The first event that occurred was <span>Martin Luther nailed “The Ninety-Five Theses” to a church door in Wittenberg, Germany.
</span>Then followed <span>Henry VIII split from the Catholic Church.
Followed by </span><span>Edward VI reformed the Anglican Church.
Followed by </span><span>Mary I reconciled with the pope and restored Catholicism in England.
Followed by </span><span>During the reign of Elizabeth I, the Church of England sought a compromise between Catholicism and the more radical Protestant sects.</span>
<span>The narrator gives information about the sequence of events that happened in the story. </span>
About discovering is a gerund phrase