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July–December. Date unknown. Births. Deaths. References. 1517. Year 1517 ( MDXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar . Events. January–June. January 22 – Battle of Ridaniya: The Holy Ottoman army of the sultan Selim I defeat the Mamluk army in Egypt, under Tuman bay II. [1]
Nov 24, 2009 · This Day in History: 10/31/1517 - Martin Luther Posts Theses. On October 31, 1517, legend has it that the priest and scholar Martin Luther approaches the door of the Castle Church in...
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A timeline of the life of Martin Luther who inaugurated the Protestant Reformation in Germany in 1517. It was Luther’s intent to reform, or change, the Roman Catholic Church, but the resistance of the church to his challenge led instead to permanent divisions in the structure of Western Christianity.
The Protestant Reformation. Oct 31 Martin Luther sends his Ninety-five Theses to Albert of Brandenburg, Archbishop of Mainz, precipitating the Protestant Reformation. Born in 1517. Jan 17 Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), born in Bergamo, Republic of Venice (d. 1580)
Reformation Day is a Protestant Christian religious holiday celebrated on 31 October in remembrance of the onset of the Reformation. According to Philip Melanchthon , 31 October 1517 was the day Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-five Theses on the door of the All Saints' Church in Wittenberg , Electorate of Saxony , in the Holy Roman Empire .
Reformation Day, anniversary of the day Martin Luther is said to have posted his Ninety-five Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany (October 31, 1517), later identified by Protestants as the beginning of the Reformation. ( See Researcher’s Note: The posting of the theses .)
1517 Luther Posts the 95 Theses. An obscure monk invited debate on a pressing church issue—and touched off a history-shattering reform movement. Sometime during October 31, 1517, the day before...
