1983 Event 1st visit to Lutheran church by a pope (John Paul II in Rome) 1954 Death Professor Werner Elert, German Lutheran theologist, dies at 69 1952 Event Dutch Lutheran Church reunites after 1 centuries 1934 Event 418 Lutheran ministers arrested in Germany 1900 Birthday Franklin C Fry, U.S. minister, Lutheran World Relief 1866 Birthday Nathan Soderblom, Lutheran archbishop, internationalist, Nobel '30 1807 Death John Muhlenberg, Lutheran pastor, dies on his 61st birthday 1748 Event United Lutheran Church of U.S. organized 1746 Birthday John Muhlenberg, Lutheran pastor/general/congressman 1714 Birthday Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lutheran pastor, Lithuanian poet, The Seas 1711 Birthday Heinrich Melchior Muhlenberg, found U.S. Lutheran church 1703 Event 1st Lutheran pastor ordained in America, Justus Falckner in Philadelphia 1580 Event Book of Concord, standards of Lutheran Church, 1st published 1557 Event Catholic and Lutheran theology debated in Worm 1552 Event Treaty of Passau: Emperor Charles V accepts Lutheran religion 1541 Death Andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt, radical Lutheran, dies at about 61 1526 Event Parliament of Spiers: Lutheran monarchy freed of their belief 1521 Event Inquisitor-general Adrian Boeyens bans Lutheran books 965 Death Bruno I, archbishop of Cologne/duke of Lutheran, dies at about 40 939 Death Giselbert, duke of Lutheran, drowns at about 49
