Pope Clement VII`s refusal to allow King Henry VIII to divorce his wife started the Protestant Reformation.

The Protestant Reformation began in Wittenberg Germany in 1517.

Augustinian monk Martin Luther started the Protestant Reformation.

Several German states, Switzerland, Scandinavia and Scotland adapted  Protestantism after Martin Luther's protest against Roman Catholic Church.

The Protestant Churches have many different theology-oriented branches such as Anglican, Evangelical and Methodist.