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Quaker
1937
It's revealed Quaker Oats pays Babe Ruth $25,000 per year for ads
1914
Silas Weir Mitchell, U.S. physician/author (Free Quaker), dies at 84
1880
Lucretia Mott, U.S. quaker (1st Woman's Rights Convention), dies
1865
Battle of Quaker Road, VA
1833
Joseph Pease, a Quaker, admitted to Parliament on his affirmation
1780
Elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse
1718
William Penn, English Quaker/colonizer (No cross, no crown), dies
1681
English Quaker William Penn receives charter from Charles II, making him sole proprietor of colonial American territory Pennsylvania
1672
1st recorded monthly Quaker meeting in U.S. held, Sandwich, Mass
1661
William Leddra, last Quaker, hanged in Boston
1659
Marmaduke Stevenson, Quaker in Boston, hanged
1644
William Penn, English Quaker and founder of PA
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