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1837
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Born October 29 in Maassluis, Holland
to Henriette Huber (1802-1881) and Jan Fredrik Kuyper (1801-1881)
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1841
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Moves with family to Middelburg in
the province of Zeeland, where father is a minister
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1849
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Studied at the 'gymnasium' in Leiden,
where father moved to be a minister
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1855
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Enrolled at Leiden University to
study Literature
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Worked on a Calvin and a Lasco
treatise which becomes part of his doctorat
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The 'miracle of the Lascania'
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1858
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Enrolled in theology at Leiden to
train for the pastoral church ministry
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1860
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Commentatio description of
Calvin's and a Lasco's concepts of
the church
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Niet de Vrijheidsboom maar het kruis[Not the liberty tree but the cross
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1861
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Suffers nervous breakdown from
exhaustion
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1862
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Reads the Heir of Redclyffe by Charlotte M. Yonge
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Admitted to the candidacy for the
State Church
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1863
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Received DTh degree from University
of Leiden. Supervised by Dr Scholten
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Marries Johanna Hendrika Schaay
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Takes up role as minister in DRC in
Beesd - his inaugural sermon was on 1 Jn 1:7
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Meets Pietronella Baltus (1830-1914)
one of the Reformed 'pious malcontents' at Beesd
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1864
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Begins corresponding with Guillame
Groen van Prinsterer (1810-1876)
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Article 23 - Kuper's response is
published
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1866
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Published the works of à Lasco in
Latin - with a 121 page introduction
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1867
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Moves to Utrecht to become pastor at
the Domek
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Active in Church government reform
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Wat moeten wij doen: het stemrecht aan ons zelven houden of den
kerkeraad machtigen? [What
must we do? - addresses the question of democracy in the church]
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1868
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Writes brochure on
Church Visiting: Kerkvisitatie te Utrecht in 1868
[Explanation of the statement made by
the general stock consistory of Utrecht and this classical board of Utrecht the
21 September]
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1869
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Meets Van Prinsterer become friends
and co-workers
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Starts writing articles for De Heraut
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Het beroep op het volksgewetern - speech to Christelijk Nationaal-Schoolonderwijs at
Utrecht
De kerkelijke goederen [The church property]
De werking van artikel 23 [The effect of Article 23]
Eenvormigheid, de vloek van het moderne leven ["Uniformity: the curse of
modern life" [In Bratt's Centennial Reader p. 19ff]
Vrijmaking der kerk [Liberalisation
of the church]
Zestal leerredenen [Six
sermons]
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1870
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Moved to Amsterdam to be the pastor
at Reformed Church
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First sermon is 'Rooted and grounded:
the Church as organism and as institution' (in Dutch here ) Conservatism and
orthodoxy - farewell speech at Utrecht cathedral [In Bratt's Centennial
Reader p. 65ff]
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De Schrift: het
woord Gods [Scripture the word of God]
De strijd over
het Vrije Beheer te Sneek [The battle over free management in
Sneek]
De leer der
onsterfelijkheid en de staatsschool [The doctrine
of immortality and the stae school]
De Hollandsche
gemeente te London in 1570-71 [The Dutch church in
London 1570-71]
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Struggles with the liberals in the
Dutch Reformed Church
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Van Prinsterer breaks with the
Conservatives to work with Kuyper
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Becomes editor in chief of the De Heraut
after Dr. C. Schwartz's death
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1871
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Delivers lecture
‘Modernism, a Fata Morgana in the Christian World' (in Dutch here) [In
Bratt's Centennial Reader p. 87ff]
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1872
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Given a house at 183 The Prins
Hendrikkade as a birthday gift.
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De Bartholomeusnacht [St Bartholomew]
Het vergrijp der zeventien ouderlingen [The offence of the 17 elders]
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Produces De Standaard as a daily
newspaper - with 'For a free church and a free school in a free country' in
its masthead.
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Catechism classes for orphans in his
home
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1873
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Stands for election for the
constituency of Gouda
Elected to the Second Chamber of the
States General
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Publishes ‘Confidentially’ [In
Bratt's Centennial Reader p. 45ff]
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Lecture at Utrecht ‘Calvinism the
origin and guarantee of our constitutional liberties: a Netherlands
reflection’ – in print 1894.
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Ons huis -
sermon in the Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam
Uit het Woord -
Bible studies/ meditation
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1874
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Leaves pastorate to enter politics as
member of the ARP won an interim election in Gouda district.
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Het Calvinisme: oorsprong en waarborg onzer constitutineele vrijheden.
Een nederlandsche gedachte [In Bratt's Centennial Reader p. 279 ff]
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1875
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Dr Gunning proposes the idea for a
Christian University
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De schoolkwestie [The
school issue]
De schoolwet voor de vierschaar van Europa [Education for the tribunal
of Europe]
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Travels to Brighton, England to hear
D. L. Moody- invited by Robert Pearsall Smith
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Series of articles on fasting
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1876
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Complete nervous exhaustion
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Travels to convalesce in southern
Europe by Alpine mountain climbing
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Van Prinsterer dies
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1877-1888
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Writes ‘Our Program’ outlining the
political ideals of the ARP as a series of articles in De Standaard
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1877
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Resigns seat in parliament due to
complete nervous exhaustion
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De Heraut
relaunched
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Begins series of articles on
perfectionism
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1878
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Association for Higher Education on
the Basis of Reformed Principles founded
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Petition to king not to sign
Kappeyne’s education bill.
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1879
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Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP)
becomes first national party under Kuyper
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'Our Program’ for
the ARP is published
Twaalftal
leerredenen (eerste en tweede zestal) [Dozen sermons]
"perfectionism"
[In Bratt's Centennial Reader p. 141ff]
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Accepts seat in second chamber has to
resign as a minister of the church
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1880
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The Free University (VU) opens
Inaugural preached: ' Sovereignty in
the individual sphere
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Family moves back to Amsterdam from
The Hague
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Princess Wilhelmina reaches majority
age and becomes queen
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"Strikt genomen" [Strictly speaking]
Bede om een dubbel "Corrigendum," aan A.W. Bronsveld [Petition for double corrigendum
to Bronsveld]
Inaugural preached:
‘Sovereignty in the individual sphere’ [In Bratt's Centennial Reader p. 461ff]
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1880-1901
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Professor at the Free University
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1881
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VU has 5 professors and 5 students
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Serves as the first Rector of the VU
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Kuyper's mother and father die
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1882
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Appointed as an elder by the
Electoral commission of the State church
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1883
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Starts writing a series on the Holy
Spirit for De Heraut
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Publishes a monograph / tract on
Reformation of the Churches
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1884
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1885
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Writes brochure 'The threatening
conflict' 1886
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1886
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Withdraws from the National Church
and forms Doleantie (grieving ones)
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1887
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Serves as Rector to VU for the second
time preached on 'Calvinism and art'
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1888
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ARP party forms coalition government
with Aneas Baron Mackay as PM
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1889
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600 ARP delegates meet in 10th
convention - Kuyper delivers 'Not the liberty tree but the cross'
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" Manual labor "[In Bratt's
Centennial Reader p. 231ff]
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1890
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King William III dies
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1891
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ARP party defeated by the Liberals
Wrote 'Calvinism and confessional
revision' in response to a proposal to revise the Westminster Standards
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At ARP convention delivers speech on
'Maranatha ' [In Bratt ' p. 205ff]
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Presides over a provisional Synod for
the Doleantie in The Hague
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Delivers opening address at First
Christian Social Congress - this becomes “The Problem of Poverty”
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1892
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Kuypers' nine-year-old son, Willie,
dies
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Reformed Church in Netherlands formed
from Doleantie and Christian
Reformed Church (of the 1834 succession)
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Delivers reading on panthesism ' The destruction
of the boundaries ' at VU [In Bratt's Centennial Reader p. 363 ff]
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1893
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Encyclopedia of Sacred Theology published
E Voto Dordraceno a series of articles from De Heraut on the
Heidelberg Cathechism is published
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1894
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Re-elected to House of
Representatives for Sliedrecht constituency
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Concentrates on suffrage, labour and
foreign affairs
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Begins series on "the angels of
God in De Heraut
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1895
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Begins a series on common grace in De Heraut
- completed in 1901
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1896
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Biblia published - a translation of
the Bible in Dutch with Bavinck and FL Rutgers
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1897
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Re-elected to Dutch parliament
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1898
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Serving as rector for the VU for the
fourth time
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Becomes chair of the Dutch Circle of
Journalism
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Invited by BB Warfield to USA. Gives
the Stone Lectures at Princeton Seminary: Calvinism
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Honorary Doctorate in Law from
Princeton Of the church office
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The full itinerary is given at John
Bolt A Free Church, A Holy Nation Appendix B (20 Aug departs from Liverpool
27 Aug arrivals, 10 Dec departs, 31 Dec arrives at Amsterdam)
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1899
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Kuyper's wife dies
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Moves from Prins Hendrikkade house to
164 Keizersgracht next to the VU
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Article on the
South African crisis published in Revue des deux Mondes
Evolutie -
lecture delivered at VU [In Bratt's Centennial Reader p. 403 ff]
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First peace conference
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Start of the Boer War
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1900
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The
South-African Crisis -
published by Stop the War Committee in London [In Bratt's Centennial
Reader p. 323ff]
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1901
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Re-elected and becomes prime minister
and Minister for Home Affairs
Moves to The Hague (5 De
Kanaalstraat)
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Drie kleine vossen [Three
little foxes - the three are: intellectualism, mysticism and practicalism]
Evolutionismus: das Dogma moderner Wissenschaft [German translation]
Volharden bij het ideaal [Insisting on the Ideal - remarks at a meeting of the deputies]
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At ARP national convention keynote
speech on 'Perseverance in the pursuit of our ideal'
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Queen Wilhelmina marries the Duke
Heinrich or Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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1902
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Queen Wilhelmina becomes gravely ill
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Common grace [Parts
in Bratt's Centennial Reader p. 165ff] [CG Translation project]
In Jezus ontslapen: meditatien [Asleep in Jesus: a meditation]
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1903
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Country plagued by strikes
Railroad and Harbour Workers’ Strike
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[Celebrate your four days:
meditations]
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Albert Hahn produces 'Abraham the
Great' cartoon
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1904
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Russian-Japanese war begins
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Common grace in
science' [In Bratt's Centennial Reader p. 441ff]
German translation
of Lectures on Calvinism published translated by Martin Jaeger
'The Biblical criticism of the present day' in Biblica Sacra
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1905
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Higher Education Law enacted
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Becomes part of the opposition
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Sociale hervormingen [Social reform - bills devised by Kuyper's party]
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Herman Bavinck delivers keynote
speech to ARP convention
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1905-1907
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Grand tour of the Mediterranean
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Compulsory insurance
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1906
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150th anniversary of poet Bilderdyk -
interrupts Mediterranean tour to give speech
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Bilderdijk in zijne nationale beteekenis - speech in Amsterdam
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1907
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Re-elected Chair of the ARP
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Resumes editorship of De Heraut - begins series on Pro Rege
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Om de oude wereldzee [Around the Ancient World Sea] - contains 'Mystery of Islam' [translated by Jan Boer]
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1908
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Honorary title of Minister of State
bestowed Kuyper on Queen Wilhelmina’s birthday
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'Our
instinctive life' [In Bratt's Centennial Reader p. 255f]
Parlementaire redevoeringen [Parliamentary speeches]
Verjaardag-album met motto's uit de werken van Dr. A. Kuyper A retrospective of his career to
mark the end of his work at the VU
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Retires as professor at the VU
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Returns to the House of
Representatives for Ommen district
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Awarded honorary doctorate by Delft
Technological University
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1909
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Brings Hendrik Colyn into politics
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Wij, Calvinisten -
opening remarks to ARP national convention (400th anniversary of birth of
Calvin)
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Receives honorary doctorate from the
Catholic university of Louvain, Belgium
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Book of cartoons on Kuyper published
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1911
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Begins a series on the consummation
in De Heraut - completed in 1918
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Pro Rege: of
Het Koningschap van Christus - [contains You Can Do Greater Things than
Christ translated by Jan Boer]
Onze Eeredienst [Translated
as Our Worship] - began as a series of articles in 1897
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1912
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Leaves politics due to ill health
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40th anniversary of De Standaard
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Uit het diensthuis uitgeleid [Brought out of the house of
bondage]- speech in Leeuwarden, Groningen and Rotterdam
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1913
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Elected to the First Chamber
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Der Jongelingen sieraad is hun
kracht -
address given at the Jubilee of the Confederation of Reformed Young Men
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1914-1918
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Sided with the Germans in WWI - an
anti-British rather than a pro-German stance; he opposed the British ever
since the Boer War in 1914
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1914
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De eereposite der vrouw [Women in the Bible - articles
first appeared in the Amsterdam Church Messenger]
A kálvinizmus lényege - in Hungarian translated by
Czeglédi Sándor with introduction by Sebestyén Jenö
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1915
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1916
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2000th issue of De Heraut published
(Kuyper wrote about 2000 meditations for it)
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Antirevolutionaire staatkunde: met
nadere toelichting op ons program - this was the last book he wrote
The Evolution of the Use of the
Bible in Europe in Centennial
Pamphlets, No. 2. American Bible Society: New York, 1916
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1917
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1918
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Resigns as chair of ARP
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1919
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Ceses writing for De Standaard
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Deaths of Jan Woltjer and FL Rutgers
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Resigns ARP leadership
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Revd WFA Winckel's Life Labor by Dr.
Kuyper [Life and Work of Dr. A. Kuyper] published
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1920
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Dies in The Hague
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Buried in the cemetery Old Oak and
Dunes
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"If God is sovereign, then his lordship must extend over all of life, and it cannot be restricted to the walls of the church or within the Christian orbit." Abraham Kuyper Common Grace 1.1.
Kuyper chronology
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