A Time Line of the Major Events in Luther's Life

1483 November 10 Born in Eisleben

1501 Enters the University of Erfurt

1502 September Bachelor of Arts degree

1505 January Master of Arts degree

July Thunderstorm, vow, entrance into Augustanian cloister in Erfurt

1507 May Ordination and first Mass

1510 November Sent to Rome on business for the Augustinians

1512 October Promoted to Doctor of Theology at the University of Wittenburg

1517 October 31 Posted The 95 Theses on the door of the castle church in Wittenberg

1518 April 26 Heidelberg Disputation

October Interview with Cardinal Cajetan in Augsburg

Winter The “Tower Experience”

1519 July Leipzig Debate with John Eck

1520 June 15 The Papal Bull Exsurge Domine gave Luther 60 days to submit

1521 January 3 Papal Bull excommunicating Luther

April 16-28 Luther's appearances at the Diet of Worms

May Arrived at the Wartburg

1522 March Returns to Wittenburg, preaches the Invocavit Sermons, and restores order

September Publishes the New Testament in German

1525 June 13 Marriage to Katharina von Bora

December On the Bondage of the Will

1529 The Small Catechism and The Large Catechism

1530 June 25 The Augsburg Confession presented at the Diet of Ausgburg

1534 Publication of the complete German Bible

1546 February 18 Luther's death