1st November, 451
On this day in Christian History, the Council of Chalcedon (in modern Turkey) adjourns. The fourth and largest of all the ancient councils, attended by between 500 and 600 bishops, it repudiated the Eutychian heresy (that Christ has one nature, not two) and drew up a Christological statement of faith now known as the Definition of Chalcedon
1st November, 1512
On this day in Christian History, after four years of work, Michelangelo opens the Sistine Chapel ceiling to public view on All Saints Day. His work covers a 5,800-square-feet surface.
1st November, 1716
On this day in Christian History, John Gill, who grew to become a leading Baptist pastor in England, made his confession of faith and was baptised.
1st November, 1770
Death at Islington, England, of Alexander Cruden, Scottish editor and compiler of Cruden’s Concordance, who originally prepared to study for the ministry but after suffering several mental breakdowns was confined to an asylum for brief stays three times over several years.
1st November, 1776
On this day in Christian History, some Spanish Franciscan missionaries found San Juan Capistrano Mission in California, one of the twenty one (21) missions founded in the region between 1769 and 1823
November 1, 1815
Baptism of Edward Mote at eighteen years of age, who will write the hymn “My Hope is Built on Nothing Less.”
November 1, 1845
On this day in Christian History, Anne Ayres takes religious vows that will lead her to found the first religious order for women in the Episcopal Church in the United States.
1st November, 1894
On this day in Christian History, Liu Cho Wan was ordained as a Catholic priest. Skilled with languages and with the wisdom to settle disputes, he grew to become highly regarded wherever he laboured.
November 1, 1914
Beginning of the Apostolic Church of Faith in Jesus Christ when Romana Carbajal de Valenzuela, who had become Pentecostal in the Azusa Street Revival, convinces twelve Mexicans in her hometown of Chihuahua to adopt her teachings, including baptism in the name of Jesus only.
November 1, 1919
Death of Sophie Lichtenfels, a German immigrant and scrubwoman (cleaning lady) in New York City. Told she was too old to become a foreign missionary, she had become a missionary to foreign immigrants in New York City and a well-known speaker. She was associated with A.B. Simpson’s Christian and Missionary Alliance to which she gave all that she could afford from her small wages. Many prominent rescue workers from New York and Philadelphia will turn out for her funeral.
1st November, 1926
On this day in Christian History, Russian evangelists Ivan Prokhanov and Peter Deyneka met in New York. The two later worked very closely to win East Europeans for Christ.
1st November, 1950
On this day in Christian History, Pope Pius XII releases his "Munificentissimus Deus," proclaiming the "Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary." The doctrine teaches that Mary was taken in body and soul into heaven at the end of her life. The belief was first propounded in Christian circles by Gregory of Tours in the late 500s.
1st November, 1961
On this day in Christian History, Mordecai Ham died. He was the evangelist under whose ministry Billy Graham was saved.
1st November, 1990
On this day in Christian History, China Cry premieres in Hollywood. It is the miracle-filled story of Nora Lam (Neng Yee), who was persecuted for her Christian faith in China but was able to escape to Hong Kong and later to evangelize in the West and among her own people.
November 1, 1998
In thick fog and a torrential downpour, a missionary plane crashed in southwestern Guatemala, killing 11 including the Living Water Teaching organization's founder Jim Zirkle. The organization, founded in 1979, focused on Bible schools, medical work and evangelistic outreach in Central America
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