Comparative Chronology: Radical and Pre-

Year Radical 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.
1473 Cardinal Ximenez is imprisoned by Alonso de Carrillo archbishop of Toledo.
1479 Cardinal Ximenez is released from prison by Archbishop Carrillo.
1480 Balthasar Hubmaeir is probably born. Andreas Rudolf Bodenstein von Karlstadt is born.
1482 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.
1484 Cardinal Ximenez enters a convent in Toledo. Pope Sixtus IV dies.
1486 Karlstadt is born.
1489 Thomas Munzer is born. Kaspar von Schwenckfeld is born.
1490 Michael Sattler probably born. Hans Hut probably born. Thomas Müntzer is born.
1491 George Blaurock is born.
1492 Menno Simons born in Witmarsum. Cardinal Ximenez is appointed confessor to Queen Isabella I. Pope Innocent VIII dies.
1495 Pilgram Marpeck is born. Cardinal Ximenez begins Catholic reform in Spain
1500 Jacob Hutter is born.
1502 Karlstadt receives MA from Erfurt.
1503 Balthasar Hübmaier begins his studies at the University of Freidburg. Pope Alexander VI dies. Pope Pius III dies.
1507 Cardinal Ximenez is named inquisitor general and becomes a cardinal.
1508 Cardinal Ximenez founds the University of Alcala.
1509 Jan of Leiden is born.
1510 Anna Jansz is born. Karlstadt receives doctorate in theology at Wittenberg. Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg dies.
1511 Michael Servetus is born.
1512 Balthasar Hübmaier begins studies at the University of Ingolstadt at the urging of Johann Eck. Balthasar Hübmaier receives Doctor of Theology degree from Ingolstadt.
1513 Pope Julius II dies.
1515 Karlstadt goes to Rome and studies to receive doctorate in canon law and civil law.
1516 Balthasar Hübmaier becomes cathedral preacher at Regensburg.
1517 Cardinal Francisco Ximenez (Jimenez) de Cisneros dies at Roa.
1518 Joachim Vadian and Conrad Grebel climb Mount Pilatus together.
1519 Leipzig Disputation between Luther and Eck. Karlstadt also debates Eck. [More] Balthasar Hübmaier expels the Jews from Regensburg during Lent. Joachim Vadian marries Martha Grebel, Conrad Grebel’s sister. Schwenckfeld experiences his first Heimsuchung (divine experience).
1521 Balthasar Hubmaier begins ministry in Waldshut. Zwickau prophets arrive in Wittenberg. Balthasar Hübmaier becomes preacher at Waldshut. Karlstadt celebrates the first public evangelical mass in Wittenberg. The first adult baptism of the reformation occurs. [More]
1522 Karlstadt publishes *A Sermon on the Condition of the Souls that Believe in Christ* which denies the existence purgatory. 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. Balthasar Hübmaier begins to enact reforms in Waldshut. Karlstadt publishes *On the Manifoldness of the Unity of God's Will*. Karlstadt begins his ministry at Orlamünde. Austrian officials enter Waldshut and demand the Balthasar Hübmaier be arrested. The town resists and soon becomes involved in the Peasants' War.
1524 Menno Simons ordained as Catholic priest. Balthasar Hübmaier writes On Heretics and Those Who Burn Them. Karlstadt publishes *Whether One Should Proceed Slowly* at Basel. Karlstadt publishes *A Question Whether Anyone May Be Saved Without the Intervention of Mary.* Balthasar Hübmaier organizes a disputation in Waldshut. Luther and Karlstadt meet at the Black Bear Inn in Jena.
1525 Balthasar Hübmaier writes On the Christian Baptism of Believers. Balthasar Hübmaier marries Elsbeth Hügline. Schwenckfeld visits Wittenberg and debates Martin Luther concerning the Eucharist. Schwenckfeld experiences his second Heimsuchung (divine experience). Thomas Müntzer is beheaded. Luther allows Karlstadt to seek refuge in Wittenberg. Balthasar Hübmaier and sixty others receive baptism by Wilhelm Reublin in Waldshut. Balthasar Hübmaier flees Waldshut to Zurich.
1526 Conrad Grebel dies of the plague. Menno Simons begins to have doubts about transubstantiation. Balthasar Hübmaier begins productive ministry in Nikolsburg. Schwenckfeld suggests in a letter circulated among his followers that advocates the suspension of the Lord's Supper. Hans Denck is expelled from Strasbourg. Hans Denck is expelled from Strasbourg.
1527 Michael Sattler meets in Schleitheim with a group of Anabaptists and drafts Schleitheim Articles. [More] Felix Manz drowned in Zürich. Schwenckfeld experiences his third Heimsuchung (divine experience). Hans Hut dies of smoke inhilation in prison in Augsburg. Karlstadt's work *Dialogue on Baptism* is published anonymously. He rejects infant baptism but does not require persons to be re-baptized. Balthasar Hübmaier is arrested in Nikolsburg and taken to Vienna. Michael Sattler is tortured and burned at the stake. Margaretha Sattler is executed by drowning.
1528 Balthasar Hubmaier burned at the stake in Vienna. Swabian League authorizes military division of 400 horsemen to hunt for Anabaptists. Balthasar Hübmaier is burned at the stake in Vienna. Elsbeth Hübmaier is drowned in the Danube.
1529 George Blaurock burned at the stake in Tyrol. Jacob Hutter becomes as Anabaptist preacher. Schwenckfeld is voluntarily exiled from Silesia by Catholics and Lutherans. Karlstadt is expelled from Kiel. 350 Anabaptists killed in Alzey. [More]
1530 Zwingli helps Karlstadt become a deacon at the Grossmünster in Zurich.
1531 Menno Simons begins serving as parish priest in Witmarsum.
1534 Münster debacle begins as Jan van Leiden is crowned as king and Matthijs arrives. Menno Simons publishes The Spiritual Resurrection. Schwenckfeld is exiled from Strasbourg. Karlstadt becomes professor of Old Testament at Basel. Bartholomeus Boekbinder ane William de Kuiper arrive in Münster and initiate believers' baptism
1535 Pieter Simons and several hundred radical anabaptists are captured after they seized the Oldeklooster monastery near Bolsward and are killed. Lutherans and Catholics storm Munster. Anabaptist leaders are tortured and executed. [More]
1536 Menni Simons becomes an Anabaptist leader. Jan of Leiden is tortured and killed. Jacob Hutter burned at the stake.
1539 Menno Simons publishes The Fundament. Menno Simons publishes Christian Baptism. Anna Jansz is executed.
1540 Menno Simons publishes Foundation of Christian Doctrine.
1541 Peter Riedeman writes Hutterite Confession of Faith. Schwenckfeld writes his Great Confession. Menno Simons publishes True Christian Faith. Karlstadt dies.
1551 Kaspar von Schwenckfeld dies.
1553 Michael Servetus is burned at the stake in Geneva.
1556 Pilgram Marpeck dies.
1559 Menno Simons dies.
1568 Dirk Philips dies.