Luther's Ninety-five Theses
A protest against indulgences sparks the Reformation
Monk and professor Martin Luther issued 95 theses attacking the sale of indulgences. Spread rapidly by the printing press, they launched the Reformation, which split Western Christianity.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1526 Battle of Mohács — 9 years later
Middle East
- 1501 Founding of Safavid Iran — 16 years earlier
- 1520–1566 Reign of Suleiman the Magnificent — 3 years later
Africa
- 1529–1543 Ahmad Gragn invades Ethiopia — 12 years later
Asia
- 1498 Vasco da Gama reaches India — 19 years earlier
- 1511 Portuguese capture of Malacca — 6 years earlier
- 1526 First Battle of Panipat — 9 years later
Americas
- 1492 Columbus reaches the Americas — 25 years earlier
- 1519–1522 Magellan's circumnavigation — 2 years later
- 1521 Fall of Tenochtitlan — 4 years later
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Alive at the time
- Leonardo da Vinci (aged 65)
- Nicolaus Copernicus (aged 44)
- Michelangelo (aged 42)
- Martin Luther (aged 34)
- Maximilian I (aged 58)
- Moctezuma II (aged 51)
- Guru Nanak (aged 48)
- Vasco da Gama (aged 48)
- Selim I the Grim (aged 47)
- Vasily III (aged 38)