| 1463 | Frederick the Wise, elector of Saxony is born. | ||
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| 1465 | Johann Tetzel probably born in this year. | ||
| 1469 | Tommaso de Vio Gaetani Cajetan is born. | ||
| 1478 | Wolfgang Capito is born. | ||
| 1480 | Andreas Rudolf Bodenstein von Karlstadt is born. | ||
| 1482 | Johann Oecolampadius is born. | ||
| 1483 | Luther is born in Eisleben. | ||
| 1484 | Ulrich Zwingli is born in St. Gall. | ||
| 1484 | Joachim Vadian is born in St Gall. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 1497 | Philipp Melanchthon (born Philip Schwartzerdt) is born. | ||
| 1497 | Katharina Zell is born. | ||
| 1498 | Ulrich Zwingli enrolls at the University of Vienna. | ||
| 1498 | Andreas Osiander is born. | ||
| 1501 | Joachim Vadian begins studies at the University of Vienna. | ||
| 1502 | University of Wittenberg established by Frederick, Elector of Saxony. | ||
| 1502 | Ulrich Zwingli transfers to University in Basel. | ||
| 1504 | Ulrich Zwingli receives BA from Basel. | ||
| 1504 | Wibrandis Rosenblatt born. | ||
| 1504 | Heinrich Bullinger is born. | ||
| 1506 | Zwingli receives Master of Arts at University of Basel. | ||
| 1506 | Ulrich Zwingli receives MA from Basel. | ||
| 1506 | Ulrich Zwingli is ordained and becomes parish priest in Glarus. | ||
| 1508 | Melanchthon begins studies at Pforzheim. | ||
| 1508 | Joachim Vadian receives MA from the University of Vienna. | ||
| 1509 | John Calvin is born. | ||
| 1509 | Melanchthon begins studies at Heidelberg. | ||
| 1510 | Luther visits Rome. | ||
| 1511 | Berchtold Haller receives Masters degree from the University of Cologne. | ||
| 1512 | Melanchthon begins studies at T¸bingen. | ||
| 1513 | Berchtold Haller moves to Bern. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 1516 | Joachim Vadian is appointed rector at the University of Vienna and begins teaching rhetoric. | ||
| 1516 | Theodore Beza is born. | ||
| 1517 | Joachim Vadian receives doctorate in medicine. | ||
| 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. | |
| 1518 | Ulrich Zwingli becomes priest at the Great Minster in Zurich. | ||
| 1518 | Melanchthon begins teaching Greek at Wittenberg. | ||
| 1518 | Joachim Vadian resigns from his post at the University of Vienna and returns to St Gall where he is named city physician. | ||
| 1518 | Joachim Vadian and Conrad Grebel climb Mount Pilatus together. | ||
| 1519 | Leipzig Disputation between Luther and Eck. Karlstadt also debates Eck. | Leipzig Disputation | |
| 1519 | Joachim Vadian marries Martha Grebel, Conrad Grebelís sister. | ||
| 1520 | Luther Writes: To the Christian Nobility, On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church, and The Freedom of a Christian | ||
| 1520 | Heinrich Bullinger receives BA from University of Cologne. | ||
| 1520 | Berchtold Haller is ordained a priest. | ||
| 1521 | Edict of Worms issued by Charles V declares Luther an outlaw. | ||
| 1521 | Pope Leo X calls King Henry VIII ìDefender of the Faithî for his publication of an anti-Luther tract. | ||
| 1521 | Diet of Worms | Diet of Worms | |
| 1521 | Zwickau prophets arrive in Wittenberg. | ||
| 1521 | Johann Oecolampadius enters a Briggitine monastery. | ||
| 1521 | Ulrich Zwingli and Berchtold Haller meet for the first time. | ||
| 1521 | Johann Bugenhagen enrolls at Wittenberg. | ||
| 1521 | May | Luther is kidnapped and taken to Wartburg Castle. | Wartburg Castle |
| 1522 | Ulrich Zwingli defends those who eat meat during Lent. | ||
| 1522 | Ulrich Zwingli secretly marries Anna Rhinehardt. | ||
| 1522 | 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. | ||
| 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 | Johann Oecolampadius becomes professor at Basel. | ||
| 1523 | Heinrich Bullinger becomes head teacher at Cistercian monastery at Kappel. | ||
| 1523 | Heinrich Bullinger meets Ulrich Zwingli. | ||
| 1524 | Ulrich Zwingli's marriage to Anna Rhinehardt made public. | ||
| 1524 | August 21 | Luther and Karlstadt meet at the Black Bear Inn in Jena. | |
| 1525 | Eck publishes Arguments against Luther and Other Enemies of the Church. | ||
| 1525 | Luther marries Katherine von Bora. | Martin Luther's Marriage | |
| 1525 | Heinrich Bullinger abolishes the mass at Cistercian monastery. | ||
| 1525 | Schwenckfeld visits Wittenberg and debates Martin Luther concerning the Eucharist. | ||
| 1525 | Berchtold Haller ceases saying Mass in Bern. | ||
| 1525 | Luther allows Karlstadt to seek refuge in Wittenberg. | ||
| 1525 | January | Heinrich Bullinger attends Zurich disputation with Anabaptists. | |
| 1526 | Heinrich Bullinger celebrates reformed eucharist at Cistercian monastery. | ||
| 1526 | First Diet of Speyer. | ||
| 1526 | Joachim Vadian becomes mayor of St Gall. Later that year, St Gall becomes a reformed city. | ||
| 1526 | Ulrich Zwingli and Berchtold Haller attend the Baden Disputation. | ||
| 1528 | Heinrich Bullinger accompanies Ulrich Zwingli to the disputation at Bern | ||
| 1528 | Joachim Vadian moderates the Bern Disputation. | ||
| 1528 | Jeanne of Navarre is born. | ||
| 1529 | Luther and Zwingli debate at Marburg Colloquy | The Marburg Colloquy | |
| 1529 | Schmalkald League is formed by Lutheran princes to defend their faith. | ||
| 1529 | Second Diet of Speyer. | Diet of Speyer 1529 | |
| 1529 | August | Heinrich Bullinger marries Anna Adlischwyler. | |
| 1529 | June | Bremgarten becomes a reformed town. | |
| 1529 | May | Heinrich Bullinger replaces his father as pastor at Bremgarten. | |
| 1530 | Bucer and Capito write Tetrapolitan Confession. | ||
| 1530 | Zwingli helps Karlstadt become a deacon at the Grossm¸nster in Zurich. | ||
| 1531 | Zwingli dies at the Battle of Kappel. | ||
| 1531 | Johann Oecolampadius dies. | ||
| 1531 | Heinrich Bullinger arrives in Zurich. | ||
| 1531 | December 13 | Replaces Zwingli as pastor in Zurich. | |
| 1531 | October | Heinrich Bullinger flees Bremgarten due to the defeat of Zurich troops at Kappel. | |
| 1532 | John Calvin publishes his first workóa commentary on Senecaís De Clementia. | ||
| 1532 | Guillaume Farel arrives in Geneva. | ||
| 1532 | Berchtold Haller debates Anabaptists in Zofingen. | ||
| 1532 | 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. | ||
| 1535 | April 27 | 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. | ||
| 1536 | Heinrich Bullinger authors First Helvetic Confession. | ||
| 1536 | Berchtold Haller dies. | ||
| 1537 | January 16 | The Little Council and the Council of Two Hundred adopt Calvin's 21 Articles. | |
| 1538 | Calvin and William Farel are banished from Geneva. | ||
| 1538 | April 21 | Calvin and Farel refuse to serve communion in Geneva. | |
| 1538 | February | Libertines gain the majority in Geneva's city council. | |
| 1540 | Calvin publishes his commentary on Romans. | ||
| 1540 | Calvin attends Diet of Hagenau. | ||
| 1540 | August | Calvin marries Idelette de Bures. | |
| 1541 | Regensburg Colloquy. | ||
| 1541 | Calvin attends Diet of Regensburg. | ||
| 1541 | Wolfgang Capito dies. | ||
| 1541 | November 20 | Geneva city councils approve Calvin's Ecclesiastical Ordinances as the church constitution. | |
| 1541 | September 13 | Calvin returns to Geneva. | |
| 1546 | Luther dies in Eisleben. | ||
| 1546 | July | Schmalkald War begins. | Schmalkald War |
| 1547 | April | Schmalkald War ends. | |
| 1551 | Joachim Vadian dies. | ||
| 1551 | 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. | ||
| 1564 | Wibrandis Rosenblatt dies. | ||
| 1564 | Heinrich Bullinger's wife Anna and three children die of the plague. | ||
| 1564 | Argula von Grumbach dies. | ||
| 1566 | Heinrich Bullinger authors Second Helvetic Confession. | ||
| 1572 | Jeanne of Navarre dies. | ||
| 1575 | Heinrich Bullinger dies. | ||
| 1605 | Theodore Beza dies. |