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241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet; end of First Punic War.
1496 - Christopher Columbus leaves Hispaniola for Spain, ending his second visit to the Western Hemisphere.
1629 - Charles I of England dissolves Parliament, starting the Eleven Years Tyranny in which there was no parliament.
1735 - an agreement between Nadir Shah and Paul I of Russia was signed near Ganja and the Russian troops were withdrawn from Baku.
1804 - Louisiana Purchase: In St. Louis, a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of Louisiana Territory from France to the United States.
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Mother Teresa/Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu Mother
Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje*, Macedonia,
on August 27, 1910. Her family was of Albanian descent. At the age of twelve,
she felt strongly the call of God. She knew she had to be a missionary to spread
the love of Christ. At the age of eighteen she left her parental home in Skopje
and joined the Sisters of Loreto, an Irish community of nuns with missions in
India. After a few months' training in Dublin she was sent to India, where on
May 24, 1931, she took her ini Complete biography |  |
Martin Luther
Martin Luther (November
10, 1483 –
February
18, 1546) was a
German monk,[1]
priest,
professor,
theologian,
and church reformer. His teachings inspired the
Reformation and deeply influenced the
doctrines
and culture of the
Lutheran
and
Protestant traditions, as well as the course of Western civilization.
Luther's formulation of the doctrine of
sola fide,
"salvation by faith alone," became the principal cause and distinctive feature
of the Refor Complete biography |  |
John Knox John Knox (1505,
1513 or
1514 –
1572) was a
Scottish
religious reformer who played the lead part in reforming the Church in Scotland
in a
Calvinist manner. He is widely regarded as the
father of the
Protestant Reformation in Scotland, and of the
Church of Scotland. He died in
Edinburgh
on
November 24, 1572.
Contents
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1 Early life
2 Conversion to
Protestantism
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Charles Taze Russell
Charles Taze Russell (February 16, 1852 – October 31, 1916), known as Pastor Russell, was an American evangelist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania who founded what is known as the Bible Student movement. He is known for founding the religious journal Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence in 1879, as well as one of the first Bible Societies in America, Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society, in 1881. A schism in 1917 resulted in the formation of the present-day movements known as Bible Stude Complete biography |  |
Jean Chauvin John Calvin (July
10, 1509 –
May 27,
1564) was an
important French
Christian
theologian during the
Protestant Reformation and is the namesake of the system of
Christian theology called
Calvinism.
He was born Jean Chauvin (or Cauvin) in
Noyon,
Picardie,
France, to
Gérard Cauvin and
Jeanne Lefranc.
French was his mother tongue; Calvin derives from the
Latin version of
his name, Calvinus.
Martin Luther posted his
95 Theses
in 1517, when
Calvin was 8 years Complete biography |  |
Theodore Beza Theodore Beza (Theodore de Beze or de Besze) (June
24, 1519 -
October 13,
1605) was a
French
Protestant
Christian
theologian
and scholar
who played an important role in the early
Reformation. He was a disciple of
John
Calvin and lived most of his life in
Switzerland.
Theodore Beza was born at
Vezelay (8
miles west-south-west of
Avallon), in
Burgundy.
His father, Pierre de Beze, royal governor of
Vezelay,
descended from a
Burgundian
family of distinction; h Complete biography |  |
Karl Barth Karl Barth (May
10, 1886–December
10, 1968)
(pronounced Bart) was an influential
Swiss
Reformed
Christian theologian. He was also a pastor and one of the leading thinkers in
the
neo-orthodox movement.
Early life and education
Born in Basel, Barth spent his childhood years in Bern. From 1911 to 1921 he served as a Reformed pastor in the village of Safenwil in the canton Aargau. Later he was professor of theology in Göttingen, Münster and Bonn (Germany). He had to leave Germany Complete biography |  |
Michael Servetus Michael Servetus (29
September 1511
– 27
October 1553),
(Miguel Servet or, as it was originally, Serveto in
Spanish) was a
theologian,
physician
and humanist.
His interests included many sciences:
astronomy
and
meteorology;
geography,
jurisprudence, study of the
Bible,
mathematics,
anatomy and
medicine. He is renowned in the history of several of these fields,
particularly medicine and theolog
Early life and education
Michael Servetus was born in Villanu Complete biography |  |
Franz Overbeck Franz Camille Overbeck (16
November 1837 -
26 June
1905) was a
German
Protestant
theologian. In Anglo-American discourse, he is perhaps best known in regard
to his friendship with
Friedrich Nietzsche; while in German theological circles, Overbeck remains
discussed for his own contributions.
Youth
Franz Overbeck was born in
Saint Petersburg as a German citizen to
Franz Heinrich Herrmann Overbeck, a German-British merchant, and his wife,
Jeanne Camille Cerclet, who wa Complete biography |  |
Jaime Cardinal Sin, also Jaime Lachica Sin Jaime Cardinal Sin, also Jaime Lachica Sin (August
31, 1928–June
21, 2005) (Chinese
name: 辛海梅; 辛海棉), was an
archbishop
of the
Roman Catholic Church in the
Philippines. He led the
Archdiocese of Manila as its
archbishop
and was later elevated to the rank of
cardinal by
Pope
Paul VI. He concurrently served as
Primate of the Philippines. He retired as the
Archbishop
of Manila on
September 15, 2003
and was succeeded by
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