Timeline of Martin Luther's Life
1483 Luther is born in Eisleben (November 10)
1497 Luther attends school
1501 Luther goes to University of Erfurt
1505 Earns Master of Arts, starts to plan for law school
1505 Caught in a thunderstorm, pledges to become a monk (July 2)
1507 Starts the study of theology at University of Erfurt
1517 October 31- Nails 95 Theses on the castle church door
1521 Excommunicated in Rome (January 3)
1521 Goes to Diet of Worms (April 16)
1521 Returning to Eisleben from Worms (April 25)
1521 'Kidnapped' by Frederick, taken to Wartburg Castle (May 4)
1522 Translated New Testament into German
1524-25 The Peasants' War
1534 Translated Full Bible into German
1546 Death of Luther in Eisleben (February 18)