Timeline of Huldrych Zwingli

This timeline lists important events in the life and work of Huldrych Zwingli. His timeline is compared to important events in the life and work of his contemporary, Martin Luther, as well as other historical events.

Timeline

Year Zwingli Luther History
1484
  • Zwingli's birth
1507
  • Zwingli becomes a pastor in Glarus
1516
  • Zwingli as a chaplain in Marignano
1518
  • Luther's 95 theses
1520
  • Zwingli becomes pastor of the Grossmünster
1522
  • Pope excommunicates Luther
1523
  • Luther translates New Testament to German
  • Adrian VI becomes pope
1524
  • Clement VII becomes pope
1525
  • Zwingli marries Anna Reinhard
  • German Peasants' War
1526
  • Zwingli publishes his tract "On the true & false religion"
  • Luther marries Katharina von Bora
  • Anabaptist movement in Switzerland
1528
  • Charles V sacks Rome
1529
  • Reformation in Berne
1530
  • Zwingli meets Luther for the first time in the Marburg Colloquy
  • Augsburg Confession
1531
  • Zwingli dies in combat
  • The league of Schmalkalden
1534
  • Calvin becomes a Protestant
1537
  • Calvin in Geneva
  • First Helvetic Confession

See also

  • Reformation in Switzerland


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