Historical Events
- 0939-10-02 Battle at Andernach: King Otto & Hermann of Zwaben beat Eberhard of France & Giselbert of Lutherans
- 1101-12-25 Henry I of Limburg becomes Duke of Lower Lorraine
- 1106-05-13 Henry I of Limburg loses the duchy of Lower Lorraine to Godfrey of Louvain
- 1521-04-07 Inquisitor-general Adrian Boeyens bans Lutheran books
- 1525-05-17 Battle at Zabern: duke of Lutherans beats rebels
- 1534-05-12 German Duchy of Wurttemberg becomes Lutheran under Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg
Historic Event
1548-06-30 Augsburg Interim issued by Charles V becomes law - orders Lutherans to return to Catholic practices with some concessions
- 1552-08-02 Treaty of Passau: Emperor Charles V accepts Lutheran religion
- 1557-09-11 Catholic & Lutheran theology debated in Worms
- 1568-10-21 2nd Altenburger sermon: Philippisten/Gnesiolutheranen
- 1580-06-25 Book of Concord, standards of Lutheran Church, 1st published
- 1593-03-01 The Uppsala Synod is summoned to confirm the exact forms of the Lutheran Church of Sweden.
- 1638-03-29 1st permanent white settlement in Delaware (Swedish Lutherans)
- 1673-08-30 Leopold I, Spain, Netherlands & Lutherans form anti-French covenant
- 1703-11-24 1st Lutheran pastor ordained in America, Justus Falckner at Philadelphia
- 1732-02-02 King Frederik Willem I moves Lutherans towards East-Prussia
- 1748-08-15 United Lutheran Church the American colonies organized
- 1748-08-26 The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1934-04-06 418 Lutheran ministers arrested in Germany
Execution
1937-11-01 Stalinists execute by shooting Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of Azerbaijan's Lutheran community (including three women).
- 1952-01-31 Dutch Lutheran Church reunites after 1½ centuries
- 1977-06-24 Josiah Mutabuzi Isaya Kibira is the first African to be elected president of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
Papal Visit
1983-12-11 1st visit to Lutheran church by a pope (John Paul II in Rome)
- 1999-10-31 Roman Catholic Church and Lutheran Church leaders sign the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, ending a centuries-old doctrinal dispute over the nature of faith and salvation.
Famous Birthdays
- 1486-11-13 Johann Eck, German Scholastic theologian and early counter-reformer against Lutheran challenges, born in Egg, Swabia (d. 1543)
- 1494-02-20 Johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism)
- 1496-10-20 Claude de Lutherans, 1st duke of Guise, French general (Battle of Marignano), born in Condé-sur-Moselle, France (d. 1550)
- 1501-04-19 Erasmus Sarcerius, German Lutheran theologian and reformer, born in Annaberg, Saxony (d. 1559)
- 1515-03-12 Caspar Othmayr, German composer and Lutheran pastor, born in Amberg (d. 1553)
- 1522-11-09 Martin Chemnitz, German Lutheran reformer and theologian, born in Treuenbrietzen, Germany (d. 1586)
- 1555-12-27 Johann Arndt, German Lutheran theologian and author of books on devotional Christianity, born in Edderitz, Anhalt-Köthen, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1621)
- 1556-08-10 Philipp Nicolai, German Lutheran pastor, poet, composer and hymnodist, born in Mengeringhausen, Hesse, Germany (d. 1607)
- 1582-10-17 Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637)
- 1617-08-13 Johannes Andreas Quenstedt, German Lutheran theologian, born in Quedlinburg, Germany (d. 1688)
- 1682-07-10 Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg, German Lutheran missionary to India, born in Pulsnitz, Saxony (d. 1719)
- 1686-01-31 Hans Egede, Norwegian Lutheran missionary (d. 1758)
- 1702-05-02 Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German Lutheran theologian, born in Göppingen, Germany (d. 1782)
- 1711-09-06 Henry Muhlenberg, German-born founder of the U.S. Lutheran Church, born in Einbeck, Germany (d. 1787)
- 1714-01-01 Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lutheran pastor, Lithuanian poet (The Seas)
- 1764-11-22 Barbara Juliane, baroness von Krüdener, Baltic German religious mystic, author, and Pietist Lutheran theologian, born in Riga, Latvia (d. 1824)
- 1844-11-10 Henry Eyster Jacobs, American Lutheran theologian, born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (d. 1932)
- 1885-08-19 Werner Elert, German Lutheran theologian (d. 1954)
- 1886-10-22 Erik Bergman, Lutheran pastor (d. 1970)
- 1892-01-14 Martin Niemöller, German theologian who supported, then opposed the Nazi regime, famous for his widely quoted poem "First they came ...", born in Lippstadt, Germany (d. 1984)
- 1898-01-13 Kai Munk, Danish playwright and Lutheran pastor, martyr (d. 1944)
- 1899-08-20 Hanns Lilje, German Lutheran bishop and antifascist (Church und Welt), born in Hanover, Germany (d. 1977)
- 1900-08-30 Franklin Clark Fry, American minister (Lutheran World Relief), born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (d. 1968)
- 1917-10-04 Marv Harshman, American basketball hall of fame coach (Pacific Lutheran, Wash State, Washington), born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin (d. 2013)
Famous Weddings
Vera-Ellen
1954-11-19 Actress Vera-Ellen (33) weds millionaire Victor Rothschild at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Los Angeles
Julia Roberts
1993-06-27 American actress Julia Roberts (25) weds American singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett (36) at St. James Lutheran Church in Marion, Indiana; divorce in 1995
Famous Deaths
- 0900-08-13 Zwentibold, king of Lutherans (895-900), dies in battle at 29
- 0965-10-11 Bruno I, archbishop of Cologne/duke of Lutheran, dies at about 40
- 1023-09-26 Godfried I, duke of Neth-Lutherans, dies
- 1065-08-28 Frederik van Luxembourg, duke of Neth-Lutherans (1046-65)
- 1069-12-24 Godfried II, with the Beard, duke of Neder-Lutherans, dies
- 1139-07-16 Walram II, duke of Limburg/Neth-Lutherans, dies
- 1541-12-24 Andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt, radical Lutheran, dies at about 61
- 1543-02-10 Johann Eck, German Scholastic theologian and early counter-reformer against Lutheran challenges, dies a 56
- 1559-11-28 Erasmus Sarcerius, German Lutheran theologian and reformer, dies at about 58
- 1573-10-27 Laurentius Petri, first Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1499)
- 1578-11-08 Johann Walter, German Lutheran composer, dies at 51
- 1586-04-08 Martin Chemnitz, German Lutheran reformer and theologian, dies at 63
- 1607-10-26 Philipp Nicolai, German Lutheran pastor, poet, composer and hymnodist, dies at 52
- 1621-05-11 Johann Arndt, German Lutheran theologian and author of books on devotional Christianity, dies at 65
- 1637-08-10 Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (b. 1582)
- 1688-05-22 Johannes Andreas Quenstedt, German Lutheran theologian, dies at 70
- 1690-03-18 Charles, duke of Lutherans, dies
- 1719-02-23 Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg, German Lutheran missionary to India, dies at 36
- 1758-11-05 Hans Egede, Norwegian Lutheran missionary (b. 1686)
- 1766-02-23 Stanislaw Leszcynski, duke of Lutherans/king of Poland, dies
- 1782-02-10 Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German Lutheran theologian, dies at 79
- 1787-10-07 Henry Muhlenberg, German-born founder of the U.S. Lutheran Church, dies at 76
- 1824-12-25 Barbara Juliane, baroness von Krüdener, Baltic German religious mystic, author, and Pietist Lutheran theologian, dies at 60
- 1887-05-07 C. F. W. Walther, American Lutheran theologian (b. 1811)
- 1932-07-07 Henry Eyster Jacobs, American Lutheran theologian, dies at 87
- 1954-11-21 Werner Elert, German Lutheran theologian, dies at 69
- 1970-04-26 Erik Bergman, Swedish pastor, dies at 83
- 1977-01-06 Hanns Lilje, German Lutheran bishop and antifascist (Church und Welt), dies at 77
- 2008-04-15 Krister Stendahl, Swedish Lutheran theologian & bishop, dies at 86
- 2013-04-12 Marv Harshman, American basketball hall of fame coach (Pacific Lutheran, Wash State, Washington), dies at 95