A Timeline History of British Calvinism

PERIOD	MONARCH	DATE	KEY EVENT	DESCRIPTION	KEY CALVINISTS (BY DEATH DATE)
Starting	Henry VIII (1509-1547)	1517	Luther nails his 95 theses to Wittenburg door
		1520	Henry VIII appointed defender of the faith by Pope Leo X
		1524	William Tyndale flees to Germany
		1525	Tyndale's Translation of the New Testament
		1528	First Sottish martyr, Patrick Hamilton, burned at stake		Patrick Hamilton (1504-1528)
		1529	Term 'Protestant' first used at Diet of Speyer
		1531	Zwingli dies at Battle of Kappel
		1533	Thomas Cranmer ABp of Canterbury
		1534	Act of Supremacy	Severed ties with Rome. Church of England established
		1535	Coverdale's translation of the Bible
		1536	Calvin's Institues first published
		1536	Dissolution of the monastries begins
		1537	Thomas Cromwell insists that every parish church obtain an English Bible
		1539	Parliament passes the Six Articles	Move back to Catholicism - icluding endorsement of transubstantiaition
		1546	George Wishart martyred		George Wishart (1513-1546)
		1546	Luther dies
		1547	Six Articles repealed
	Edward VI (1547-1553)	1547	Stranger churches initiated
		1549	Cranmer's 1st edn of Prayer Book published
		1549	Act of Uniformty	Only Book of Common Prayer could be used
		1549	Great Western rebellion
		1552	2nd edn of Prayer Book published - more Reformed in doctrine
Suffering	Mary I (1553-1558)	1555	Latimer and Ridley burnt for heresy		Nicholas Ridley (1500-1555)
		1555			John Bradford (1510-1555)
		1555			Hugh Latimer (1487-1555)
		1556	Reginald Pole ABp of Canterbury		Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556)
Settlement	Elizabeth I (1558-1603)	1558	Marian exiles return		John Hooper (c.1495-1555)
		1558	Walter Mylin martyred in St Andrews
		1559	ABp of Canterbury Mathew Parker
		1559	Act of Supremacy	Elizabeth I supreme governor of the coE
		1559	John Knox returns to Scotland from Geneva
		1559	University of Geneva founded
		1560	Geneva Bible published
			John Calvin dies in Geneva
		1569	Cartwright appointed Lady Margaret professor, Cambridge		Miles Coverdale (1488-1569)
		1572			John Knox (1514-1572)
		1575			Matthew Parker (1504-1575)
		1576	ABp of Canterbury Edmund Grindal		Edward Dering (c.1540-1576)
		1577			Richard Sibbes (1577-1635)
		1579			William Whittingham (1524-1579)
		1580	Rise of Puritanism
		1582	Robert Brown publishes books
		1583	ABp Canterbury John Whitgift		Edmund Grindal (1519-1583)
		1588			John Field (1545-1588)
		1593	Law that required all to attend parish church		John Greenwood (c. 1550-1593)
		1593			Henry Barrowe (c 1550-1593)
		1602			William Perkins (1558-1602)
	James I (1603-1625)	1603	Millenary Petition to King James I		Thomas Cartwright (1535-1603)
		1604	Richard Bancroft ABp Canterbury
		1604	Hampton Court Conference	Initiation of KJV
		1607			John Rainolds (1549-1607)
		1611	KJV of the Bible published
		1617			Paul Baynes (c.1560-1617)
		1622			Andrew Melville (1545–1622)
		1624			Henry Jacob (1563-1624)
	Charles I (1625-1649)	1625
		1628			John Preston (1587-1628)
		1629	Dissolution of parliament
		1634			John Forbes (1568-1634)
		1635			Walter Travers (c. 1548–1635)
		1638			Joseph Mede (1586-1638)
		1640			Lawrence Chaderton (1536-1640)
		1641			John Ball (1585-1640)
		1643	Westmister Assemby		Tobias Crisp (1600-1643)
		1644	First London Baptist Confession of faith		John Forbes (1593-1644)
		1645	Creation of New Model army
		1646			William Twisse (1578-1646)
		1646			John Davenant (1576-1641)
		1646			Jeremiah Burroughes (1599-1646)
		1649	Execution of Charles I - Britian becomes a republic
	Interegnum: Oliver Cromwell (1653-1658)	1653			William Gouge (1578-1653)
		1654			Thomas Gataker (1574-1654)
		1654			Thomas Adams (1612-1653)
		1654			Samuel Bolton (1606-1654)
		1656			Joseph Hall (1574-1656)
		1656			James Ussher (1581-1656)
		1656			Edward Fisher (1627-1656)
	Richard Cromwell (1658-1659)	1658	Savoy Declartation of Church and Order
		1659	Protectorate dissolved
Splintering	Charles II (1660-1685)	1660	Restoration of the monarchy
		1661			Samuel Rutherford (1600-1661)
		1662	Act of Uniformity		Isaac Ambrose (1604-1662)
		1662	Great Ejection
		1665	Five Mile Act	Expelled clergy couldn't minister with 5 miles of parish
		1666			Edmund Calamy (1600-1666)
		1668			Joseph Alleine (1634-1668)
		1668			John Spilsbury (c.1593-1668)
		1669			John Trapp (1601-1669)
		1670			John Davenport (1597-1670)
		1671			William Bridge (1600-1671)
		1672	Declaration of indulgences	Extend religiuous liberty to RC & non-C
		1673	Parliament Test Acts	Public servants had to denounce RC and be communicant members of the CoE	Joseph Caryl (1602-1673)
		1673	Parliament Test Act withdrawn
		1674			John Milton (1608-1674)
		1675			John Lightfoot (1602-1675)
		1676			Edward Reynolds (1599-1676)
		1677			Thomas Manton (1620-1677)
		1679			William Gurnall (1617-1679)
		1679			Matthew Poole (1624-1679)
		1679			William Gurnall (1616–1679)
		1680			Thomas Goodwin (1600-1680)
		1680			Thomas Brooks (1608-1680)
		1680			Stephen Charnock (1628-1680)
		1683			John Owen (1616-1683)
		1686			Thomas Watson (c. 1620-1686)
	James II (1685-1688)
		1686			David Clarkson (1622-1686)
		1688			John Bunyan (1628-1688)
		1689	Toleration Act
	William II and Mary
		1690	Church of Scotland adopts Presbyterianism
		1691			Richard Baxter (1615-1691)
		1691			John Flavel (1630-1691)
		1701			Hanserd Knollys (1599-1691)
		1701			William Kiffin (1616-1701)
	Anne (1702-1714)
		1704			Benjamin Keach (1640-1704)
		1705			John Howe (1630-1705)
		1712			Isaac Chauncy (1632-1712)
	George I (1714 -1727)	1714			Matthew Henry (1662-1714)
		1716			Robert Traill (1642-1716)
		1716			Daniel Williams (1643-1716)
		1718	Republication of The Marrow of Modern Divinity
		1721			John Skepp (1675-1721)
		1726			Joseph Hussey (1660-1726)
	George II (1727 – 1760)	1727
		1733	Original Secession Church known as Associate Presbytery	Established in objection to the existing method of minister appointments
		1747	Associate Presbytery spilts into Burghers and Anti-Burghers	Anti-Burghers wanted a greater separation of church and state
		1751			Philip Doddridge (1702–1751)
	George III (1760 – 1820)
		1761	Relief Church secedes from Church of Scotland	Established in further objections to patronage system
		1763			William Grimshaw (1708-1763)
		1763			John Berridge (1716−1793)
		1765			John Brine (1703-1765)
		1765			Anne Dutton (1692-1765)
		1768	Trevecca College opens
		1770			George Whitefield (1714-1770)
		1771			John Gill (1697-1771)
		1773			Howell Harris (1714-1773)
		1778	First Roman Catholic Releif Act		Augustus Toplady (1740-1778)
		1778			Anne Steele (1717-1778)
		1782	Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion Chapels become dissenting
		1790			Daniel Rowland (1713-1790)
		1791			Selina, Countess of Huntingdon (1707-1791)
		1791			Robert Hall Sr (1728-1791)
		1791			Caleb Evans (1737-1791)
		1795			John Collett Ryland (1723-1792)
		1795	Orange Order founded		William Romaine (1714-1795)
		1795			Benjamin Beddome (1717-1795)
		1798	The Burghers and Anti-Burghurs split into Auld and New Lichts
		1799			Samuel Pearce (1766-1799)
		1799			Samuel Medley (1738-1799)
		1799			Benjamin Francis (1734-1799)
Nineteenth century		1804	British and Foreign Bible Society founded
		1806	Burghurs split in Auld and New Lichts		Abraham Booth (1734-1806)
		1807			John Newton (1725-1807)
		1807	Aged Pilgrims’ Friendly Society founded
		1813			William Huntingdon (1745-1813)
		1814			John Sutcliff (1752-1814)
		1814			Andrew Fuller (1782-1815)
		1815	United Secession Church	Established by union of New Licht Burghers and Anti-Burghers	Thomas Haweis (1734-1820)
	George IV (1820 – 1830)	1820
		1822	Auld Lichts rejoin the Church of Scotland
		1823			William Ward (1769-1823)
		1824	Gospel Tract Society founded
		1825			John Rippon (1751-1825)
		1827			Robert Hawker (1753-1827)
		1829	Roman Catholic Emancipation Act
	George IV (1830 – 1837)	1830
		1831	Trinitarian Bible Society founded
		1832			Joseph Kinghorn (1766-1832)
		1833	Gospel Herald magazine founded
		1834			William Carey (1761-1834)
		1834			Joseph Ivimey (1773-1834)
		1835	Gospel Standard Magazine founded
		1836			Charles Simeon (1759-1836)
	Victoria (1837 – 1901)	1837			William Steadman (1764-1837)
		1837			Joshua Marshman (1768-1837)
		1838			William Rushton (1796-1838)
		1838			Christmas Evans (1766-1838)
					John Elias (1774-1841)
		1840			William Nunn (1786-1840)
		1842			Robert Haldane (1764-1842)
		1844	Formation of the Free Church of England		William Gadsby (1773-1844)
		1844			Alexander Carson (1776-1844)
		1845			William Knibb (1803-1845)
		1845	The Protestant Alliance founded founded
		1845	Earthen Vessel magazine founded
		1847	United Presbyterism Church forms	Merger of United Secession Church and Relief Church	Thomas Chalmers (1780– 1847)
		1847			John Stevens (1776-1847)
		1850	Scottish Reformation Society founded
		1850	Free Church of Scotland	Formed by one third of Church of Scotland's congregation who embrace evangelicalism and object to patronage system of appointment of ministers
		1851	Scottish Reformation Society founded
		1852	United Original Secession Church	Some members split to join the Free Church of Scotland	Joseph Irons (1785-1852)
		1852			Christopher Anderson (1782-1852)
		1861			William Cunningham (1805-1861)
		1862			Andrew Reed (1787-1862)
		1864			William Tiptaft (1803-1864)
		1865	Church Association founded
		1869			J. C. Philpot (1802-1869)
		1870			John Kershaw (1792-1870)
		1872			James Wells (1803-1872)
		1873			Robert S. Candlish (1806–1873)
					Alexander Duff (1806-1878)
		1878			William McKerrow (1803-1878)
		1889	The Protestant Truth Society founded
		1892			C H Spurgeon (1834-1892)
		1892	The Bible League Trust founded
		1892	Bible League Quarterly founded
		1893	Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland formed	Split from the Free Church of Scotland
		1897	Christian’s Pathway magazine founded
		1898	Protestant Alliance Magazine founded
		1900			J C Ryle (1816-1900)
	Edward VII (1901 – 1910)	1901
Twentieth century		1906	The National Church League founded
	George  V (1910 – 1936)	1910			Alexander Maclaren (1826-1910)
		1914	Sovereign Grace Union (SGU) founded
		1915	First SGU conference
		1917	Peace and Truth magazine founded
		1918	Fellowship of Evangelical Churchmen founded
		1920	Free Grace Record founded
		1922	Bible Churchmen’s Society founded
		1924			Henry Wace (1836-1924)
		1927	Free Church of England and Reformed Episcopal Church unite
		1928	Parliamentary defeat of the Revised Prayer Book
		1929	Evangelical Quarterly founded
		1929	SGU delegates visit the Netherlands
		1930			William Sykes (1861-1930)
		1932	SGU publishes Kuyper's Lectures on Calvinism
		1932	‘The Reformed Faith: commonly called Calvinism’. 1st International Conference of Calvinists (18th SGU conference)
		1933			Henry Atherton (1875-1933)
	Edward VIII (1936)
	George VI (1936 – 1952)	1936
		1937			James Kidwell Popham (1847-1937)
		1938	4th International Conference of Calvinists held in Edinburgh
		1939			John R. Mackay (1865-1939)
		1943			Donald Maclean (1869-1943)
		1947	Evangelical Quarterly publsihed paper by Dooyeweerd
		1950	The Church Society founded
		1951			Thomas Houghton (1859-1951)
	Elizabeth II (1952- )	1952	The Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches founded		Arthur W. Pink (1886-1952)
		1952	British Evangelical Council founded
		1955	Banner of Truth Magazine founded
		1958	International Reformed Bulletin begins publication
		1959	Eternal Truth magazine founded
		1960	Latimer Trust founded
		1961	4th IARFA Conference in Cambridge
		1963	E.L. Hebden Taylor returns to UK
		1966
		1967	The Evangelical Times magazine founded
		1968	6th IARFA Conference in Nottingham
		1970	1st AACS Conference, in Birmingham
		1970	Reformation Today magazine founded
		1970	Grace Magazine founded from merger of Free Grace Record and Gospel Herald
		1971	2nd AACS conference, Bristol
		1975	CSU Summer School, Derby
		1976	IARFA Conference, Edinburgh
		1977	International Reformed Bulletin edited by David Hanson
		1978	Foundations magazine founded
		1981	IRB ceases publication		D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981)
		1982	College House in Cambridge (CHiC) begins
		1989	WYSOCS founded		G.N.M. Collins (1901-1989)
		1990	British Reformed Fellowship founded
		1993	British Reformed Journal magazine founded
		1996	New Focus magazine founded