Leipzig Calvinist storm

Leipzig Calvinist storm
Storming and plundering of the house of the Calvinist Adolph Weinhaus on the Naschmarkt in Leipzig on 20 May 1593
LocationLeipzig, Electorate of Saxony
Date1593
TargetCrypto-Calvinists
Attack type
Mob violence
Deaths4 men beheaded
Perpetratorsmob
Motivetheological dispute

The Calvinist storm (German: Calvinistensturm) is the name given to the tumultuous climax of the theological dispute between the Orthodox Lutherans and the Calvinists in Leipzig in the Electorate of Saxony in May 1593, in which the houses of wealthy Calvinist-minded merchants were stormed and plundered.

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