1523

February 1523

Henry Pfeiffer arrived in town to become pastor of the St. Nicholas Church.

August 1523

Henry Pfeiffer was banished from the city.

December 1523

Henry Pfeiffer returned after a brief banishment.

1524

10 August 1524

Thomas Muntzer arrived in Muhlhausen after escaping from Allstedt. He was welcomed by Henry Pfeiffer.

22-23 September 1524

Thomas Muntzer and Henry Pfeiffer drafted the Eleven Muhlhausen Articles, with the goal of unifying a radical opposition party composed of rural peasants and urban craftsmen.

27 September 1524

Thomas Muntzer and Henry Pfeiffer were banished by the city council for their agitation activities. Pfeiffer went to Nuremberg.

December 1524

Henry Pfeiffer returned to the city.

1525

January 1525

Radical activists removed altarpieces from the city's churches and attacked the local mendicant cloisters.

Hans Denck probably came here after his expulsion from Nuremberg but left before the town's occupation in May. He next appeared in Schwyz, Switzerland.

February 1525

Thomas Muntzer returned to the city.

March 1525

Thomas Muntzer and Henry Pfeiffer collaborated to incite a revolution here. The town council was overthrown and replaced by an "Eternal Council".

25 May 1525

Thomas Muntzer and Henry Pfeiffer were beheaded. Their bodies were exhibited on spears.

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