Chronology
Chronology
1497
16 February, born in Bretten to the armourer George
Schwarzerd and Barbara Reuter
1508
Entered the Latin School in Pforzehim
1509
In May, given the name ‘Melanchthon’ by his maternal
great-uncle, Johann Reuchlin. In October, matriculated at
the University of Heidelberg
1511
via antiqua
1512
Matriculated at University of Tübingen
1514
via moderna
teaching in the university and worked as a corrector to the
printer Thomas Anshelm
1518
Appointed Professor of Greek at the University of
baccalaureus biblicus
Greek Grammar
1519
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Three Books on Rhetoric
1520
Married Katharina Krapp
Address to the Christian Nobility of
Germany, Babylonian Captivity of the Church
The
Freedom of a Christian
1521
Diet of Worms, after which Luther went into hiding; the
Loci communes
permission
1521–2
Unrest and iconoclasm in Wittenberg (The Wittenberg
Movement)
1523
Praise of Eloquence
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1524–5
Controversy over freedom of will between Luther and
Erasmus
1525
Peasants' War
1527–9
Went on church and school visitations in Thuringia,
where Anabaptist practices were discovered; disputation
‘on the distinction between Law and Gospel’; published
Four Books on Dialectics
1529
Elements of Rhetoric
1530
Augsburg
Confession
Apologia
1535
Fall of Münster in Westphalia, which had been taken over
by Anabaptists
1536
Re-foundation of the University of Wittenberg along Protes-
tant principles; The Wittenberg Concord; Melanchthon
helped with the reorganisation of the University of Tübin-
gen; composed the oration, ‘On Philosophy’
1538
Epitome of Moral Philosophy
1539
Helped the reorganisation of the University of Leipzig
1540
Commentary on the Soul
1540–1
Colloquy of Worms
1543
On the Revolutions
On the Fabric of the Human Body
1545
Council of Trent begins
1546
18 February, Luther died; composed the oration ‘At
Luther's funeral’
1546–7
Schmalkaldic War; John Frederick of Saxony defeated by
Charles V and his territory, including Wittenberg and the
University, fell to Maurice of Saxony
1548
Leipzig Interim (continuation of Protestant doctrine, but
clergy had to wear surplices) adopted; criticised by gnesio-
Lutherans such as Matthias Flaccius Illyricus
1549
Elements of Natural Philosophy
1552
Book on the Soul
Saxon Confession
but his journey was interrupted by the Princes' War
1555
Religious Peace of Augsburg
1557
Melanchthon reorganised the University of Heidelberg
1560
19 April, Melanchthon died
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