On October 31, 1517, legend had it that the priest and scholar Martin Luther approached the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, and nails a piece of paper containing the 95 revolutionary opinions that would begin the Protestant Reformation. In his...
MARTIN LUTHER WAS BORN IN 1483. HE DIED IN 1546. 1501 Luther goes to study law at the University of Erfurt. 1505, caught in a violent storm, he is almost struck by lightning. He immediately decides to become a monk. In 1507 Luther was ordained to the priesthood....