What Happened in September 1537

Historical Events

Ordinance on the Danish Church

Sep 2 Danish King Christian III publishes "Ordinance on the Danish Church" establishing Lutheranism as the state religion within his realms

  • Sep 24 Catholic uprising in the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck (now Germany) fails

Famous Deaths

  • Sep 4 Johann Dietenberger, German theologian (b. c. 1475)