Reformation stories for 2017
For the 2017 centenary of the Reformation, we highlight our pre-Reformation, Reformation, and counter-Reformation stories.
The Reformation and counter-Reformation were big events in western church history. Needless to say, many Reformation-era events and figures made it into our “It Happened This Day” series. Given that 2017 marks the fifth centennary of the Reformation, we thought we would point you to those stories. More are on their way—we will be swapping out at least nine of the existing stories for new ones on Oecolampadius, Lady Jane Grey, Ignatius Loyola, John Fisher, the Book of Concord, Elizabeth I, John of the Cross, the Council of Trent, and the Reformation’s impact on Eastern Orthodoxy. Meanwhile, here is a list of Reformation-themed daily stories that are already in the annual cycle.
01-03 ___LINK_START_0Peder Palladius___LINK_END_0 (Danish Ref)
01-06 ___LINK_START_1Olaus Petri___LINK_END_1 (Swedish Ref)
01-28 ___LINK_START_2Menno Simons___LINK_END_2 (Anabaptist Ref)
01-29 ___LINK_START_3Ulrich Zwingli___LINK_END_3 (Swiss Ref)
01-31 ___LINK_START_4Martin Bucer___LINK_END_4 (Swiss and English Refs)
02-11 ___LINK_START_5Elizabeth of Palatine___LINK_END_5 (German Ref)
02-16 ___LINK_START_6Phillipp Melanchthon___LINK_END_6 (German Ref)
03-01 ___LINK_START_7Guillaume Farel___LINK_END_7 (Swiss Ref)
03-04 ___LINK_START_8Bernard Gilpin___LINK_END_8 (Eng Ref)
03-05 ___LINK_START_9Thomas von Imbroich___LINK_END_9 (Anabaptist)
03-15 ___LINK_START_10John Hus___LINK_END_10 (Bohemia pre-Ref)
03-30 ___LINK_START_11Thomas Cranmer___LINK_END_11 (Eng Ref)
04-05 ___LINK_START_12Sea Beggars___LINK_END_12 (Dutch Ref)
04-06 ___LINK_START_13George van Pare___LINK_END_13 (English Ref)
04-09 ___LINK_START_14Michael Agricola___LINK_END_14 (Finnish Ref)
04-25 ___LINK_START_15Girolamo Savonarola___LINK_END_15 (pre-Ref)
05-02 ___LINK_START_16John Knox___LINK_END_16 (Scottish Ref)
05-23 ___LINK_START_17Defenestration of Prague___LINK_END_17 (began 30-year war)
05-28 ___LINK_START_18Martin Rinkart___LINK_END_18 (German pastor during the 30-year war)
06-04 ___LINK_START_19Niels Hemmingsen___LINK_END_19 (Danish Ref)
06-09 ___LINK_START_20Patrick Hamilton___LINK_END_20 (Scottish Ref)
07-06 ___LINK_START_21Thomas More___LINK_END_21 (Eng counter-Ref)
07-09 ___LINK_START_22Gorcum Martyrs___LINK_END_22 (Dutch counter-Ref)
07-12 ___LINK_START_23Erasmus___LINK_END_23 (pre-Ref)
07-16 ___LINK_START_24Edmund Campion___LINK_END_24 (Eng counter-Ref)
07-18 ___LINK_START_25Heinrich Bullinger___LINK_END_25 (Swiss Ref)
07-21 ___LINK_START_26Roman Inquisition___LINK_END_26 (counter-Ref)
08-15 ___LINK_START_27Francis Xavier___LINK_END_27 (counter-Ref)
08-20 ___LINK_START_28Martyr Synod___LINK_END_28 (Anabaptist)
08-23 ___LINK_START_29St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre___LINK_END_29 (French Ref)
08-27 ___LINK_START_30Pierre Viret___LINK_END_30 (French Ref)
10-02 ___LINK_START_31William Tyndale___LINK_END_31 (Eng Ref)
10-04 ___LINK_START_32Teresa of Avila___LINK_END_32 (counter-Ref)
10-05 ___LINK_START_33Maeyken Wens___LINK_END_33 (Anabaptist)
10-08 ___LINK_START_34Don Carlos de Seso___LINK_END_34 (Spanish Ref)
10-11 ___LINK_START_35John Zizka___LINK_END_35 (Bohemia pre-Ref)
10-31 ___LINK_START_36Martin Luther’s theses___LINK_END_36 (German Ref)
11-02 ___LINK_START_37John Calvin___LINK_END_37 (Swiss Ref)
11-08 ___LINK_START_38Stockholm Bloodbath, Gustav Vasa___LINK_END_38 (Swedish Ref)
11-26 ___LINK_START_39John Jewel___LINK_END_39 (Eng Ref)
12-15 ___LINK_START_40Jacques Lefèvre___LINK_END_40 (French Ref)
12-20 ___LINK_START_41Katherine von Bora Luther___LINK_END_41 (German Ref)
12-26 ___LINK_START_42Marie Durand___LINK_END_42 (French Ref)