Protestant Reformation leader in Switzerland, Swiss Reformed Church founder (1484-1531). Huldrych Zwingli was born on 1 January 1484 in what is now Switzerland. Huldrych Zwingli is remembered as a theologian, translator and priest, a citizen of Old Swiss Confederacy. Positions held included Antistes.
Before and after
- 3 May 1481Death of Mehmed II
- 14 February 1483Birth of Babur
- 6 April 1483Birth of Raphael
- 10 November 1483Birth of Martin Luther
- 1 January 1484Birth of Huldrych Zwingli
- c. 1485Painting of The Birth of Venus
- from 1485 to 1491Ottoman–Mamluk War
- 1485Birth of Hernán Cortés
- from 22 August 1485 to 24 March 1603House of Tudor
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