c. 1526, March
William Tyndale, linguist and a leading figure in the Protestant Reformation completes the translation of the New Testament to English in 1526 and goes on to translate parts of the Old Testament (Pentateuch) in 1530. He was arrested in May 1535 and executed in 1536 for heresy, unable to complete the full Bible translation..
Early Bible Translations Overview:
Tyndale: (1525) (Provided the New Testament and the Old Testament from Genesis to 2 Chronicles, translated directly from Hebrew and Greek. Tyndale was arrested in 1535 and executed for heresy in 1536.
Myles Coverdale: (1535), Provided the remaining Old Testament (Ezra to Malachi) and the Apocrypha, largely translated from German (Luther) and Latin sources. Coverdale died from natural sources on January 20, 1569.
John Rogers: (1537), Compiled the existing translations, under the pseudonym "Thomas Matthew," adding marginal notes and prefaces. Rogers was executed as a heretic in 1555.
