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Church History - 1601 through 1700 AD
1602 . . . . John Lightfoot Theologian and Hebrew Scholar
1602 . . . . Who Is Elect? Arminius Differed from Calvin
1604 . . . . The King James "Authorized Version"
1604 . . . . Story Behind King James Bible
1605 . . . . John Welsh Preached Last Sermon at Ayr
1605 . . . . Beza, Last of the Great Reformers
1065 . . . . Gunpowder Plot Discovered
1065 . . . . Special Issue Devoted to Thanksgiving
1607 . . . . Birth of German Hymn Writer Paul Gerhardt
1607 . . . . Cape Henry, 1st Anglican Church in America
1607 . . . . Robert Hunt Planted Church at Jamestown
1607 . . . . Christianity in Jamestown
1613 . . . . Barbe Acarie, Marie de la Incarnation
1614 . . . . Pocahontas Entered a Marriage of Races
1614 . . . . Priceless Wisdom From Bro. Lawrence
1616 . . . . William Shakespeare
1618 . . . . What a Foul Way to Begin a War
1618 . . . . Dort Pitted Calvinists vs. Arminians
1618 . . . . Hugo Grotius
1619 . . . . John Barneveld Executed
1619 . . . . Ferdinand II Elected Holy Roman Emperor
1620 . . . . Rasmus Jensen and New World Lutheranism
1620 . . . . Mayflower Sailed, Taking Pilgrims to New England
1620 . . . . Original Mayflower Compact
1620 . . . . Pilgrims in a Strange Land
1620 . . . . The Magnificent Mayflower Compact
1621 . . . . William Bradford and Plymouth Plantation
1621 . . . . Leading Metaphysical Poet Donne Became Dean
1621 . . . . Layman Robert Cushman's Famous Sermon
1626 . . . . Lancelot Andrewes Knew How to Pray
1627 . . . . Father of Natural History
1628 . . . . Michaelius, America's 1st Dutch Reformed Pastor
1628 . . . . Bestselling Author, John Bunyan
1628 . . . . Comenius: School Should Be Fun
1628 . . . . John Bunyan
1630 . . . . John Winthrop's Treasure Mine of Detail
1630 . . . . John Winthrop: American Nehemiah
1630 . . . . Anne Bradstreet; Puritan Wife & Mother
1630 . . . . Who Were The Puritans?
1631 . . . . Roger Williams, a Square Peg in a Round Hole
1631 . . . . John Eliot: Apostle to Indians
1632 . . . . Terrible Price at the Battle of Lutzen
1633 . . . . Galileo before the Inquisition
1636 . . . . Rutherford Exiled for Publishing
1636 . . . . A College Named for John Harvard
1636 . . . . Freedom's Forgotten Hero: Roger Williams
1637 . . . . Jenny Geddes Hurled a Stool in Church
1637 . . . . Remembrance of Nicholas Ferrar
1638 . . . . Scotland Signed National Covenant
1638 . . . . Final Assault on Japan's Rebel Fortress
1639 . . . . Davenport and Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
1640 . . . . Reorus Torkillus, a Lutheran in America
1640 . . . . Root and Branch Petition
1640 . . . . Robert Boyle Converted in a Thunderstorm
1640 . . . . Robert Boyle: Father of Modern Chemistry
1642 . . . . Megapolensis Landed in the New World
1642 . . . . John Campanius Achieved Firsts in America
1642 . . . . Ren Goupil Tomahawked
1642 . . . . Isaac Newton Before the Ocean of Truth
1643 . . . . Jogues Tortured for Doing His Duty
1643 . . . . George Fox, founder of the Quakers
1645 . . . . William Laud Lost His Head
1645 . . . . Hugo Grotius
1645 . . . . Ladislaus Convened a Thorny Conference
1646 . . . . Cambridge Synod Sets Church-State Relationship
1646 . . . . Illegal to Deny the Bible
1647 . . . . Aeronautics Pioneer Francesco Lana
1647 . . . . Westminster Shorter Catechism
1648 . . . . Peace Finally Signed at Westphalia
1648 . . . . Robert Barclay, Champion of Quaker Ideal
1649 . . . . King Charles I on the Scaffold
1649 . . . . The Iroquois Found John Brebeuf Brave
1649 . . . . Massacre of Drogheda under Oliver Cromwell
1649 . . . . Maryland Toleration Act
1649 . . . . Never Enough Done to Satisfy Thomas Shepard
1651 . . . . Obadiah Holmes Whipped for Baptist Beliefs
1651 . . . . Francois Fenelon
1654 . . . . Blaise Pascal's conversion
1655 . . . . Cromwell Welcomes Jews
1656 . . . . Fur and Feathers Flew over Jansenism
1656 . . . . Ann Austin and Mary Fisher Arrested
1656 . . . . Massachusetts Law Against Quakers
1660 . . . . Mary Dyer Hanged for "Wrong" Faith
1660 . . . . Vincent de Paul Escaped, Helped Poor
1661 . . . . William Leddra: Executed for Quakerism
1661 . . . . Archibald Campbell, Earl of Argyle Beheaded
1661 . . . . James Guthrie Hanged for Christ
1661 . . . . Witty Parson Thomas Fuller
1662 . . . . Scientists of Faith Found Royal Society
1662 . . . . French Scientist Blaise Pascal
1663 . . . . Cotton Mather, Scion of a Noble Heritage
1663 . . . . August Francke: Unto Us a Son Is Given
1663 . . . . Godly Joseph Alleine Thrown into Prison
1663 . . . . Charles II Granted Rhode Island New Charter
1663 . . . . Laval's Seminary
1664 . . . . Benjamin Keach Testified
1664 . . . . Hugh McKail Hanged after Torture
1667 . . . . Milton's Ten Pound Epic
1667 . . . . Jeremy Taylor Came Down with Fever
1667 . . . . Deposing Autocratic Patriarch Nikon
1670 . . . . Penn's Stand for Truth Wins Civil Rights
1672 . . . . Elizabeth Hooton, 1st Woman Preacher
1672 . . . . Addison Remade English Morals
1672 . . . . George Griffiths Licensed to Preach at Home
1672 . . . . Anne Bradstreet, the 10th Muse, Silenced
1672 . . . . Benjamin Schmolck in Catholic Silesia
1674 . . . . Anglican Poet, Thomas Traherne
1675 . . . . Jacques Marquette Worked Sick
1675 . . . . 1st Stone of St. Paul's, London
1676 . . . . Samuel Willard Forced to Boston by Indian Attack
1677 . . . . Stoddard Opened Lord's Table to All
1678 . . . . Every Pilgrim's Story, by John Bunyan
1678 . . . . John Bunyan: Mender of Pilgrim Souls
1680 . . . . Goodwin Found Death a Smiling Friend
1680 . . . . Richard Cameron, Lion of the Covenant
1680 . . . . Madame Guyon Claimed Union with God
1680 . . . . Slave Songs Transcend Sorrow
1681 . . . . Desperate Georg Neumark Let God Guide Him
1681 . . . . Covenanter Cargill Executed
1682 . . . . The Flame of Avvakum's Genius
1683 . . . . Puritan John Owen Focused on Christ
1685 . . . . Drowned at Wigton for Holding Christ Above King
1685 . . . . Elizabeth Gaunt Burned for a Kindness
1681 . . . . Covenanter John Nisbet Rejoiced to Be Hanged
1686 . . . . Weary John Eliot Ready to Be Gone
1687 . . . . Bible's 1st Textual Critic, Johann A. Bengel
1688 . . . . Historic Germantown Protest Against Slavery
1689 . . . . Down with King James II!
1690 . . . . Bossuet vs. Jouarre's Women
1694 . . . . After Battling Pope and King, Arnauld Exiled
1695 . . . . 2nd Place for Francois Fenelon
1697 . . . . Fasting and Repentance for Salem Witch Trials
1697 . . . . Lutherans Bjork and Rudman Came to Delaware Finns
1698 . . . . Isaac Watts' Birthday Sermon
1698 . . . . Death of Charles Marshall, Quaker Mystic
1700 . . . . Cruden of the Concordance
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