| 1452 | Leonardo da Vinci is born. | ||
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| 1455 | Johannes Gutenberg completes printing the Bible in Mainz using movable type | ||
| 1469 | Desiderus Erasmus is born. | ||
| 1473 | Nicolaus Copernicus is born. | ||
| 1475 | Michelangelo is born. | ||
| 1480 | Balthasar Hubmaeir is probably born. | ||
| 1480 | Andreas Rudolf Bodenstein von Karlstadt is born. | ||
| 1486 | Karlstadt is born. | ||
| 1489 | Thomas Munzer is born. | ||
| 1489 | Kaspar von Schwenckfeld is born. | ||
| 1490 | Michael Sattler probably born. | ||
| 1490 | Hans Hut probably born. | ||
| 1490 | Thomas M?ntzer is born. | ||
| 1491 | George Blaurock is born. | ||
| 1492 | Columbus sets sail for the Americas. | ||
| 1492 | Menno Simons born in Witmarsum. | ||
| 1493 | Maximilian I becomes Holy Roman Emperor. | ||
| 1495 | Pilgram Marpeck is born. | ||
| 1499 | Sebastian Franck is born in Donauworth. | ||
| 1500 | Charles V is born. | ||
| 1500 | Jacob Hutter is born. | ||
| 1502 | Karlstadt receives MA from Erfurt. | ||
| 1503 | Balthasar H?bmaier begins his studies at the University of Freidburg. | ||
| 1509 | Erasmus writes In Praise of Folly. | ||
| 1509 | Jan of Leiden is born. | ||
| 1510 | Anna Jansz is born. | ||
| 1510 | Karlstadt receives doctorate in theology at Wittenberg. | ||
| 1511 | Michael Servetus is born. | ||
| 1512 | Balthasar H?bmaier begins studies at the University of Ingolstadt at the urging of Johann Eck. | ||
| 1512 | Balthasar H?bmaier receives Doctor of Theology degree from Ingolstadt. | ||
| 1513 | Battle of the Spurs: Henry VIII's forces defeat the French, at Guinegate. | ||
| 1515 | Battle of Marignano. | ||
| 1515 | Karlstadt goes to Rome and studies to receive doctorate in canon law and civil law. | ||
| 1515 | Sebastian Franck attends the University of Ingolstadt. | ||
| 1516 | Erasmus' Greek New Testament published. | ||
| 1516 | Balthasar H?bmaier becomes cathedral preacher at Regensburg. | ||
| 1518 | Joachim Vadian and Conrad Grebel climb Mount Pilatus together. | ||
| 1519 | Charles V elected as Holy Roman Emperor. | ||
| 1519 | Leipzig Disputation between Luther and Eck. Karlstadt also debates Eck. | Leipzig Disputation | |
| 1519 | Balthasar H?bmaier expels the Jews from Regensburg during Lent. | ||
| 1519 | Maximillian I dies. | ||
| 1519 | Joachim Vadian marries Martha Grebel, Conrad Grebel?s sister. | ||
| 1519 | Schwenckfeld experiences his first Heimsuchung (divine experience). | ||
| 1521 | Balthasar Hubmaier begins ministry in Waldshut. | ||
| 1521 | Zwickau prophets arrive in Wittenberg. | ||
| 1521 | Balthasar H?bmaier becomes preacher at Waldshut. | ||
| 1521 | December 25 | Karlstadt celebrates the first public evangelical mass in Wittenberg. | |
| 1521 | January 21 | The first adult baptism of the reformation occurs. | First Adult Baptism |
| 1522 | Fall of the Aztecs to Cortes. | ||
| 1522 | Karlstadt publishes *A Sermon on the Condition of the Souls that Believe in Christ* which denies the existence purgatory. | ||
| 1522 | January 19 | Karlstadt marries Anna von Mochau. | |
| 1523 | Second Zurich Disputation in which Zwingli argued for the removal of images from churches. Grebel unsuccessfully argued for the abolition of the mass. | ||
| 1523 | Balthasar H?bmaier begins to enact reforms in Waldshut. | ||
| 1523 | Karlstadt publishes *On the Manifoldness of the Unity of God's Will*. | ||
| 1523 | Karlstadt begins his ministry at Orlam?nde. | ||
| 1523 | December | Austrian officials enter Waldshut and demand the Balthasar H?bmaier be arrested. The town resists and soon becomes involved in the Peasants' War. | |
| 1524 | Erasmus writes On the Freedom of the Will. | ||
| 1524 | Menno Simons ordained as Catholic priest. | ||
| 1524 | Balthasar H?bmaier writes On Heretics and Those Who Burn Them. | ||
| 1524 | Karlstadt publishes *Whether One Should Proceed Slowly* at Basel. | ||
| 1524 | Karlstadt publishes *A Question Whether Anyone May Be Saved Without the Intervention of Mary.* | ||
| 1524 | April | Balthasar H?bmaier organizes a disputation in Waldshut. | |
| 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 | Balthasar H?bmaier writes On the Christian Baptism of Believers. | ||
| 1525 | Balthasar H?bmaier marries Elsbeth H?gline. | ||
| 1525 | Schwenckfeld visits Wittenberg and debates Martin Luther concerning the Eucharist. | ||
| 1525 | Schwenckfeld experiences his second Heimsuchung (divine experience). | ||
| 1525 | Thomas M?ntzer is beheaded. | ||
| 1525 | Luther allows Karlstadt to seek refuge in Wittenberg. | ||
| 1525 | April 15 | Balthasar H?bmaier and sixty others receive baptism by Wilhelm Reublin in Waldshut. | |
| 1525 | December | Balthasar H?bmaier flees Waldshut to Zurich. | |
| 1526 | Conrad Grebel dies of the plague. | ||
| 1526 | Menno Simons begins to have doubts about transubstantiation. | ||
| 1526 | Balthasar H?bmaier begins productive ministry in Nikolsburg. | ||
| 1526 | Charles V marries Princess Isabella of Portugal. | ||
| 1526 | April 21 | Schwenckfeld suggests in a letter circulated among his followers that advocates the suspension of the Lord's Supper. | |
| 1526 | August 29 | Battle of Moh?cs. | Battle of Mohács |
| 1526 | December 25 | Hans Denck is expelled from Strasbourg. | |
| 1526 | December 25 | Hans Denck is expelled from Strasbourg. | |
| 1527 | Michael Sattler meets in Schleitheim with a group of Anabaptists and drafts Schleitheim Articles. | The Schleitheim Meeting | |
| 1527 | Felix Manz drowned in Z?rich. | ||
| 1527 | Schwenckfeld experiences his third Heimsuchung (divine experience). | ||
| 1527 | Hans Hut dies of smoke inhilation in prison in Augsburg. | ||
| 1527 | Karlstadt's work *Dialogue on Baptism* is published anonymously. He rejects infant baptism but does not require persons to be re-baptized. | ||
| 1527 | July | Balthasar H?bmaier is arrested in Nikolsburg and taken to Vienna. | |
| 1527 | May 20 | Michael Sattler is tortured and burned at the stake. | |
| 1527 | May 22 | Margaretha Sattler is executed by drowning. | |
| 1528 | Balthasar Hubmaier burned at the stake in Vienna. | ||
| 1528 | Swabian League authorizes military division of 400 horsemen to hunt for Anabaptists. | ||
| 1528 | Sebastian Franck wrote a popular treatise on the social ills of alcohol. | ||
| 1528 | March 10 | Balthasar H?bmaier is burned at the stake in Vienna. | |
| 1528 | March 13 | Elsbeth H?bmaier is drowned in the Danube. | |
| 1528 | March 17 | Sebastian Franck marries Ottilie Beham. | |
| 1529 | George Blaurock burned at the stake in Tyrol. | ||
| 1529 | Jacob Hutter becomes as Anabaptist preacher. | ||
| 1529 | The Turks attack Vienna. | ||
| 1529 | Schwenckfeld is voluntarily exiled from Silesia by Catholics and Lutherans. | ||
| 1529 | Karlstadt is expelled from Kiel. | ||
| 1529 | 350 Anabaptists killed in Alzey. | Alzey Executions | |
| 1530 | Zwingli helps Karlstadt become a deacon at the Grossm?nster in Zurich. | ||
| 1530 | Sebastian Franck moves to Strasbourg probably due to its reputation for religious tolerance. | ||
| 1531 | Menno Simons begins serving as parish priest in Witmarsum. | ||
| 1531 | Sebastian Franck publishes The Chronicle of Heretics in Augsburg. | ||
| 1531 | Sebastian Franck is driven from Strasburg by authorities. | ||
| 1533 | Fall of Incas to Pizarro. | ||
| 1534 | M?nster debacle begins as Jan van Leiden is crowned as king and Matthijs arrives. | ||
| 1534 | Menno Simons publishes The Spiritual Resurrection. | ||
| 1534 | Schwenckfeld is exiled from Strasbourg. | ||
| 1534 | Karlstadt becomes professor of Old Testament at Basel. | ||
| 1534 | January 5 | Bartholomeus Boekbinder ane William de Kuiper arrive in M?nster and initiate believers' baptism | |
| 1535 | April | Pieter Simons and several hundred radical anabaptists are captured after they seized the Oldeklooster monastery near Bolsward and are killed. | |
| 1535 | June 25 | Lutherans and Catholics storm Munster. Anabaptist leaders are tortured and executed. | The Münster Rebellion |
| 1536 | Menni Simons becomes an Anabaptist leader. | ||
| 1536 | Jan of Leiden is tortured and killed. | ||
| 1536 | February 25 | Jacob Hutter burned at the stake. | |
| 1539 | Menno Simons publishes The Fundament. | ||
| 1539 | Menno Simons publishes Christian Baptism. | ||
| 1539 | Anna Jansz is executed. | ||
| 1540 | Menno Simons publishes Foundation of Christian Doctrine. | ||
| 1541 | Peter Riedeman writes Hutterite Confession of Faith. | ||
| 1541 | Schwenckfeld writes his Great Confession. | ||
| 1541 | Menno Simons publishes True Christian Faith. | ||
| 1541 | Karlstadt dies. | ||
| 1543 | Sebastian Franck dies at Basel. | ||
| 1550 | Bartolome de Las Casas writes In Defense of the Indians. | ||
| 1551 | Kaspar von Schwenckfeld dies. | ||
| 1552 | Bartolome de Las Casas writes The Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indes. | ||
| 1553 | Constantinople falls to the Turks. | ||
| 1553 | Michael Servetus is burned at the stake in Geneva. | ||
| 1556 | Pilgram Marpeck dies. | ||
| 1558 | Charles V dies. | ||
| 1559 | Menno Simons dies. | ||
| 1568 | Dirk Philips dies. |