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1521
 
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Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther after he has refused to recant       
1521
 
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Luther travels to the German city of Worms to present his case to an imperial diet       
1521
 
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Luther bears witness to a Protestant conscience, stating at Worms: 'Here I stand, I can not do otherwise.'       
1522
 
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Huldreich Zwingli eats sausage in Lent in Zurich, launching the Swiss Reformation      
1525
 
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Conrad Grebel baptises an adult, causing outrage in Protestant Zurich      
1529
 
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The 'Protestation' of various princes and imperial cities at Speyer identifies them as Protestants      
1530
 
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The Augsburg Confession, presented by Melanchthon to the imperial diet, defines the Lutheran faith      
1531
 
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The Protestant princes of Germany form the defensive League of Schmalkalden      
1534
 
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Paris wakes up to find Protestant placards all over the place, mocking the sacrament of the mass      
1541
 
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Protestant reformer John Calvin settles in Geneva and submits the city to a strict Christian rule