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1483 CE - 1546 CE: Life of German priest, theologian, and reformer Martin Luther.
1501 CE: Martin Luther enters the University of Erfurt, studying law, but switches to philosophy.
1505 CE: Martin Luther drops out of university to become a monk after making a vow to Saint Anne to save him during a storm.
1512 CE: Martin Luther receives his doctorate in theology and is a member of the faculty of the University at Wittenberg.
1513 CE: Martin Luther is inspired by scripture to claim that faith, not works, justifies one for salvation.
1517 CE: Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Church.
1521 CE: Martin Luther is excommunicated as a heretic by the Church.
1521 CE: Martin Luther refuses to recant at the Diet of Worms, is branded an outlaw.
1524 CE: The Dutch Renaissance scholar Desiderius Erasmus publishes his De Libero Animo, an argument on free will directed against Martin Luther.
1525 CE: Martin Luther is married to former nun Katharina von Bora.
1534 CE: Martin Luther publishes the complete Bible in German which becomes a best-seller.
1546 CE: Martin Luther dies of a stroke at his hometown of Eisleben.