1609 ⟶ Catholic League Formed by Maximilian of Bavaria

Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.
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🙏 🙏 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

The Reformation begins when Martin Luther posts his Ninety-five Theses in Saxony.⟶
Martin Luther Posts Ninety-Five Theses (1517)
ChristianitySaxonyReligious ReformCatholicismPrinting PressReligious DoctrineHeresy
GermanyGermany

⚔️ Münster Rebellion Crushed: Anabaptist Theocracy Fails

The Münster Rebellion, an attempt of radical, millennialist, Anabaptists to establish a theocracy, ends in bloodshed.⟶
Münster Rebellion Crushed: Anabaptist Theocracy Fails (1535)
RebellionTheocracyReligious ViolenceChristianityReligious ExtremismSocial UnrestHoly Roman Empire
GermanyGermany

✝️ Catholic League Formed by Maximilian of Bavaria

Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.⟶
Catholic League Formed by Maximilian of Bavaria (1609)
Religious ConflictCatholicismHoly Roman EmpireThirty Years' WarCounter-ReformationChristianityLeagueMaximilian I
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⚔️ Catholic Victory at the Battle of Nördlingen

Battle of Nördlingen results in Catholic victory.⟶
Catholic Victory at the Battle of Nördlingen (1634)
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⛪ 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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