| 1452 | Leonardo da Vinci is born. | ||
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| 1455 | Johannes Gutenberg completes printing the Bible in Mainz using movable type | ||
| 1463 | Frederick the Wise, elector of Saxony is born. | ||
| 1465 | Johann Tetzel probably born in this year. | ||
| 1469 | Desiderus Erasmus is born. | ||
| 1473 | Nicolaus Copernicus is born. | ||
| 1475 | Michelangelo is born. | ||
| 1480 | Andreas Rudolf Bodenstein von Karlstadt is born. | ||
| 1483 | Luther is born in Eisleben. | ||
| 1492 | Columbus sets sail for the Americas. | ||
| 1493 | Maximilian I becomes Holy Roman Emperor. | ||
| 1500 | Charles V is born. | ||
| 1502 | University of Wittenberg established by Frederick, Elector of Saxony. | ||
| 1509 | Erasmus writes In Praise of Folly. | ||
| 1510 | Luther visits Rome. | ||
| 1513 | Battle of the Spurs: Henry VIII's forces defeat the French, at Guinegate. | ||
| 1515 | Battle of Marignano. | ||
| 1516 | Erasmus' Greek New Testament published. | ||
| 1517 | Pope Leo X commissions Prierias to respond to Luther's 95 thesis. Prierias' *Dialogus* is sent to Luther who responds with *Responsio.* | ||
| 1517 | October 31 | Luther posts the 95 These to the door of the Wittenberg Castle church. | |
| 1519 | Charles V elected as Holy Roman Emperor. | ||
| 1519 | Leipzig Disputation between Luther and Eck. Karlstadt also debates Eck. | Leipzig Disputation | |
| 1519 | Maximillian I dies. | ||
| 1520 | Luther Writes: To the Christian Nobility, On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church, and The Freedom of a Christian | ||
| 1521 | Edict of Worms issued by Charles V declares Luther an outlaw. | ||
| 1521 | Pope Leo X calls King Henry VIII ?Defender of the Faith? for his publication of an anti-Luther tract. | ||
| 1521 | Diet of Worms | Diet of Worms | |
| 1521 | Zwickau prophets arrive in Wittenberg. | ||
| 1521 | May | Luther is kidnapped and taken to Wartburg Castle. | Wartburg Castle |
| 1522 | Fall of the Aztecs to Cortes. | ||
| 1524 | Erasmus writes On the Freedom of the Will. | ||
| 1524 | August 21 | Luther and Karlstadt meet at the Black Bear Inn in Jena. | |
| 1524 | May 30 | Peasants in the Black Forest region of Germany begin Peasants' War. | Peasants' War |
| 1525 | Eck publishes Arguments against Luther and Other Enemies of the Church. | ||
| 1525 | Luther marries Katherine von Bora. | Martin Luther's Marriage | |
| 1525 | Schwenckfeld visits Wittenberg and debates Martin Luther concerning the Eucharist. | ||
| 1525 | Luther allows Karlstadt to seek refuge in Wittenberg. | ||
| 1526 | Charles V marries Princess Isabella of Portugal. | ||
| 1526 | August 29 | Battle of Moh?cs. | Battle of Mohács |
| 1529 | Luther and Zwingli debate at Marburg Colloquy | The Marburg Colloquy | |
| 1529 | The Turks attack Vienna. | ||
| 1533 | Fall of Incas to Pizarro. | ||
| 1546 | Luther dies in Eisleben. | ||
| 1550 | Bartolome de Las Casas writes In Defense of the Indians. | ||
| 1552 | Bartolome de Las Casas writes The Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indes. | ||
| 1553 | Constantinople falls to the Turks. | ||
| 1558 | Charles V dies. |