1546, GERMANY: The german FILIPPO MELANTONE (Melanchthon, Philipp Schwarzered, Bretten 1497-Wittenberg 1560), reformer and Umanist. Engraved portrait from the melanchthon 's funeral oration on MARTIN LUTHER (1546). Professor and theologian, a key leader of the Lutheran Reformation, and a friend and associate of Martin Luther