Chronology
1484
1 January
Born in Wildhaus (Toggenburg)
1494
Sent to study in Basel
late 1496/early 1497
Embarks on studies in Bern
1498
Matriculates in Vienna
1502
Attends University of Basel
1504
Graduates bachelor of arts
1506
Spring
Receives master of arts degree from University of Basel
September
Becomes priest in Glarus
1510
Fable of the Ox
1513–1514
In Italy with Glarus troops (battle of Novara)
1515
13 September
Battle of Marignano
1516
‘The Labyrinth’
Visits Erasmus in Basel
14 April
Moves to Benedictine Abbey at Einsiedeln
1518
Elected people’s priest at Grossmünster in Zurich
1519
1 January
Begins preaching in Grossmünster
September
Struck down by plague
1521
April
Elected canon in Grossmünster chapter
1522
early
Secretly marries Anna Reinhart
9 March
Sausage meal in Froschauer’s house
7–9 April
Disputation with Bishop Hugo von Hohenlandenberg’s representatives
16 April
Preached on right of Christians to eat what they want
21 July
Disputation with monks
22–23 August
‘Apologeticus archeteles’ appears
6 September
‘On the Clarity and Certainty of the Word of God’ published
November
Resigns as priest to become preacher in Grossmünster
1523
29 January
First disputation in Zurich
14 July
Exposition of the Sixty-Seven Articles published
30 July
‘On Divine and Human Righteousness’ published
29 September
Reorganization of Grossmünster
26–28 October
Second disputation in Zurich
17 November
‘Short Christian Instruction’ published
1524
2 April
Officially celebrates marriage to Anna Reinhart
June
Removal of images from Zurich churches
November
‘Letter to Matthew Alber’ on Lord’s Supper
1525
17 January
Disputation with radicals on baptism
21 January
First adult baptisms
March
Commentary on True and False Religion published
‘The Shepherd’ published
March–April
Prepares Liturgy of Lord’s Supper
13 April
First Reformed Lord’s Supper
27 May
Baptism, Rebaptism and Infant Baptism published
19 June
Prophezei opens in Grossmünster
1526
7 March
Council decree to execute Anabaptists
19 May–9 June
Baden Disputation
1527
January
Formation of Christian Civic Union (alliance with Bern and Constance)
5 January
Execution of Felix Manz
February
Schleitheim Articles
31 July
Elenchus: Refutation of the Tricks of the Anabaptists published
1528
6–26 January
Bern Disputation
7 February
Reformation laws in Bern
21 April
First synod in Zurich decreed
1529
April
Reformation in Basel
Protest at Diet of Speyer
22 April
Christian Alliance of Catholic states with Austrian Habsburgs
June
First Kappel War
26 June
First Kappel Peace
1–4 October
Marburg Colloquy
1530
July
Diet of Augsburg
3 July
‘Account of the Faith’ printed
August
Sermon on providence
November
Alliance of Zurich with Philipp of Hesse
1531
May
Renewed blockade of the Five States
Folio edition of Zurich Bible
August
‘Exposition of Faith’ prepared
11 October
Zwingli’s death at Second Battle of Kappel
20 November
Second Kappel Peace
13 December
Heinrich Bullinger succeeds Zwingli as head of Zurich Church