2014 Event North Korea releases Americans Matthew Todd Miller and Kenneth Bae; Bae was imprisoned for two years after arrest for missionary actions, while Miller was detained in April for 'hostile acts' after tearing up his visa and requesting asylum 1996 Death Robert Arthur Hughes, missionary/surgeon, dies at 85 1996 Death Henry Guinness, missionary, dies at 87 1994 Death Alfred James Broomhall, methodist Missionary, dies at 82 1993 Death M Eleonore Lippits, 1st Dutch female missionary doctor, dies at 85 1965 Death Albert Schweitzer, German/French missionary (Nobel 1954), dies at 90 1946 Birthday Richard Loncraine, director, Missionary, Deep Cover, Bellman and True 1946 Death Leo Bittermieux, Flemish missionary (Congo), dies at 66 1928 Death William HT Gairdner, English missionary (Nile Mission Press), dies at 54 1911 Birthday Alfred James Broomhall, Methodist missionary 1910 Birthday Robert Arthur Hughes, missionary/surgeon 1908 Birthday Henry Guinness, missionary 1908 Birthday Leslie Kenneth O'Brien, Lord O'Brien of Lothbury, missionary 1907 Birthday M Eleonore Lippits, 1st Dutch female missionary doctor 1900 Death Ferdinand Hamet, Dutch missionary in Mongolia, murdered at 59 1899 Birthday Sarah Williamson, U.S. missionary in Liberia 1888 Death Amaat Vyncke, Flemish missionary/founder (Flemish Wind), dies at 38 1887 Death Peter "Peerke" Donders, missionary (Father of Melaatsen), dies at 77 1885 Death James Hannington, English missionary, murdered in Uganda 1880 Birthday Leo Bittermieux, Flemish missionary, Congo 1877 Birthday Hubert Ahaus, missionary, Harvest Fields 1874 Death Abraham Capadose, physician/missionary, dies at 79 1870 Event Memoria of Jackson Kemper, 1st Missionary Bishop in US 1865 Birthday Wilfred Grenfell, England, medical missionary 1863 Event Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee 1860 Birthday Nancy Jones, U.S. black missionary in Africa 1856 Birthday Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionary in India 1850 Birthday Amaat Vyncke, Flemish missionary, Flemish Flag 1842 Event Franciscan nuns begin missionary work on Netherland Antilles 1834 Death Robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies 1833 Death Joseph Comb, missionary to Moluccas, dies at 63 1811 Birthday Cyrus Hamlin, educator/missionary, est Robert College, Turkey 1809 Birthday Peter "Peerke" Donders, Dutch RC missionary to Suriname 1802 Birthday Marcus Whitman, missionary, led to U.S. securing Oregon 1795 Birthday Abraham Capadose, physician/missionary 1792 Event Baptist Missionary Society forms in London 1781 Birthday Henry Martyn, Truro, missionary 1772 Event Moravian missionary constructs 1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny 1769 Birthday Joseph Comb, missionary to Molukkas 1690 Death John Eliot, English missionary in Massachusetts, dies at 85 1666 Death Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionary/astronomer, dies 1652 Death Adriaan W. "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary, murdered at 35 1651 Event Flemish missionary Joris van Geel departs to Congo 1637 Birthday Jacques Marquette, jesuit/missionary founder, Chicago 1620 Death Diego Alvarez de Paz, Span missionary/writer (Peru), dies at about 59 1617 Birthday Adriaan W. "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary, Bantu Dictionary 1610 Death Benedict van Canfield, William Fish, English missionary, dies 1610 Death Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies 1600 Death Jose the Acosta, Spanish missionary (Peru), dies at 59 1597 Death Jose de Anchieta, Spanish jesuit/missionary, dies 1552 Birthday Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary, China 1534 Birthday Jose de Anchieta, Spanish jesuit and missionary, Brazilian Tupi-Indians 1506 Birthday Francis Xavier, saint and Jesuit missionary to India, Malaya, and Japan 809 Death Liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66 722 Event Pope Gregory II names Boniface as missionary bishop
