1995 Death Irene Elizabeth Beatrice Ighodaro, doctor/social reformer, dies at 79 1960 Death Toyohiko Kagawa, Japanese Christian-social reformer/writer, dies at 71 1950 Birthday Julia Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger, born in England, British rabbi, member of the House of Lords, social reformer, Chancellor, University of Ulster 1943 Death Beatrice Webb, sociologist, reformer, economist, co-authored 'History of Trade Unionism', 1894, co-founder of 'New Statesman' magazine, dies at age 85, in Liphook, England 1920 Birthday Marre, reformer of the bar 1916 Birthday Irene Elizabeth Beatrice Ighodaro, doctor/social reformer 1915 Death Gopal Krishna Gokhale, India's social reformer/politician, dies 1888 Birthday Tojohiko Kagawa, Japan, Christian-social reformer, Grain of Wheat 1888 Birthday Toyohiko Kagawa, born in Kobe, Japan, Christian social reformer 1871 Death Louis Papineau, political reformer, dies 1858 Birthday Ramabai Dongre' Medhavi, India, social reformer 1858 Birthday Beatrice Webb, born in Gloucester, England, sociologist, reformer, economist, co-authored 'History of Trade Unionism', 1894, co-founder of 'New Statesman' magazine 1855 Death Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies 1846 Death Adrian van de Ende, vicar/protestant reformer, dies at 77 1841 Birthday Sara Louisa Oberholtz, social reformer, anti-smoking advocate 1839 Birthday Helene Mercier, Dutch author/social reformer 1839 Birthday Henry George, land reformer/writer, Progress and Poverty 1838 Birthday Octavia Hill, British reformer, leader of open-space movement 1834 Birthday Peter H Hugenholtz, Dutch reformer/founder, Free Parish 1828 Birthday Josephine Elizabeth Butler, social reformer 1821 Birthday Mary Ashton Livermore, American reformer/women's suffrage leader 1811 Birthday Wendell Phillips, women's suffrage/antislavery/prison reformer 1811 Birthday Daniel A. Payne, Bishop/reformer/educator of AME Church 1808 Birthday Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer 1805 Birthday Angelina Grimke, reformer/abolitionist/politician/lawyer 1804 Birthday Ottho G Heldring, Dutch vicar/reformer, Heldring Institutions 1800 Birthday Edwin Chadwick, British social reformer 1785 Birthday Mahmud II, sultan of Turkey, 1808 - 1839, Westernizer/reformer 1780 Birthday Elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse 1771 Birthday Sydney Smith, Woodford Essex, preacher/reformer/author 1769 Death Hakuin Ekaku, Zen teacher (reformer of Rinzai school), dies in Japan 1612 Death Christopher Clavius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown) 1600 Death John Craig, Scottish church reformer/James VI's court vicar, dies 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 1557 Death Michael Agricola, Finnish theologist/church reformer/bishop, dies 1552 Death Laurentius Andreae, Lars Andersson, Swedish church reformer, dies 1548 Death Caspar Cruciger, German church reformer, dies at 44 1546 Death Martin Luther, biblical scholar/religious reformer, dies at 62 1542 Death Leo Judae, Swiss pastor/church reformer 1541 Death Wolfgang Capito, Kopfel, German church reformer, dies at 63 1540 Death Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48 1531 Death Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss church reformer (Zwinglianen), dies 1530 Death Francois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43 1529 Death Louis de Berquin, French humanist/reformer/heretic, burned at stake 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 1509 Birthday John Calvin, Protestant religious reformer/theologian 1504 Birthday Caspar Cruciger, German church reformer 1497 Birthday Philipp Melanchthon, Germ, Protestant reformer, Augsburgse Confessie 1492 Birthday Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory, humanist and reformer 1489 Birthday Thomas Cranmer, England, archbishop/reformer/martyr 1481 Birthday Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer 1452 Birthday Girolamo Savonarola, monk/reformer/dictator of Florence, 1494-98 1419 Event Anti-Catholic Hussites, followers of executed reformer Jan Hus, stormtown hall in Prague and throw Catholic councillors out the windows 1384 Death John Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies 1381 Birthday St. Colette, abbess/reformer, Poor Clares 1358 Death Etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies 838 Death Babak, Persian social/religious reformer, martyred 766 Death Chrodegang, church reformer/bishop of Mainz, dies at about 50 468 Death Pope Hilarius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown)
