2015 Event During his visit to Bolivia, Pope Francis asks for forgiveness for the Catholic Church for its offenses against the indigenous population of the American continent during the conquest by European powers 2015 Event Amazon.com joins eBay and others in removing Confederate flag items from its site after last week's shooting of nine African American church members; though part of U.S. Civil War history, the flag is also seen by many as a symbol of racism 2015 Event The Vatican ends a five-year investigation into a key organization of U.S. nuns two years ahead of schedule and recommends no major changes; the group was under scrutiny for practices considered out of line with Catholic Church teaching 2014 Event The Church of England announces that it has changed its rules to allow female bishops; the church has allowed female priests for the last 20 years but has not allowed women to serve in higher positions until now 2014 Event Pope Francis beatifies Pope Paul VI, who was known for changes in the Catholic Church that came out of Vatican II 2014 Event The Vatican issues a document indicating that the Catholic Church is taking a softer stance on relationships outside of traditional marriage, upholding the church's views but advocating respect for unmarried couples and homosexual unions 2014 Event Pope Francis canonizes John XXIII and John Paul II; this is the first time that the Catholic Church has elected two former popes to sainthood in the same ceremony 2013 Event A vote by the General Synod of the Church of England approves legislation allowing women bishops to be ordained by 2014 2013 Event Pope Francis canonizes a record-breaking number of new Catholic Church saints; Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI submitted the 813 'Martyrs of Otranto' who were beheaded by Ottoman soldiers for refusing to convert to Islam 2013 Event Alfred Xuereb, an Honorary Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, is selected by Pope Francis' to become his first private secretary 2013 Event In Vatican City, Italy, Pope Francis delivers his first message at the Vatican, telling journalists wants "a poor Church, for the poor" 2012 Event The Coptic Orthodox Church selects Bishop Tawadros as their new 118th pope 2012 Event An internal investigation is launched by Pope Benedict XVI involving leaks of confidential documents that allege corruption, financial mismanagement and power struggles among senior church officials 2011 Event According to the Catholic Church on the island, Cuba plans free to two more dissidents 2009 Event The Russian Orthodox Church enthrones Patriarch Kirill I of Moscow as Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church 1995 Death Alonzo Church, American Mathematician 1995 Death Howard Hunter, U.S. leader of Mormon Church (1994-95), dies at 87 1995 Death S van der Linde, church historian, dies at 89 1994 Event Panic in church of Brazzaville: 142 killed 1994 Death Ezra Taft Benson, 13th head of Mormon Church, dies at 94 1994 Death D Nauta, theologist/church historian/lawyer, dies at 96 1994 Event President guard at Kigali Rwanda, chops 1,200 church members to death 1994 Event Church in Piedmont Alabama collapses in tornado, 19 killed 1994 Event Church of England ordains 1st 33 women priests 1994 Event Maronite church near Beirut bombed, 10 killed 1992 Event Anglican Church and Church of England OK female priests 1992 Event Roman Catholic church reinstates Galileo Galilei after 359 years 1992 Death Flora SA Benson, U.S., wife of President Ezra Taft B of mormon church, dies 1991 Event Irene the Icon of Greek Orthodox church returns after being stolen 1991 Event Lesbian priest Elizabeth Carl ordained in Episcopal Church 1991 Event Lesbian priest Elizabeth Carl is ordained in Episcopal Church 1991 Death J de Graaf, ethicus/president church and peace, dies 1991 Event Alfaro Vive guerrilla group of Ecuador gives arms to Catholic church 1990 Event Soldiers opens fire on worshippers in Monrovian church, 200-600 die 1990 Death Pimen, Sergei Irzyekov, patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 79 1989 Event Barbara Harris becomes 1st female bishop of a U.S. Episcopal church 1989 Event Episcopal church appoints 1st female bishop 1988 Event Russian orthodox church celebrates 1,000th anniversary 1987 Event Shoot out at Jean-Bertrand Aristides' church in Haiti, 12 die 1987 Event Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon 1986 Birthday Charlotte Church, born in Cardiff, Wales, singer, songwriter, actress, classical crossover singer, host of 'The Charlotte Church Show', worth $20 million pounds 1986 Death L Ron Hubbard, novelist/founder (Church of Scientology), dies at 74 1985 Death Spencer W. Kimball, U.S. head of mormon church, dies at 90 1984 Death Frank Church, Senator-D-Ohio 1957 - 1981, dies at 59 1983 Event 1st visit to Lutheran church by a pope (John Paul II in Rome) 1982 Event Seattle Baptist Church declares sanctuary for Central American refugees 1982 Event 6,000 Unification church couples wed in Korea 1982 Event 2,100 Unification church couples wed in New York City 1982 Event Over 2000 Unification Church couples marry at New York MSG 1982 Event Unification Church founder Reverend Sun Myung Moon convicted of tax evasion 1981 Event 39 Unification church couples wed in Germany 1978 Event Joseph Freeman, Jr. is 1st black priest in Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1978 Event Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) strikes down 148 year policy of excluding black men from priesthood 1978 Event 118 Unification church couples wed in England 1978 Event 16 Unification church couples wed in New York City 1977 Event 74 Unification Church couples wed in New York City 1976 Event 35 Unification church couples wed in New York City 1976 Event Reverend Joseph Evans elected president of United Church of Christ 1976 Event Episcopal Church approves ordination of women as priests and bishop 1975 Event 1800 Unification church couples' wed in Korea 1974 Event Episcopal Church ordained female priests 1974 Death Alberta King, mother of Martin Luther King, Jr., assassinated in church 1974 Birthday Johnie Church, NFL defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks 1973 Death Harold B Lee, U.S. head of Mormon Church, dies at 74 1973 Event Patriarch Shenuda II of Kopitisch church visits the pope 1970 Event 777 Unification church couples wed in Korea 1970 Death Sergei U S Aleksi, patriarch of Russian-Orthodox church, dies at 92 1970 Event Revised calendar for Western (RC) Church goes into effect 1969 Event 43 Unification church couples wed in New York City 1968 Death Willem Kooiman, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 65 1968 Death Franklin C Fry, U.S. minister (World Rad of Church), dies 1968 Event University church in Leipzig, East Germany, blown up 1968 Event United Methodist Church forms 1968 Event Diocese of Rome announces that it "deplored the concept," but wouldn't prohibit rock and roll masses at Church of San Lessio Falconieri 1968 Event 430 Unification Church couples wed in Korea 1966 Event Methodist Church and Evangelical United Brethren Church unite as United Methodist Church 1966 Event 1st official meeting after 400 years of Catholic and Anglican Church 1964 Event Roman Catholic Church in U.S. replaces Latin with English 1964 Death Berthold Altaner, German church historian, dies at 80 1963 Event 4 children killed in bombing of a black Baptist church in Birmingham 1963 Event 124 Unification church couples wed in Korea 1963 Event Cardinal Montini elected Pope Paul VI, 262nd head of RC Church 1963 Event John F. Kennedy speaks at Pauls Church in Frankfurt 1963 Birthday Joel Osteen, born in Houston, Texas, pastor, Lakewood Church, ministry reaches over seven million viewers per week in the U.S., author of 'Your Best Life Now' 1962 Event Black church is destroyed by fire in Macon Georgia 1962 Event Shady Grove Baptist Church burned in Leesburg Georgia 1961 Birthday Ann Coulter, born in New York City, New York, conservative political commentator, author, 'Godless: The Church of Liberalism', 'How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must)' 1961 Event 36 Unification church couples wed in Korea 1959 Event Presbyterian church accepts women preachers 1958 Event Dutch Reformed Church accepts women ministers 1958 Death John Lindeboom, Dutch vicar/church historian, dies at 75 1957 Event John Lennon (16) and Paul McCartney (15) meet for 1st time as Lennon's rock group The Quarry Men perform at a church dinner 1956 Death Martin Albertz, German theologist (Jesus Christ's Church), dies at 73 1956 Event U.S. Methodist church disallows race separation 1955 Event Dutch Reformed Church condemns woman/wife as vicar 1955 Event Presbyterian Church begins accepting women ministers 1955 Event Argentine parliament accepts separation of church and state 1954 Death Mary Church Terrell, educator/civil rights leader, dies at 90 1954 Death Aart A van Schelven, church historian (Willem of Orange), dies at 73 1954 Event HSA-UWC Forms (Unification Church) (Moonies) 1954 Birthday Rick Warren, San Jose, California, Pastor of Saddleback Church in Southern California 1952 Birthday Joel Garner, born in Christ Church, Barbados, right-handed, fast bowler, nicknamed 'Big Bird', West Indian cricketer, played 1979 Cricket World Cup, 1983 Cricket World Cup 1952 Event Catholic church puts Andre Gides "Labor" on the index 1952 Event Dutch Lutheran Church reunites after 1 centuries 1951 Event Dutch Reformed Church introduces new church choir 1950 Event National Council of Church of Christ in U.S. forms 1950 Event Polish Catholic church and government sign accord over relations 1950 Birthday John Hartman, born in Falls Church, Virginia, rock drummer, Doobie Brothers 1948 Event 500th anniversary Russian orthodox church celebrated in Moscow 1948 Death Charles Fillmore, born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, mystic, co-founder, Unity, a New Thought movement church, created metaphysical interpretations of the Bible, promoted idea that God is good, God is available, God is in you, wrote, 'The Twelve Powers of Man', dies 1945 Event Pope Pius XII encyclical Orientals omnes, about Rutheense church 1945 Death Johan Eykman, theologist (World Church), dies at 52 1944 Event Earl Claus von Stauffenberg visits RC church in Berlin-Dahlem 1944 Birthday Peter Akinola, born in Ogun, Nigeria, church leader in Nigeria 1943 Event Belgian church excommunicates nazi Leon Degrelle 1942 Event Meulenberg robs of church bells 1942 Death Hans Lietzman, German theologist/church historian, dies at 67 1941 Birthday Jeremiah Wright, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pastor Emeritus, former Pastor, Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, 8,500 member megachurch, former pastor of President Obama, known for politically charged, controversial sermons 1941 Death Johann Peter Kirsch, Luxembourg church historian, dies at 79 1941 Death Joseph Schmidlin, German church historian, murdered at 67 1940 Event German Evangelist Church protests against euthanasia pogroms 1940 Event Goering says 100-200 church bells enough for Germany, smelt the rest 1940 Event German U-Boot torpedoes Dutch trade ship Arendskerk (Eagle's Church) 1939 Birthday Terry Waite, Anglican Church envoy/Lebanese hostage 1939 Event Catholic church beatified the 1st Native American, Kateri Tekakwitha 1937 Death John Gresham Machen, Presbyterian theologian, professor, New Testament, Princeton Seminary, formed Orthodox Presbyterian Church, dies of pneumonia at age 55 1936 Event Presbyterian Church of America founded at Philadelphia 1935 Birthday Ruth Clarke, Moderator, General Assembly of the United Reform Church 1933 Event Pope Pius XI encyclical "On oppression of the Church in Spain" 1933 Birthday Margaret Laird, Commissioner, Third Church Estates 1932 Birthday O. C. Smith, born in Mansfield, Louisiana, born Ocie Lee Smith, singer, pastor, "Save the Last Dance for Me" hit number one on Rhythm n' Beach Top 40, founded The City of Angels Church 1932 Birthday Donald Hilton, Moderator, General Assembly of United Reformed Church 1932 Event British Anglicans and Old-Catholic church merge 1931 Event Spanish Cortes agrees to separation of Church and State 1931 Birthday James Weatherhead, moderator, General Assembly of Church of Scotland 1930 Birthday Simon Barrington-Ward, born in England, educated at Eton College, Cambridge, 7th Bishop of Coventry in the Church of England, 1985 - 1997, Bishop with pastoral care, University of Cambridge 1930 Event Ellen Church becomes 1st airline stewardess, United (San Francisco to Cheyenne) 1929 Death Arthur H Mann, English composer (Church of England Hymnal), dies 1929 Birthday Peter Bingham Hinchcliff, British church historian, 1 Sided Reciprocity 1928 Event Turkey passes separation of church and state 1926 Event Pope Pius XI encyclical On persecution of Church in Mexico 1926 Death Frederik Pijper, Dut vicar/church historian (Monasteries), dies at 67 1924 Birthday Frank Church, born in Boise, Idaho, Senator-D-Idaho, 1957 - 1981 1924 Birthday Lionel Dakers, director, Royal School of Church Music 1922 Birthday John Heerbecq, Church commissioner 1921 Birthday Adrian Cruft, born Adrian Francis Cruft, son of Eugene Cruft, born in Britain, composer, dubbed a performer's composer, composed church, chamber and orchestral works 1920 Event Church disforms in Wales 1920 Birthday James Whyte, Moderator, General Assembly of Church of Scotland 1918 Event Separation of church and state begins in U.S.S.R. 1914 Birthday Hendrik Berkhof, Dutch theologist, Church and Emperor 1914 Birthday Roger Aubert, Belgium, church historian, Le Pontificat de Pie IX 1913 Birthday Ronald Harris, British 1st Church Estates Commissioner 1911 Birthday J de Graaf, Dutch ethicist/president, Church and Peace 1910 Birthday Gordon B. Hinckley, born in Utah, religious leader, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1910 Event Pope's encyclical on Editae Saepe, against church reformers 1909 Birthday Andrew Herron, Moderator, General Assembly of Church of Scotland 1909 Birthday Robin Orr, born in Brechin, Scotland, musician, composer, professor of music, composed three operas, Full Circle, Hermiston, On the Razzle, among other symphonies, church music, chamber works 1907 Birthday Howard William Hunter, Mormon Church Leader 1907 Birthday Helmut Walcha, German organist, church music 1906 Death Robert Rainy, minister, professor of Church history at New College, theological seminary, principal of New College, argued against Dean Stanley's Broad Church views, dies 1906 Event Joseph Smith, leader of the Mormon Church, convicted of polygamy 1906 Event Calvinist Reformed Union in Netherlands Church forms in Utrecht 1906 Birthday Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologist, Confessing Church 1906 Event Pope encyclical against separation of church and state 1905 Event French Assembly National votes for separation of church and state 1903 Birthday Willem Kooiman, Dutch theologist/church historian 1903 Birthday Alonzo Church, American Mathematician 1902 Event Pope Leo XIII encyclical "On Church in US" 1899 Birthday Hanns Lilje, German Lutherian bishop/antifascist, Church und Welt 1896 Death John GR Acquoy, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67 1896 Death Hendrik G Kleyn, church historian dies at 36 1896 Birthday Jan N Bakhuizen van den Brink, theologist/church historian 1895 Birthday Spencer W. Kimball, 12th prophet of Mormon church 1890 Event Mormon Church outlaws polygamy 1890 Event President of Mormon Church in Salt Lake City issues a manifesto advising members that teaching and practice of polygamy should be abandoned 1890 Event Mormon Church renounces polygamy 1889 Birthday Joan Collette, Dutch, male, painter, New Church, Delft 1886 Event Rift at Dutch Reformed Church over "Doleantie" 1885 Birthday Berthold Altaner, German church historian, Patrologie 1884 Death Hans Rott, composer, organist at the Piarist church, praised by Anton Bruchnew, Gustav Mahler, dies at 25 1883 Birthday Martin Albertz, German theologist, Church Jesus Christ 1882 Birthday Johannes Lindeboom, vicar/church historian, Netherlands Archives 1881 Birthday John Gresham Machen, born in Baltimore, Maryland, Presbyterian theologian, professor, New Testament, Princeton Seminary, formed Orthodox Presbyterian Church 1880 Death Bernard de Hair, vicar/poet/church historian, dies at 74 1880 Birthday Aart A van Schelven, Dutch church historian, Willem of Orange 1880 Birthday Otto Dibelius, German theologist/bishop, Confessional Church 1877 Birthday Sergei U.S. Aleksi, patriarch of Russian-orthodox church 1877 Death Brigham Young, 2nd president of Mormon Church, dies 1876 Birthday Joseph Schmidlin, German church historian/antifascist 1875 Birthday Hans Lietzman, German theologist and church historian 1873 Birthday David O McKay, Huntsville, Utah, 9th President of Mormon church 1873 Event Pope Pius IX encyclical "On the Church in Armenia" 1870 Birthday George A. Smith, born in Salt Lake City Utah, 8th President of Mormon church 1865 Death John E Feisser, founder (1st Dutch baptist church), dies at 59 1865 Event Battle at Namozine Church, Virginia (Appomattox Campaign) 1864 Event Skirmish at Rocky Creek Church, Georgia 1864 Event Battle of Preble's Farm Virginia (Poplar Springs Church) 1864 Event Battle of Atlanta Georgia (Ezra Church)-second sortie US700 CS4642 1864 Event Battle at Ezra Chapel (Church), Georgia [Hood's Third Sortie] 1864 Event Skirmish at Gilgal Church, Georgia 1864 Event Battle of Bethesda Church, Virginia 1864 Event Cavalry fight at Old Church (Totopotomoy Creek) Virginia 1864 Event Skirmish at Salem Church (Haw's Shop), Virginia 1864 Event Battle of New Hope Church, Georgia 1864 Event Battle at Ware Bottom Church, Virginia, 1,400 killed or injured 1864 Event Skirmish at Ware Bottom Church, Virginia 1864 Event 1st U.S. Catholic parish church for blacks dedicated, Baltimore 1863 Event 2,500 reported killed at Church of La Compana, Santiago Chile 1863 Event Jesuit church in Chile catches fire, 2,500 die in panic 1863 Birthday Mary Church Terrell, civil rights activist 1863 Event Battle of Chancellorsville - action at Salem Church 1863 Event Battle of Salem Church, Virginia 1862 Event Skirmish at Jackson/Salem Church, Tennessee (80 casualties) 1862 Event Skirmish at Union Church, Virginia (Peninsular) 1862 Event Battle of Hanover Court House, Virginia (Slash Church, Peake's Station) 1861 Birthday Johann Peter Kirsch, Luxembourg church historian/archaeologist 1861 Event Battle of Big Bethel Virginia (Bethel Church, Great Bethal)-Union retreats 1859 Death Nicolaas C Kist, Dutch church historian/archivist, dies at 66 1859 Birthday Hendrik G. Kleyn, church historian 1859 Birthday Frederik Pijper, Dutch vicar/church historian, The Monasteries 1858 Birthday Hans Rott, born in Braunhirschengrund, Austria, composer, organist at the Piarist church, praised by Anton Bruchnew, Gustav Mahler 1856 Birthday Heber J Grant, Salt Lake City, 7th President of Mormon church 1856 Event Gunpowder in church explodes killing 4,000 in Rhodos 1854 Birthday Charles Fillmore, born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, mystic, co-founder, Unity, a New Thought movement church, created metaphysical interpretations of the Bible, promoted idea that God is good, God is available, God is in you, wrote, 'The Twelve Powers of Man' 1853 Event Protestant church questions king Willem III RC bishops 1852 Event San Francisco Methodists establish 1st black church, Zion Methodist 1847 Event Bologna: church San Francisco dei Minori Conventuali initiated with premier of Rossini's Tantum ergo 1844 Event Brigham Young chosen Mormon Church head following Joseph Smith death 1843 Event United Free Church of Scotland forms 1839 Birthday Dudley Buck, born in Hartford, Connecticut, organist/church composer 1838 Birthday Joseph F Smith, 6th President of Mormon church 1832 Death Jan van Speyck, Dutch admiral, buried in New Church 1831 Death Richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71 1830 Event Joseph Smith and 5 others organizes Mormon church in Seneca Co, New York 1829 Birthday John G R Acquoy, theologist/church historian 1826 Birthday Frederick Church, U.S. romantic landscape painter, Hudson River Sch 1826 Birthday Robert Rainy, born in Glasgow, Scotland, minister, professor of Church history at New College, theological seminary, principal of New College, argued against Dean Stanley's Broad Church views 1822 Event James Varick becomes 1st bishop of Afr Meth Episcopal Zion Church 1821 Event African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AMEZ) Church organizes (New York City) 1821 Event African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded (New York) 1817 Event 1st Evangelical church building dedicated, New Berlin, Penn 1816 Event African Methodist Episcopal Church organizes in Philadelphia 1811 Birthday Daniel A. Payne, Bishop/reformer/educator of AME Church 1810 Event French church annuls marriage of Napoleon I and Josephine 1806 Birthday Bernard ter Haar, Dutch vicar/poet/church historian 1805 Birthday Joseph Smith, Jr., Sharon Vt, founder, Mormon Church 1805 Birthday John E Feisser, theologist/founder 1st Dutch baptist church 1804 Death Barbara Hec, organized 1st methodist church in U.S., dies 1803 Death Hieronymus van Alphen, Dutch attorney/poet (church hymns), dies at 56 1802 Event French Protestant church becomes state-supported and -controlled 1801 Birthday Brigham Young, religious leader of the Mormon church 1800 Event Zion AME Church dedicated (New York City) 1797 Birthday John Winebrenner, U.S., clergyman, founded Church of God 1796 Event African Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated 1796 Event Bethel African Methodist Church of Philadelphia is 1st US-African church 1794 Event African Church of St. Thomas in Philadelphia, dedicated 1794 Event Richard Allen organizes Philadelphia's Bethel African Meth Episcopal Church 1794 Event Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, forms 1794 Event Richard Allen founded AME Church 1793 Birthday Nicolaas C. Kist, Dutch church historian/archivist 1792 Death Gottlieb August Spangenberg, founder (Moravian Church in Amer), dies 1789 Event John Odell signs contract for 336 pounds to build St. Peter's church (Bronx) 1788 Event Pioneer African Baptist church organizes in Savannah, Ga 1785 Event Church of England organizes in New England 1784 Event John Wesley charters Methodist Church 1780 Birthday Thomas Chalmers, 1st moderator, Free Church of Scotland 1843-47 1772 Event 1st Protestant church west of Penn (in Ohio) holds communion 1770 Event General Church of New Jerusalem established 1769 Event Gunpowder in Brescia Italy church explodes, killing 3,000 1768 Event 1st Methodist church in U.S. initiated (Wesley Chapel, New York City) 1763 Birthday Thomas Campbell, founder, Church of Disciples in America 1760 Birthday Richard Allen, Philadelphia, 1st black ordained by Methodist-Episcopal church 1751 Event 1st publication of Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard" 1748 Event United Lutheran Church of U.S. organized 1746 Birthday Hieronymus van Alphen, Dutch attorney/poet, church songs 1738 Event Methodist Church forms 1737 Event Galileo's body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy 1732 Event 1st mass celebrated in 1st American Catholic church, Philadelphia 1732 Event Mass celebrated for 1st time at St. Joseph's Church in Philadelphia 1724 Event Cornelis Steenoven is 1st archbishop of Old-Catholic church 1716 Birthday Thomas Gray, English poet, Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard 1711 Birthday Heinrich Melchior Muhlenberg, found U.S. Lutheran church 1704 Birthday August Gottlieb Spangenberg, founder of Moravian Church in North America 1704 Death Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (church music), dies 1701 Birthday Johann N von Hontheim, German church historian/suffragan, bishop 1687 Event King James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in church 1682 Event Nationally Council accept independence of French church 1681 Death Nikon, Nikita Minin, patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 76 1664 Event 1st Baptist Church organizes (Boston) 1652 Event Nikita Minin becomes patriarch of Russian-orthodox church 1646 Event 1st Protestant church assembly for indians (Massachusetts) 1646 Event Roger Scott was tried in Mass for sleeping in church 1640 Event Pierre de Fermat writes to Marin Mersenne about Fermat's church thesis 1629 Event 1st non-Separatist Congregational Church in U.S. founded (Salem, MA) 1623 Death Paolo Sarpi, Italian church historian/politician, dies at 70 1605 Birthday Nikon, Nikita Minin, patriarch of Russian-orthodox church 1601 Event Church authorities burn hebrew books in Rome 1600 Death John Craig, Scottish church reformer/James VI's court vicar, dies 1595 Death Peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist, dies at 69 1595 Birthday Jacob van Campen, painter/architect, New Church, Amsterdam 1580 Event Book of Concord, standards of Lutheran Church, 1st published 1568 Event Abdij Church in Middelburg destroyed by fire 1564 Death Jean Caulvin, John Calvin, priest/church reformer, dies at 54 1560 Death Philipp Melanchton (Schwazerd), church reformer, dies at 63 1560 Death Peder Palladus, Danish church reformer (Visitasbog), dies at about 56 1558 Event Westmunster Church in Middelburg destroyed by heavy storm 1557 Death Michael Agricola, Finnish theologist/church reformer/bishop, dies 1552 Death Laurentius Andreae, Lars Andersson, Swedish church reformer, dies 1549 Event Book of Common Prayer is adopted by the Church of England 1548 Death Caspar Cruciger, German church reformer, dies at 44 1542 Death Leo Judae, Swiss pastor/church reformer 1541 Death Wolfgang Capito, Kopfel, German church reformer, dies at 63 1539 Event St. Jacobs Church burns after being hit by lightning 1537 Event King Christian III publishes "Ordinance on the Danish Church" 1536 Event King Henry VIII, orders bible be placed in every church 1535 Event Henry VIII declares himself head of English Church 1534 Event English parliament accepts Act of Supremacy: Henry VIII church leader 1534 Event English Parliament passes Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the English church - a role formerly held by the Pope 1532 Event English parliament bans payments by English church to Rome 1531 Death Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss church reformer (Zwinglianen), dies 1531 Event Henry VIII recognized as supreme head of Church in England 1530 Death Francois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43 1530 Event King Henry VIII's divorce request is denied by the Pope Henry then declares that he, not the Pope, is supreme head of England's church 1528 Event Treaty of Gorinchem (Emperor and church) 1526 Birthday Peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist, Historia Martyrum 1525 Death Johannes Pistorius, Bakker, RC pastor/church reformer, burned at 26 1525 Death John Pistorius, church reformer, burned at the stake 1525 Event Church reformer John Pistorius caught in the Hague 1523 Death Hendrik Voes, Flemish priest/church reformer, burned at stake 1523 Death John of Esschen, Flemish priest/church reformer, burned at stake 1521 Event Martin Luther excommunicated by Roman Catholic Church 1504 Birthday Caspar Cruciger, German church reformer 1438 Event French church/King Charles VII release Pragmatieke Sanctie of Bourges 1416 Event Jerome of Prague burned as a heretic by Church 1416 Death Jerome of Prague, burned as a heretic by Church 1415 Death Jan Hus, burned for heresy by the Church at Constance, Germany 1390 Death Peter van Herenthals, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67 1322 Birthday Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian 1275 Death Raymundus of Penafort, Spanish church law scholar, dies 1267 Event Vienna's church orders all Jews to wear a distinctive garb 766 Death Chrodegang, church reformer/bishop of Mainz, dies at about 50 735 Death Beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62 673 Event Synod of Hertford opens; canons made for English Church 649 Death Maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies 609 Event Pope Boniface I turns Pantheon into Catholic church 430 Death Aurelius Augustinus, church elder/thinker (Belijdenissen), dies at 75 430 Death Saint Augustine, saint and Doctor of the Church, patron saint of brweers, printers, and theologians, dies at age 75 354 Birthday Saint Augustine, born in Souk Ahras, Algeria, saint and Doctor of the Church, patron saint of brweers, printers, and theologians 335 Event Church of Heilig Grave initiated in Jerusalem
