The term 'Protestant' was first applied to followers of Luther following the 1529:
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Correct answer: Second Diet of Speyer
At Speyer, a group of Lutheran princes 'protested' against the imperial attempt to reinstate the Edict of Worms and ban Lutheranism. The term 'Protestant' stuck as a label for those who dissented from the Roman Church.
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