The Origins of Protestant Denominations (simplified)

Lutheranism (out of Roman Catholicism)

— Martin Luther

— 1517 (95 Theses)

Zwinglianism / Swiss Reformed (out of Roman Catholicism)

— Ulrich Zwingli

— 1519 (Zurich reform begins)

Anglicanism (out of Roman Catholicism)

— Henry VIII

— 1534 (Act of Supremacy)

Reformed Church (out of Roman Catholicism)

— John Calvin

— 1536 (Institutes published) / 1541 (Geneva)

Presbyterianism (out of Reformed Church/Calvin)

— John Knox

— 1560 (Church of Scotland)

Congregationalism (out of Anglicanism)

— Robert Browne

— 1581

Methodism (out of Anglicanism)

— John Wesley

— 1738 / 1784, Wesley never intended a full break from Anglicanism

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints / Mormonism (Cult)

— Joseph Smith

— 1830

Campbellites / Churches of Christ / Disciples of Christ / Christian Church / Restoration Movement(Semi-cult)

— Alexander Campbell, Barton W. Stone

— 1832

Seventh-day Adventism (Cult)

— Ellen G. White

— 1863 (formal organization)

Salvation Army (out of Methodism)

— William Booth

— 1865

Jehovah’s Witnesses (Cult)

— Charles Taze Russell

— 1872

Pentecostalism (out of Methodism)

— Charles Parham / William J. Seymour

— 1901 / 1906

(All dates are approximate and offered for general reference.)