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Events relating to germany
The first etchings are printed in Augsburg, from iron plates
The first watches, made in Nuremberg, are spherical clocks about three inches in diameter, worn usually on a ribbon round the neck
The local sale of indulgences by Johann Tetzel outrages a friar teaching in Wittenberg, Martin Luther
Martin Luther nails his 95 Theses to the door of the castle church in Wittenberg
Philipp Melanchthon joins the Wittenberg university to teach Greek and inspires Luther to translate the New Testament
Luther's writings are burnt in Rome by order of the pope
Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther after he has refused to recant
Luther travels to the German city of Worms to present his case to an imperial diet
Luther bears witness to a Protestant conscience, stating at Worms: 'Here I stand, I can not do otherwise.'
Outlawed by the Edict of Worms, Luther lives secretly in the Wartburg as Junker Georg
Hans Sachs, popular poet and master singer, describes Luther as the Wittenberg nightingale
William Tyndale studies in the university at Wittenberg and plans to translate the Bible into English
Luther, a former friar, marries Catherine von Bora, a former nun who has just emerged from her convent
Thomas Müntzer leads the rebels in the Peasant War, to the profound displeasure of Luther
Lucas Cranach's studio in Wittenberg has a profitable line in naked female figures from mythology
The 'Protestation' of various princes and imperial cities at Speyer identifies them as Protestants
Protestant reformers Luther and Zwingli disagree at Marburg on the nature of the Eucharist
The Augsburg Confession, presented by Melanchthon to the imperial diet, defines the Lutheran faith
German botanist Otto Brunfels publishes Living images of plants, the first serious work of natural history with printed illustrations
The Protestant princes of Germany form the defensive League of Schmalkalden
The Peace of Augsburg achieves a compromise which for a while solves the religious tensions deriving from the Reformation
News sheets published in Augsburg and Strasbourg become the first known newspapers
Albrecht von Wallenstein uses his wife's fortune to mobilize a private army in support of the emperor Ferdinand II
The first English newspaper (Corante) appears, promising reports 'from Italy, Germany, Hungarie, Spaine and France'
Gustavus II and the Swedish army win a conclusive victory over the imperial forces at Breitenfeld
