14th December, 1417
On this day in Christian History, Sir John Oldcastle, a Lollard leader, was suspended from a gallows in London and roasted to death for his Wycliffian religious views.
14th December, 1591
On this day in Christian History, John of the Cross, a Carmelite mystic and poet, died in Ubeda, Spain. In his lifetime, he was best-known for The Spiritual Canticle and The Dark Night.
14th December, 1642
On this day in Christian History, Lady Deborah Moody and and others were summoned before the Quarterly Court of Salem for their opposition to infant baptism. Rather than change her opinion, she moved to the New Netherlands (New York) where she was influential in introducing Baptist teachings.
14th December, 1655
On this day in Christian History, Oliver Cromwell determines that Jews will be allowed back into England centuries after their expulsion.
14th December, 1710
On this day in Christian History, Henry Aldrich, dean of Christ Church, Oxford, dies. A church of England clergyman, his talent shone in many directions, including architecture (he designed All Saints Church, Oxford), music (he set English words to the music of famed Italian composers and wrote many church anthems), and philosophy (his introduction to logic went through many editions).
14th December, 1715
On this day in Christian History, an influential Anglican Archbishop Thomas Tenison, died in London. In his lifetime, he was one of the founders of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel.
14th December, 1861
On this day in Christian History, Near midnight, the bells of St. Paul's Cathedral toll the death at Windsor Castle of Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria. A Lutheran, Albert had striven to restore the moral tone of the British monarchy, and had introduced reforms into England to improve science, technology, education, military organization, and the lot of the working classes.
14th December, 1906
On this day in Christian History, Death in Battle Creek, Michigan, at age thirty-four, of Elizabeth Evelyn Wright, an African-American educator and founder of South Carolina’s Denmark Industrial School (later renamed Voorhees Industrial School and now Voorhees College). She had suffered great opposition for her efforts to educate African-Americans, and will be honored in the Episcopal Church calendar.
14th December, 1924
On this day in Christian History, Lutheran theologian and author Walter Maier starts the radio station KFUO, “The Gospel Voice,” at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri.
14th December, 1943
On this day in Christian History, Death in Battle Creek, Michigan, of John Harvey Kellogg, who had been a doctor at a sanitarium in Battle Creek and a prominent figure among the early Seventh-day Adventists. His theories and experiments led him to develop prepackaged health foods and cereals, which were well received, and led to the formation of the breakfast-cereal industry.
14th December, 1993
On this day in Christian History, twelve Croatian and Bosnian Christians in Algeria were murdered by Muslims in the Tamezguida region.
14th December, 2002
On this day in Christian History, Pastor David Olawale Olaniyi retires from the full-time pastoral ministry. He had been a notable Baptist evangelist, pastor, educator, and church planter in Nigeria.
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