1871Bismarck's Kulturkampf Against the Catholic Church

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🕊️ Birth of Hildegard of Bingen

the birth of Hildegard of Bingen, Doctor of the Church, abbess, monastic leader, mystic, prophetess, medical, German composer and writer, polymath.
Birth of Hildegard of Bingen (1098)
Middle AgesChristianityCatholicismMysticismMusicWritingMonasticismReligious Figures
GermanyGermany

🙏 🙏 Luther's Monastic Entry: Start of Reformation

Martin Luther enters St. Augustine's Monastery at Erfurt, Germany, on 17 July and begins his journey to instigating the Reformation.
🙏 Luther's Monastic Entry: Start of Reformation (1505)
ChristianityMonasticismCatholicismReligious HistoryReligious Reform
GermanyGermany

📜 Martin Luther Posts Ninety-Five Theses

Martin Luther Posts Ninety-Five Theses (1517)
ChristianitySaxonyReligious ReformCatholicismPrinting PressReligious DoctrineHeresy
GermanyGermany

✝️ Catholic League Formed by Maximilian of Bavaria

Catholic League Formed by Maximilian of Bavaria (1609)
Religious ConflictCatholicismHoly Roman EmpireThirty Years' WarCounter-ReformationChristianityLeagueMaximilian I
GermanyGermany

⛪ Bismarck's Kulturkampf Against the Catholic Church

1871–1878: In Germany, Otto von Bismarck attacks the privileges of the Catholic Church in the Kulturkampf ("Culture War").
Bismarck's Kulturkampf Against the Catholic Church (1871)
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🇩🇪 Kaiser Wilhelm II Dismisses Bismarck and Shifts to Weltpolitik

Kaiser Wilhelm II dismisses Germany's longtime chancellor Otto von Bismarck, thereafter embarking on the foreign policy of Weltpolitik, as opposed to Bismarck's Realpolitik.
Kaiser Wilhelm II Dismisses Bismarck and Shifts to Weltpolitik (1890)
ImperialismGerman EmpireWeltpolitikRealpolitikOtto von BismarckForeign PolicyDiplomacyEuropean History
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