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1531

Protestant Schmalkaldic League Formed

1531

Lutheran princes and cities met at Schmalkalden in Thuringia and signed a defensive alliance against the emperor. Charles V, preoccupied by the Ottomans, could not immediately respond. The League became the military backbone of Protestant Germany for the next sixteen years, until Charles finally crushed it at Muehlberg. The League transformed the German Reformation from a theological movement into a military alliance capable of armed self-defense.

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Before and after in Europe

Before: 1530: Order of Santiago Incorporated into Crown
After: July 23, 1532: Religious Peace of Nuremberg

Before and after in Religion

Before: June 25, 1530: Augsburg Confession Read Aloud
After: July 23, 1532: Religious Peace of Nuremberg

Era

Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Schmalkaldic League