Katharina Zell is born. | |
| 1498 | Ulrich Zwingli enrolls at the University of Vienna. Andreas Osiander is born. | |
| 1501 | Joachim Vadian begins studies at the University of Vienna. | |
| 1502 | University of Wittenberg established by Frederick, Elector of Saxony. Ulrich Zwingli transfers to University in Basel. | |
| 1503 | Pope Alexander VI dies. Pope Pius III dies. | |
| 1504 | Ulrich Zwingli receives BA from Basel. Wibrandis Rosenblatt born. Heinrich Bullinger is born. | |
| 1506 | Zwingli receives Master of Arts at University of Basel. Ulrich Zwingli receives MA from Basel. Ulrich Zwingli is ordained and becomes parish priest in Glarus. | |
| 1507 | Cardinal Ximenez is named inquisitor general and becomes a cardinal. | |
| 1508 | Melanchthon begins studies at Pforzheim. Joachim Vadian receives MA from the University of Vienna. | Cardinal Ximenez founds the University of Alcala. |
| 1509 | John Calvin is born. Melanchthon begins studies at Heidelberg. | |
| 1510 | Luther visits Rome. | Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg dies. |
| 1511 | Berchtold Haller receives Masters degree from the University of Cologne. | |
| 1512 | Melanchthon begins studies at T?bingen. | |
| 1513 | Berchtold Haller moves to Bern. | Pope Julius II dies. |
| 1514 | Joachim Vadian begins to study medicine and is crowned poet laureate by the emperor. | |
| 1515 | Battle of Marignano causes Zwingli to preach against mercenary system. | |
| 1516 | Ulrich Zwingli becomes rector of the monastic church at Einsiedeln. Joachim Vadian is appointed rector at the University of Vienna and begins teaching rhetoric. Theodore Beza is born. | |
| 1517 | Joachim Vadian receives doctorate in medicine. Pope Leo X commissions Prierias to respond to Luther's 95 thesis. Prierias' *Dialogus* is sent to Luther who responds with *Responsio.* Luther posts the 95 These to the door of the Wittenberg Castle church. | Cardinal Francisco Ximenez (Jimenez) de Cisneros dies at Roa. |
| 1518 | Ulrich Zwingli becomes priest at the Great Minster in Zurich. Melanchthon begins teaching Greek at Wittenberg. Joachim Vadian resigns from his post at the University of Vienna and returns to St Gall where he is named city physician. Joachim Vadian and Conrad Grebel climb Mount Pilatus together. | |
| 1519 | Leipzig Disputation between Luther and Eck. Karlstadt also debates Eck. [More] Joachim Vadian marries Martha Grebel, Conrad Grebel?s sister. | |
| 1520 | Luther Writes: To the Christian Nobility, On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church, and The Freedom of a Christian Heinrich Bullinger receives BA from University of Cologne. Berchtold Haller is ordained a priest. | |
| 1521 | Edict of Worms issued by Charles V declares Luther an outlaw. Pope Leo X calls King Henry VIII ?Defender of the Faith? for his publication of an anti-Luther tract. Diet of Worms [More] Zwickau prophets arrive in Wittenberg. Johann Oecolampadius enters a Briggitine monastery. Ulrich Zwingli and Berchtold Haller meet for the first time. Johann Bugenhagen enrolls at Wittenberg. Luther is kidnapped and taken to Wartburg Castle. [More] | |
| 1522 | Ulrich Zwingli defends those who eat meat during Lent. Ulrich Zwingli secretly marries Anna Rhinehardt. Heinrich Bullinger receives MA from University of Cologne. | |
| 1523 | First Zurich Disputation between Zwingli and Johann Faber vicar-general of Constance. Reformation begins in Zurich. Second Zurich Disputation in which Zwingli argued for the removal of images from churches. Grebel unsuccessfully argued for the abolition of the mass. Johann Oecolampadius becomes professor at Basel. Heinrich Bullinger becomes head teacher at Cistercian monastery at Kappel. Heinrich Bullinger meets Ulrich Zwingli. | |
| 1524 | Ulrich Zwingli's marriage to Anna Rhinehardt made public. Luther and Karlstadt meet at the Black Bear Inn in Jena. | |
| 1525 | Eck publishes Arguments against Luther and Other Enemies of the Church. Luther marries Katherine von Bora. [More] Heinrich Bullinger abolishes the mass at Cistercian monastery. Schwenckfeld visits Wittenberg and debates Martin Luther concerning the Eucharist. Berchtold Haller ceases saying Mass in Bern. Luther allows Karlstadt to seek refuge in Wittenberg. Heinrich Bullinger attends Zurich disputation with Anabaptists. | |
| 1526 | Heinrich Bullinger celebrates reformed eucharist at Cistercian monastery. First Diet of Speyer. Joachim Vadian becomes mayor of St Gall. Later that year, St Gall becomes a reformed city. Ulrich Zwingli and Berchtold Haller attend the Baden Disputation. | |
| 1528 | Heinrich Bullinger accompanies Ulrich Zwingli to the disputation at Bern Joachim Vadian moderates the Bern Disputation. Jeanne of Navarre is born. | |
| 1529 | Luther and Zwingli debate at Marburg Colloquy [More] Schmalkald League is formed by Lutheran princes to defend their faith. Second Diet of Speyer. [More] Heinrich Bullinger marries Anna Adlischwyler. Bremgarten becomes a reformed town. Heinrich Bullinger replaces his father as pastor at Bremgarten. | |
| 1530 | Bucer and Capito write Tetrapolitan Confession. Zwingli helps Karlstadt become a deacon at the Grossm?nster in Zurich. | |
| 1531 | Zwingli dies at the Battle of Kappel. Johann Oecolampadius dies. Heinrich Bullinger arrives in Zurich. Replaces Zwingli as pastor in Zurich. Heinrich Bullinger flees Bremgarten due to the defeat of Zurich troops at Kappel. | |
| 1532 | John Calvin publishes his first work?a commentary on Seneca?s De Clementia. Guillaume Farel arrives in Geneva. Berchtold Haller debates Anabaptists in Zofingen. Berchtold Haller and Capito write the Berner Synodus, a church order for Bern. | |
| 1533 | Johann Bugenhagen receives hid doctorate of theology at Wittenberg. | |
| 1535 | Calvin moves to Geneva. Council of Two Hundred passes a formal declaration that Geneva is a Protestant city. | |
| 1536 | Calvin publishes the first edition of his Institutes of the Christian Religion. Heinrich Bullinger authors First Helvetic Confession. Berchtold Haller dies. | |
| 1537 | The Little Council and the Council of Two Hundred adopt Calvin's 21 Articles. | |
| 1538 | Calvin and William Farel are banished from Geneva. Calvin and Farel refuse to serve communion in Geneva. Libertines gain the majority in Geneva's city council. | |
| 1540 | Calvin publishes his commentary on Romans. Calvin attends Diet of Hagenau. Calvin marries Idelette de Bures. | |
| 1541 | Regensburg Colloquy. Calvin attends Diet of Regensburg. Wolfgang Capito dies. Geneva city councils approve Calvin's Ecclesiastical Ordinances as the church constitution. Calvin returns to Geneva. | |
| 1546 | Luther dies in Eisleben. Schmalkald War begins. [More] | |
| 1547 | Schmalkald War ends. | |
| 1551 | Joachim Vadian dies. Martin Bucer dies. | |
| 1552 | Andreas Osiander dies. | |
| 1553 | Michael Servetus arrested in Geneva and burned at the stake. | |
| 1560 | Melanchthon dies. | |
| 1561 | Marie Dentiere dies. | |
| 1562 | Katharina Zell dies. | |
| 1564 | John Calvin dies. Wibrandis Rosenblatt dies. Heinrich Bullinger's wife Anna and three children die of the plague. Argula von Grumbach dies. | |
| 1566 | Heinrich Bullinger authors Second Helvetic Confession. | |
| 1572 | Jeanne of Navarre dies. | |
| 1575 | Heinrich Bullinger dies. | |
| 1605 | Theodore Beza dies. |