VirginiaHuguenot
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The following events in church history occurred this week:
April 4
* 397 -- Death of Ambrose of Milan, Church Father;
* 1550 -- John Knox publically affirmed the Mass to be idolatry;
* 1622 -- Death of John Welsh, Scottish Presbyterian
April 5
* 1614 -- John Rolfe married Rebecca (Pocahontas) in Jamestown, Virginia
* 1649 -- Death of John Winthrop, English/American Puritan
April 6
* 1320 -- Scottish Declaration of Arbroath signed;
* 1528 -- Death of Albrecht Durer, German artist;
* 1593 -- Martyrdom of Henry Barrow, English Nonconformist;
* 1926 -- Birth of Ian Paisley, Ulster Presbyterian
April 7
* 1724 -- Premier of J.S. Bach's Die Johannespassion
* 1770 -- Birth of William Wordsworth, English poet
April 8
* 1629 -- Death of Willem Teellinck, Dutch theologian;
* 1802 -- Napoleon ordered state control of the French Protestant Church;
* 1857 -- Founding of the Christian Reformed Church;
* 1864 -- Day of fasting and prayer proclaimed by Confederate President Jefferson Davis
April 9
* 1609/1621 -- Beginning and end of temporary peace treaty between Spain and Holland (a factor in the Pilgrim's voyage to America);
* 1945 -- Death of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologian
[Edited on 9-25-2005 by VirginiaHuguenot]
April 4
* 397 -- Death of Ambrose of Milan, Church Father;
* 1550 -- John Knox publically affirmed the Mass to be idolatry;
* 1622 -- Death of John Welsh, Scottish Presbyterian
April 5
* 1614 -- John Rolfe married Rebecca (Pocahontas) in Jamestown, Virginia
* 1649 -- Death of John Winthrop, English/American Puritan
April 6
* 1320 -- Scottish Declaration of Arbroath signed;
* 1528 -- Death of Albrecht Durer, German artist;
* 1593 -- Martyrdom of Henry Barrow, English Nonconformist;
* 1926 -- Birth of Ian Paisley, Ulster Presbyterian
April 7
* 1724 -- Premier of J.S. Bach's Die Johannespassion
* 1770 -- Birth of William Wordsworth, English poet
April 8
* 1629 -- Death of Willem Teellinck, Dutch theologian;
* 1802 -- Napoleon ordered state control of the French Protestant Church;
* 1857 -- Founding of the Christian Reformed Church;
* 1864 -- Day of fasting and prayer proclaimed by Confederate President Jefferson Davis
April 9
* 1609/1621 -- Beginning and end of temporary peace treaty between Spain and Holland (a factor in the Pilgrim's voyage to America);
* 1945 -- Death of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologian
[Edited on 9-25-2005 by VirginiaHuguenot]
