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 Peder Palladius (Danish Ref)
01-06 Olaus Petri (Swedish Ref)
01-28 Menno Simons (Anabaptist Ref)
01-29 Ulrich Zwingli (Swiss Ref)
01-31 Martin Bucer (Swiss and English Refs)
02-11 Elizabeth of Palatine (German Ref)
02-16 Phillipp Melanchthon (German Ref)
03-01 Guillaume Farel (Swiss Ref)
03-04 Bernard Gilpin (Eng Ref)
03-05 Thomas von Imbroich (Anabaptist)
03-15 John Hus (Bohemia pre-Ref)
03-30 Thomas Cranmer (Eng Ref)
04-05 Sea Beggars (Dutch Ref)
04-06 George van Pare (English Ref)
04-09 Michael Agricola (Finnish Ref)
04-25 Girolamo Savonarola (pre-Ref)
05-02 John Knox (Scottish Ref)
05-23 Defenestration of Prague (began 30-year war)
05-28 Martin Rinkart (German pastor during the 30-year war)
06-04 Niels Hemmingsen (Danish Ref)
06-09 Patrick Hamilton (Scottish Ref)
07-06 Thomas More (Eng counter-Ref)
07-09 Gorcum Martyrs (Dutch counter-Ref)
07-12 Erasmus (pre-Ref)
07-16 Edmund Campion (Eng counter-Ref)
07-18 Heinrich Bullinger (Swiss Ref)
07-21 Roman Inquisition (counter-Ref)
08-15 Francis Xavier (counter-Ref)
08-20 Martyr Synod (Anabaptist)
08-23 St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre (French Ref)
08-27 Pierre Viret (French Ref)
10-02 William Tyndale (Eng Ref)
10-04 Teresa of Avila (counter-Ref)
10-05 Maeyken Wens (Anabaptist)
10-08 Don Carlos de Seso (Spanish Ref)
10-11 John Zizka (Bohemia pre-Ref)
10-31 Martin Luther’s theses (German Ref)
11-02 John Calvin (Swiss Ref)
11-08 Stockholm Bloodbath, Gustav Vasa (Swedish Ref)
11-26 John Jewel (Eng Ref)
12-15 Jacques Lefèvre (French Ref)
12-20 Katherine von Bora Luther (German Ref)
12-26 Marie Durand (French Ref)