MARCH 15
The Pope Excommunicated Reformer Jan Hus and Penalized Prague (1411)
“For these causes we declare him traitor and miscreant, enemy of ourselves and of the country. As such we banish him perpetually from all our realms, f...”
Wylie, James Aitkin. The History of Protestantism.
How to Give (1887)
How greatly the value of a gift depends upon the manner of giving! “He who gives soon,” according to the old...
Events
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Co-emperors Honorius and Theodosius II say clergy must contribute toward public roads or bridges from which they had previously been exempt throughout the Roman Empire.
Authority for the date: Wisconsin Lutheran College, Imperial Laws an1572
Elector Frederick III of the Palatinate notifies the Catholic father of Charlotte de Bourbon, Princess of Orange, that he has provided her asylum because she has followed the dictates of her conscience in embracing Reformation doctrines.
Authority for the date: Leben 2 (2006).1580
King Phillip of Spain issues a proscription against William of Orange as a heretic, promising a huge reward to anyone who will bring him dead or alive to his majesty. Phillip’s agent in the Netherlands, the Duke of Alva, opposes the writ and will delay its publication until June.
Authority for the date: James Anderson, Ladies of the Reformation1672
Charles II of England issues a Declaration of Indulgence to extend religious liberty to Protestant nonconformists and Roman Catholics in his realm. Parliament soon forces him to suspend it because it usurps their authority.
Authority for the date: Standard encyclopedias.1711
Collapse and death of Father Eusebio Francisco Kino, an Italian Jesuit missionary and explorer, working among the Pima in the area now known as Arizona and northern Mexico.
Authority for the date: Standard encyclopedias.1752
Shortly after Baptist pastor John Gill leaves his study in Southwark, London, to attend other duties a violent hurricane causes neighboring chimney stacks to crash through the roof onto the spot where he usually works.
Authority for the date: Murrell, Stanford E. The Life and Times of Dr. John Gill.1796
In a disappointing setback for William Wilberforce and his allies, the English Parliament votes 74 -70 against an anti-slavery bill, whose opposition has cleverly provided lukewarm supporters with free tickets to see the London premier of a comic opera.
Authority for the date: Christian History 93 (2007).1798
Mary Pryor disembarks safely from the Archibald in Philadelphia, having prayed fervently for the ship Fame and encouraged its crew and passengers with prayer and prophecies while it was foundering in the Atlantic. Her promise of rescue was literally fulfilled down to the name of the rescue ship.
Authority for the date: Hack, Mary Pryor. Mary Pryor: A Life Story of a Hundred Years Ago. Philadelphia: H. Longstreth, 1888.1833
The Presbytery of Annan (in Scotland) deposes Edward Irving from the ministry due to the hold that tongues-speaking prophetesses have gained over him, and owing to his unorthodox theology of the human nature of Christ. He will go on to found “The Holy Apostolic Church” or “Irvingites.”
Authority for the date: Overall, William Henry. The Dictionary of Chronology, or Historical and Statistical Register.1930
Soviets execute the Orthodox priest Basil Alexeyevich Tukmachev by shooting him, and exile his family. He had led active and passive resistance against the Communist regime.
Authority for the date: Moss, Vladimir. Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of the Urals, Siberia and Central Asia.1998
Church of the Nazarene evangelist Matthew Sabwela holds a service in Malawi at which 2,400 people surrender their lives to Christ.
Authority for the date: Dictionary of African Christian Biography.