| 10.11.1483 | Born in Eisleben |
| 1501 | began his studies in Erfurt |
| 1505 | graduated with a magister |
| 1505 | admitted to the Augustinian Eremite monastery in Erfurt |
| 1507 | ordained as a pastor |
| 1507 | began theological studies in Erfurt |
| 1508 | transferred to the university in Wittenberg, began teaching in Wittenberg |
| 1510 | travelled to Rome |
| 1512 | graduated with a PhD in theology |
| 31.10.1517 | published the 95 theses (Luther's posting of his theses) |
| 1519 | disputation with Johannes Eck at the Pleißenburg in Leipzig |
| 1521 | the Diet of Worms, defensed his 95 theses before the emperor and the electoral princes at the Diet of Worms, imposition of the imperial ban on Luther |
| 1521 - 1522 | Luther is hidden on the Wartburg under the guise of "Junker Jörg", translation of the New Testament into German |
| 1525 | wedding to Katharina von Bora/ outbreak of the Peasants' War |
| 1530 | the Augsburg Confessional Diet, Luther accompanies the Diet from the fortress in Coburg, Luther and Melanchthon compose the Augsburg Confession - it is considered the first confessional document of the Lutheran imperial estates |
| 1534 | first complete edition of the German "Lutheran Bible" |
| 18.02.1546 | death in Eisleben |
