9th January: Today in Christian History

9th January, 710

On this day in Christian History, Death of St. Adrian (or Hadrian) of Canterbury, an African. Well-educated, he had made Canterbury a center of learning for the British isles.

9th January, 1522

On this day in Christian History, Cardinals elect the Dutchman Adrian Dedel to be pope. He takes the name Adrian VI and will be the last non-Italian pope until St. John Paul II in the twentieth-century.

9th January, 1765

On this day in Christian History, Samuel Stillman was installed at the First Baptist Church, Boston. He promoted the separation of church and state in the United States.

9th January, 1887

On this day in Christian History, Poonamallee Rajahgopaul died in Madras, India. In his lifetime, he had been a notable leader of the Madras Christian community, and was active in many projects that evangelized and uplifted people of all castes.

9th January, 1890

On this day in Christian History, Death of obscure hymn writer Florence Catherine Armstrong. Her first hymn had appeared in the British Herald during February 1865. One of her best-known was “Oh to Be Over Yonder.”

9th January, 1921

On this day in Christian History, Soviets arrested the Orthodox priest, Nilus Matveyevich Matveyev, in the Tver province, charging him with “counter-revolutionary agitation.” Owing to an amnesty he was released, but six years later he was arrested again and exiled for three years.

9th January, 1922

On this day in Christian History, Death in New York City of Julia Chester Emery, who had served forty years as Secretary of the Woman’s Auxiliary of the Board of Missions in the Episcopal Church, continually urging expansion of missions and church education.

9th January, 1924

On this day in Christian History, Death in England of Frederick C. Conybeare, internationally respected student of the Armenian language, church history, Bible studies, and textual criticism.

9th January, 1947

On this day in Christian History, Japan’s Christian Layman’s Association was formed under Dr. S. Uzawa, a former President of the Japanese Bar Association, and Dr. T. Yamamoto, a prominent scientist.

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