{"slug": "reformation", "label": "Reformation", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformation", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12562", "qid": "Q12562", "description": "16th-century movement in Western Christianity", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [1508, 1559], "span_label": ["1508 CE", "1559 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 5}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Protestant Reformation"], "related": [{"slug": "martin-luther", "label": "Martin Luther", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "lutheranism", "label": "Lutheranism", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "leipzig", "label": "Leipzig", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "sweden", "label": "Sweden", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roman-catholic-church", "label": "Roman Catholic Church", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "riksdag-of-the-estates", "label": "Riksdag of the Estates", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "schmalkaldic-league", "label": "Schmalkaldic League", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "duchy-of-saxony", "label": "Duchy of Saxony", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "protestantism", "label": "Protestantism", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "electorate-of-saxony", "label": "Electorate of Saxony", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pope-leo-x", "label": "Pope Leo X", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1508, "year_label": "1508 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 1", "text": "November 1 – At the age of 16, Prince Wolfgang of the House of Ascania becomes the new ruler of the German principality of Anhalt-Köthen, succeeding his father Waldemar VI. In 1521, he will meet Martin Luther and, in 1525, will introduce the Reformation to his principality, making Anhalt-Köthen only the second nation (after the Electorate of Saxony) to officially adopt Protestantism.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351320572#October–December", "title": "1508", "revid": 1351320572, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1517, "year_label": "1517 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 31", "text": "October 31 – Martin Luther publishes his 95 Theses (posting them on the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church), and begins the Protestant Reformation. This story is possibly apocryphal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366649067#October–December", "title": "1517", "revid": 1366649067, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1518, "year_label": "1518 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 30", "text": "May 30 – At the request of Pope Leo X of the Roman Catholic Church, Martin Luther, father of the Protestant Reformation, writes a lengthy summary of his theology.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362000593#April–June", "title": "1518", "revid": 1362000593, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1519, "year_label": "1519 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 27", "text": "June 27 – The Leipzig Debate begins at the Pleissenburg lecture hall in the German city of Leipzig in Saxony, as Martin Luther defends his ideas on the Protestant Reformation against challenges by Johann Eck, the German leader of the anti-Reformation movement. While there, he is challenged to a theological debate by Johann Eck, the German leader of the anti-Reformation movement. The debate lasts until July 15 and gains new followers to Luther's theology.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365433723#April–June", "title": "1519", "revid": 1365433723, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1522, "year_label": "1522 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "November 17", "text": "November 17 – The second Diet of Nuremberg opens to discuss various matters of the Holy Roman Empire, including the Protestant Reformation.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372799978#October–December", "title": "1522", "revid": 1372799978, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1527, "year_label": "1527 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 17", "text": "June 17 – The Protestant Reformation begins in Sweden. The Riksdag of the Estates in Västerås adopts Lutheranism as the state religion, in place of Roman Catholicism. This results in the confiscation of church property and dissolution of Catholic convents in accordance with the Reduction of Gustav I of Sweden.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366980186#April–June", "title": "1527", "revid": 1366980186, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1539, "year_label": "1539 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 25", "text": "May 25 – The inaugural declaration of the Protestant Reformation takes place in Leipzig (now part of Germany) with Martin Luther present, as Duke Henry IV pledges to adopt Lutheranism as the official religion of make the Duchy of Saxony.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366494992#April–June", "title": "1539", "revid": 1366494992, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1542, "year_label": "1542 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "August 27", "text": "August 27 – Citizens of Hildesheim in the Holy Roman Empire profess themselves to the Lutheran teachings, thus joining the Schmalkaldic League. As a pledge owner, the city provides for the carrying out of the Protestant Reformation in the city and Peine. Priests from the localities of Clauen, Hohenhameln, Soßmar, Schmedenstedt, Lengede and Rosenthal resume their offices in the interest of the Reformation.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359947406#July–September", "title": "1542", "revid": 1359947406, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1559, "year_label": "1559 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The first generation of the Protestant Reformation is completed, according to some historians.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366794840#Date_unknown", "title": "1559", "revid": 1366794840, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}]}