1931 Event Philadelphia Quakers defeat Montreal, ends NHL-record 15-game losing streak 1931 Event Philadelphia Quakers set then NHL record of 15 straight loses 1788 Event Quakers in Pennsylvania emancipate their slaves 1770 Event Quakers open a school for blacks in Philadelphia 1756 Event Quakers leave assembly of Pennsylvania 1691 Death George Fox, founder of Quakers, dies at 66 1688 Event Quakers conduct 1st formal protest of slavery in Germantown, Pennsylvania 1673 Event Lord Berkley sells his half of New Jersey to the Quakers 1657 Event 1st Quakers arrives in New Amsterdam (New York) 1656 Event U.S. colony Connecticut passes law against Quakers 1656 Event 1st Quakers (Mary Fisher/Ann Austin) arrives in Boston (arrested)
