Pin #14 (tied with 5 other Pins) ... Halloween, 1517. Father Martin Luther punks his boss, Pope Leo X with the ultimate Halloween prank: by nailing his famous Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, Rev. Martin triggered the Protestant Reformation. "Luther Posting His 95 Theses," painting by Ferdinand Pauwels, 1872.
![Martin Luther (10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German monk, priest, professor of theology and iconic figure of the Protestant Reformation.[1] He strongly disputed the claim that freedom from God's punishment for sin could be purchased with money. He confronted indulgence salesman Johann Tetzel with his Ninety-Five Theses in 1517. His refusal to retract all of his writings at the demand of Pope Leo X in 1520 and the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms in 1521 Christian Reformation, Reformation History, Saint Empire Romain Germanique, Jean Calvin](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/bb/7f/7e/bb7f7ef1c746c7ab39f719c2c4d3e1b0--christian-reformation-martin-luther-reformation.jpg)
