Today in Anglican History
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Historical Events
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1170-12-29 - Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican Church and the Roman Catholic Church.
1634-11-11 - Following pressure from Anglican bishop John Atherton, the Irish House of Commons passes "An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of Buggery".
1655-11-24 - English Lord Protector Cromwell bans Anglicans
1695-01-13 - Jonathan Swift ordained an Anglican priest in Ireland
1787-02-04 - 1st Anglican bishops of NY & Pennsylvania consecrated in London
1845-10-09 - The eminent and controversial Anglican, John Henry Newman, is received into the Roman Catholic Church.
1877-01-22 - Arthur Tooth, an Anglican clergyman is taken into custody after being prosecuted for using ritualist practices.
1932-01-22 - British Anglicans & Old-Catholic church merge
1966-03-23 - 1st official meeting after 400 years of Catholic & Anglican Church
1981-02-26 - 3 Anglican missionaries detained in Iran since Aug 1980 are released
1983-02-10 - Anglican synod vote 338-100 against unilateral UK nuclear disarmament
1984-10-16 - Desmond Tutu, black Anglican Bishop, wins Nobel Peace Prize
1986-04-14 - Desmond Tutu elected Anglican archbishop of Capetown
1986-09-07 - Desmond Tutu becomes Anglican archbishop of Capetown
1987-01-20 - Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon
1992-11-11 - Anglican Church & Church of England OK female priests
1996-12-23 - 4 women ordained priests in Jamaica, 1st in 330-year Anglican history
2003-02-27 - Rowan Williams is enthroned as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury in the Anglican church.
Famous Birthdays
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1577-02-08 - Robert Burton, writer, Anglican clergyman (Anatomy of Melancholy)
1666-07-10 - John Ernest Grabe, German-born Anglican theologian (d. 1711)
1721-07-14 - John Douglas, Scottish Anglican bishop and man of letters (d. 1807)
1792-04-25 - John Keble, Anglican priest/founder (Oxford Movement)
1807-09-05 - Richard Chenevix Trench, Irish Anglican clergyman and philologist (d. 1886)
1821-04-03 - T. Pelham Dale, Anglican clergyman prosecuted for Ritualist practices in the 1870s (d. 1892)
1825-06-21 - William Stubbs, English historian and Anglican bishop of Oxford (d. 1901)
1839-06-17 - Fr. Arthur Tooth SSC, Anglican Clergyman prosecuted for ritualist activities (d. 1931)
1861-01-06 - George Exton Lloyd, Anglican bishop and theologian (d. 1940)
1909-02-04 - Kenneth W Howell, English Anglican bishop (Chile/Bolivia/Peru)
1931-10-07 - Desmond Tutu, Anglican Archbishop of S Afr (Nobel Peace Prize 1982)
1939-05-31 - Terry Waite, Anglican Church envoy/Lebanese hostage
1940-03-03 - Owen Spencer-Thomas, English broadcaster, journalist and Anglican clergyman
Famous Deaths
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1656-02-20 - James Ussher, Irish bible scholar/anglican archbishop, dies at 76
1711-11-03 - John Ernest Grabe, German-born Anglican theologian (b. 1666)
1807-05-18 - John Douglas, Scottish Anglican bishop and man of letters (b. 1721)
1892-04-19 - Fr. Thomas Dale SSC, Anglican clergyman prosecuted for Ritualist practices in the 1870s (b. 1821)
1915-01-14 - Richard Meux Benson, founder of Anglican religious order (b. 1824)
1931-03-05 - Fr. Arthur Tooth SSC, Anglican Clergyman prosecuted and imprisoned for ritualist activities (b. 1839)
1940-12-08 - George Exton Lloyd, Anglican Bishop and theologian (b. 1861)
