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2005 Death - Gene Scott, American Clergyman

2004 Death - Neal A. Maxwell, American Clergyman

2000 Death - John Cardinal O'Connor, American Clergyman

1996 Death - Henri Nouwen, Dutch Clergyman

1994 Death - Marvin J. Ashton, American Clergyman

1991 Death - Klas Bruinsma, clergyman, dies

1989 Death - Walter Martin, American Clergyman

1988 Death - Michael Ramsey, English Clergyman

1986 Death - Tommy Douglas, Canadian Clergyman

1972 Death - Geoffrey Fisher, Clergyman

1972 Death - Athenagoras I, Greek Clergyman

1971 Death - Richard L. Evans, American Clergyman

1970 Death - Richard Cardinal Cushing, American Clergyman

1970 Death - David O. McKay, American Clergyman

1969 Death - Harry Emerson Fosdick, Baptist clergyman, studied at Colgate University, opposed racism, injustice, supported appeasement of Hitler, claimed democracies caused the rise of fascism, wrote "A Guide to Understanding the Bible', died in Bronxville, New York

1969 Death - Dominique G Pire, clergyman, (Europe village Nobel 1958), dies at 58

1967 Death - Francis Joseph Spellman, American Clergyman

1965 Death - Malcom X, American Clergyman

1963 Death - Aiden Wilson Tozer, American Clergyman

1956 Death - Jim Elliot, American Clergyman

1954 Death - William R. Inge, English Clergyman

1954 Death - William Ralph Inge, English Clergyman

1951 Death - Lloyd C. Douglas, American Clergyman

1947 Birthday - Gene Robinson, American Clergyman

1943 Death - Bernhard Lichtenberg, German clergyman/antifascist, dies at 67

1942 Death - Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American Clergyman

1941 Birthday - Angelo Scola, Italian Clergyman

1941 Birthday - Jesse Jackson, born in Greenville, South Carolina, clergyman/presidential candidate, D

1941 Death - D A van den Bosch, anti-nazi clergyman (Amersfoort Camp), dies

1940 Death - Alfred Loisy, French Clergyman

1936 Death - William FA Ellison, Irish clergyman/astronomer, dies at 72

1936 Birthday - Karl Lehmann, German Clergyman

1936 Birthday - Roger Mahony, American Clergyman

1935 Birthday - George Carey, English Clergyman

1935 Birthday - Jimmy Swaggart, American Clergyman

1934 Birthday - Bill Gothard, American Clergyman

1934 Birthday - Charles R. Swindoll, American Clergyman

1934 Birthday - Chuck Swindoll, American Clergyman

1934 Birthday - Dionigi Tettamanzi, Italian Clergyman

1933 Birthday - Godfried Danneels, Clergyman

1933 Death - Henry Van Dyke, clergyman, educator, author, wrote poetry, hymns, essays, co-wrote first Presbyterian printed liturgy, 'The Common Book of Worship of 1906', served as U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands and Luxembourg, dies

1932 Birthday - Francis Arinze, Nigerian Clergyman

1932 Birthday - Henri Nouwen, Dutch Clergyman

1931 Death - Francis Bellamy, American Clergyman

1931 Birthday - John Shelby Spong, American Clergyman

1930 Birthday - Lionel Blue, British Clergyman

1929 Birthday - Gene Scott, American Clergyman

1928 Birthday - M. Russell Ballard, American Clergyman

1928 Birthday - Walter Martin, American Clergyman

1928 Birthday - Jean Vanier, Swiss Clergyman

1928 Birthday - Andrew Greeley, American Clergyman

1927 Birthday - Jim Elliot, American Clergyman

1927 Birthday - Thomas S. Monson, American Clergyman

1927 Birthday - Pope Benedict XVI, German Clergyman

1927 Death - Hazrat Inayat Khan, Clergyman

1926 Birthday - Robert H. Schuller, American Clergyman

1926 Birthday - Frederick Buechner, American Clergyman

1926 Birthday - Neal A. Maxwell, American Clergyman

1926 Birthday - Ian Paisley, North Ireland, clergyman and MP

1925 Birthday - Malcom X, American Clergyman

1924 Birthday - Russell M. Nelson, American Clergyman

1921 Birthday - Daniel Berrigan, American Clergyman

1921 Birthday - John Stott, British Clergyman

1920 Death - Abraham Kuyper, clergyman/Dutch premier (AR 1908-12), dies at 83

1920 Birthday - John Cardinal O'Connor, American Clergyman

1915 Birthday - Marvin J. Ashton, American Clergyman

1909 Birthday - Melinda Gates, American Clergyman

1909 Birthday - Mohammed Omar, Afghani Clergyman

1909 Birthday - Paul Crouch, American Clergyman

1906 Death - Georgi Apollonovitch Gapon, Rus-orthodox clergyman/tsarist agent, dies

1906 Birthday - Richard L. Evans, American Clergyman

1904 Birthday - Michael Ramsey, English Clergyman

1904 Birthday - Tommy Douglas, Canadian Clergyman

1903 Death - Hermanus J A M Schaepman, Dutch clergyman/politician, dies at 58

1899 Death - Dwight L. Moody, American Clergyman

1899 Death - Horatio Alger, Jr., Amer clergyman/author (Disagreeeable Woman), dies

1898 Death - George Muller, English Clergyman

1898 Birthday - Norman Vincent Peale, Ohio, clergyman, Power of Positive Thinking

1897 Birthday - Aiden Wilson Tozer, American Clergyman

1895 Birthday - Richard Cardinal Cushing, American Clergyman

1895 Birthday - Fulton J. Sheen, American Clergyman

1892 Death - Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman

1892 Birthday - Martin Niemoller, clergyman, German Protestant, ; imprisoned by Hitler

1889 Birthday - Francis Cardinal Spellman, American Clergyman

1887 Birthday - Geoffrey Fisher, Clergyman

1887 Death - Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

1886 Birthday - Athenagoras I, Greek Clergyman

1884 Death - Matthew Simpson, American Clergyman

1882 Birthday - Hazrat Inayat Khan, Clergyman

1878 Death - Paul Cullen, Irish Clergyman

1878 Birthday - Harry Emerson Fosdick, born in Buffalo, New York, Baptist clergyman, studied at Colgate University, opposed racism, injustice, supported appeasement of Hitler, claimed democracies caused the rise of fascism, wrote "A Guide to Understanding the Bible'

1878 Death - Alexander Duff, Scottish Clergyman

1877 Birthday - Lloyd C. Douglas, American Clergyman

1875 Birthday - Bernhard Lichtenberg, German clergyman/antifascist

1874 Death - John Bachman, American Clergyman

1873 Birthday - David O. McKay, American Clergyman

1872 Death - Henry Alford, English Clergyman

1871 Birthday - Franc S Finzgar, Slovenian clergyman/writer, Our Blood

1869 Birthday - Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American Clergyman

1869 Birthday - Jan R Slotemaker de Bruine, Dutch clergyman/politician, CHU

1867 Death - John Strachan, Canadian Clergyman

1865 Death - Lyman Beecher, American Clergyman

1864 Birthday - William F. A. Ellison, Irish clergyman/director, Armagh Observatory

1864 Death - Thomas Starr King, Unitarian clergyman (Christianity and Humanity), dies

1860 Death - Cornelius Broere, Dutch RC clergyman/poet, dies at 57

1860 Birthday - William R. Inge, English Clergyman

1860 Birthday - William Ralph Inge, English Clergyman

1857 Birthday - Alfred Loisy, French Clergyman

1856 Birthday - George Adam Smith, Scottish Clergyman

1856 Death - John Wilbur, American Clergyman

1855 Birthday - Francis Bellamy, American Clergyman

1855 Death - Julius Charles Hare, English Clergyman

1853 Death - William Jay, English Clergyman

1853 Death - Frederick William Robertson, English Clergyman

1852 Birthday - Henry Van Dyke, clergyman, educator, author, wrote poetry, hymns, essays, co-wrote first Presbyterian printed liturgy, 'The Common Book of Worship of 1906', served as U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands and Luxembourg

1850 Death - Adoniram Judson, American Clergyman

1847 Birthday - Jesse James, Missouri, bank/train robber, son of a clergyman

1844 Birthday - Hermanus J. A. M. Schaepman, clergyman and Dutch politician

1837 Birthday - Abraham Kuyper, clergyman/Dutch premier, AR, 1908-12

1834 Death - Edward Irving, Scottish Clergyman

1834 Birthday - Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman

1834 Death - William Carey, English Clergyman

1830 Death - Elias Hicks, American Clergyman

1824 Birthday - Thomas Starr King, New York, Unitarian clergyman, Christianity and Humanity

1822 Birthday - Edward Everett Hale, U.S., clergyman/author, Man without a Country

1816 Birthday - Frederick William Robertson, English Clergyman

1813 Birthday - Henry Ward Beecher, Litchfield, Connecticut, clergyman/orator, Independent

1811 Birthday - Matthew Simpson, American Clergyman

1810 Birthday - Henry Alford, English Clergyman

1809 Death - Beilby Porteus, British Clergyman

1806 Death - Samuel Horsley, English Clergyman

1806 Birthday - Alexander Duff, Scottish Clergyman

1805 Birthday - George Muller, English Clergyman

1803 Death - Samuel Hopkins, American Clergyman

1803 Birthday - Paul Cullen, Irish Clergyman

1802 Birthday - Leonard Bacon, American Clergyman

1797 Birthday - John Winebrenner, U.S., clergyman, founded Church of God

1795 Birthday - Julius Charles Hare, English Clergyman

1795 Death - Ezra Stiles, American Clergyman

1792 Birthday - Edward Irving, Scottish Clergyman

1790 Birthday - John Bachman, American Clergyman

1788 Birthday - Adoniram Judson, American Clergyman

1780 Birthday - William Ellery Channing, U.S., Unitarian clergyman

1778 Birthday - John Strachan, Canadian Clergyman

1775 Birthday - Lyman Beecher, American Clergyman

1774 Birthday - John Wilbur, American Clergyman

1772 Death - John Woolman, American Clergyman

1771 Birthday - Hosea Ballou, American Clergyman

1770 Death - George Whitefield, American Clergyman

1769 Birthday - William Jay, English Clergyman

1768 Death - Laurence Stern, Irish Clergyman

1766 Death - Jonathan Mayhew, American Clergyman

1761 Birthday - William Carey, English Clergyman

1748 Birthday - Elias Hicks, American Clergyman

1748 Birthday - John Playfair, born in Scotland, clergyman, geologist and mathematician

1741 Death - Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/clergyman, dies

1733 Birthday - Samuel Horsley, English Clergyman

1733 Birthday - Joseph Priestley, born in England, clergyman and scientist, discovered oxygen

1731 Birthday - Beilby Porteus, British Clergyman

1727 Birthday - Ezra Stiles, American Clergyman

1723 Birthday - John Witherspoon, clergyman/signed Declaration of Independence

1721 Birthday - Samuel Hopkins, American Clergyman

1720 Birthday - John Woolman, American Clergyman

1720 Birthday - Jonathan Mayhew, American Clergyman

1714 Birthday - George Whitefield, American Clergyman

1714 Death - Matthew Henry, English Clergyman

1713 Birthday - Laurence Stern, Irish Clergyman

1704 Death - Jacques Bossuet, French Clergyman

1703 Birthday - John Wesley, English Clergyman

1702 Birthday - Philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman

1691 Death - Richard Baxter, English Clergyman

1674 Death - Thomas Traherne, British Clergyman

1672 Death - John Wilkins, English Clergyman

1667 Death - Jeremy Taylor, British Clergyman

1662 Birthday - Matthew Henry, English Clergyman

1656 Death - Joseph Hall, English Clergyman

1655 Death - Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer, dies at 81

1649 Death - Richard Crashaw, English clergyman/poet, dies at about 36

1649 Death - Thomas Shepard, American Clergyman

1647 Death - Thomas Hooker, clergyman, father of American democracy, dies

1642 Death - Cardinal Richelieu, French Clergyman

1639 Event - Cambridge College renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard

1627 Birthday - Jacques Bossuet, French Clergyman

1622 Death - Saint Francis de Sales, Swiss Clergyman

1615 Birthday - Richard Baxter, English Clergyman

1614 Birthday - John Wilkins, English Clergyman

1607 Birthday - John Harvard, England, clergyman/scholar, founded Harvard University

1605 Birthday - Thomas Shepard, American Clergyman

1585 Birthday - Cardinal Richelieu, French Clergyman

1584 Birthday - John Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony

1577 Birthday - Robert Burton, writer, Anglican clergyman, Anatomy of Melancholy

1575 Death - Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss Clergyman

1574 Birthday - Joseph Hall, English Clergyman

1573 Birthday - Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer

1572 Death - Daniel van Arendonck, clergyman, hanged

1571 Death - John Jewel, English Clergyman

1567 Birthday - Saint Francis de Sales, Swiss Clergyman

1549 Death - Pope Paul III, Italian Clergyman

1522 Birthday - John Jewel, English Clergyman

1504 Birthday - Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss Clergyman

1468 Birthday - Pope Paul III, Italian Clergyman













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