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Social & Scientific Developments |
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Lutheran Events |
| Royal absolutism in England and on the Continent. England & Holland set out to overtake Spain & France in colonial expansion; England has just taken over Puerto Rico.
Baroque period starts in Italy, spreads through Europe during the century. |
1600 |
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| Virginia Colony is established. |
1607 |
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| Philipp Nicolai, German hymn writer, dies. |
1608 |
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| King James Bible is printed. |
1611 |
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| Shakespeare dies. |
1616 |
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| 30 Years' War between Roman Catholics and Protestants begins. It devastated Germany, legalized Calvinism and ended in a stalemate. |
1618 |
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1619 |
What happened to the first Lutheran pastor in the New World? |
| Plymouth Colony is established by the passengers of the Mayflower |
1620 |
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| Settlement is begun in New Amsterdam/New York after Peter Minuit "buys" Manhattan Island from the Algonquins for 60 guilders (less than $40). |
1623 |
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| The Dutch burn San Juan. |
1625 |
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| Francis Bacon dies. |
1626 |
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| Juraj Tranovsky, "Luther of the Slavs and the father of Slovak hymnody, dies. |
1637 |
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| Ming Dynasty ends in China, Ching Dynasty begins. |
1638 |
New Sweden in Delaware River Valley brings both Swedish and Finnish Lutherans to America for the first time. Congregations (such as current "Old Swedes", Gloria Dei, Philadelphia and Trinity, Wilmington) were formed by these colonists, but all later became Episcopalian. |
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1643 |
Who is known as the "saintly apostle of the Indians"? |
| Puritan regime reigns in England. |
1649 |
First Lutheran Church, Albany, New York, is founded and is today the ELCA's oldest congregation. |
| Microscope is invented. |
1654 |
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| Black plague devastates London. |
1655 |
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1656 |
Magister Lauritz Anderson Rhodius of Denmark, the second Lutheran pastor in the New World, ministers to the tobacco-producing islands of the West Indies. |
| Stuart monarchy is restored in England. |
1660 |
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| Rembrandt paints The Return of the Prodigal Son. |
1665 |
Kjeld Jensen Slagelse of Denmark becomes the pastor at St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands, where a strong Lutheran tradition has been maintained. |
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1666 |
Frederick Lutheran Church, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, (Danish West Indies) is founded by the Church of Denmark. Check out the museum's Virgin Islands display case. |
| John George II of Saxony, institutes annual celebration of the Reformation on October 31. |
1668 |
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1669 |
An African named Emmanuel is baptized as a Lutheran in New York.
Jacob Fabritius, from the Netherlands, came to work in New York and included mission with American Indians as part of that work. |
| Paul Gerhardt, German hymn writer, dies. |
1676 |
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| John Bunyan publishes The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come. |
1678 |
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| Pennsylvania Territory is deeded to William Penn. |
1681 |
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| "Bloodless revolution" takes place, and Toleration Edict is issued in England.
Isaac Newton publishes Principle of the Uniformity of Nature. |
1688 |
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1696 |
What outstanding Lutheran layman was instrumental in ending the French and Indian war? |