Timeline of the Puritans
1517 Martin Luther creates the Lutheran church.
1523 The first Protestant hymns are written.
1578 Robert Browne preaches Separatist sermons at Cambridge University.
1598 The French king, Henry IV of Navarre, allows civil rights to Protestants.
1603 James I becomes King.
1607 Separatists at Scrooby, England are arrested for holding private religious services.
1608 The Scrooby Separatists (the Pilgrims) settle in Holland.
1611 King James bible is published.
1620 The Plymouth Colony is founded by the puritans.
1621 The first harvest festival is held at Plymouth.
1630 Puritans migrate to New England.
1642 The Civil War begins between Puritan “Parliamentarians” and King Charles.
1652 English Civil War ends. Oliver Cromwell, a puritan, rules England until 1658.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Posted by ♥ Gabby @(O.o)@ at 8:48 PM
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2 comments:
good facts in your puritan time line. you may want to add the impact of some of the events on puritanism.
There are a lot of facts in this timeline.
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