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Huldrych Zwingli

Protestant Reformation leader in Switzerland, Swiss Reformed Church founder (1484-1531)

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Also written as Ulrich Zwingli in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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15th century

  • 1484January 1 – Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss religious reformer (d. 1531)source

16th century

  • 1519January 1 – Ulrich Zwingli preaches for the first time, as people's priest of the Great Minister in Zurich.source
  • 1522March 9 – In Zurich in Switzerland, the Affair of the Sausages begins as Pastor Huldrych Zwingli of Grossmünster publicly speaks out against the food restrictions during the Roman Catholic period of fasting during Lent, and advocating that followers of Martin Luther eat sausage, one of the prohibited foods. Zwingli defends his action in the sermon Von Erkiesen und Freiheit der Speisen ("Regarding the freedom of Choice of Foods"), in that the Bible does not prohibit the eating of meat during Lent. The public declaration sparks the Reformation in Zürich.source
  • 1525Printing of Huldrych Zwingli's New Testament 'Zürich Bible' translation into German by Christoph Froschauer begins.source
  • 1525September 14 – In Switzerland, the burning of most of the book collection of the Stiftsbibliothek of the Grossmünster Abbey in Zurich begins, by order of Huldrych Zwingli, as part of the Swiss Reformation. After 20 days of destruction of a collection built since 1259 for over 250 years, only 470 volumes are left.source
  • 1530First complete edition of the 'Zürich Bible', Huldrych Zwingli's translation into German printed by Christoph Froschauer, is published.source
  • 1531October 11 – Battle of Kappel: The forces of Zürich are defeated by the Catholic cantons. Huldrych Zwingli, the Swiss religious reformer, is killed.source
  • 1531October 11 – Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss reformer (in battle) (b. 1484)source

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