27th February, 1536
On this day in Christian History, the First Helvetic Confession, also known as the Second Basel Confession, drafted by Heinrich Bullinger and Leo Jud, is adopted by Swiss reformers at Basel.
27th February, 1710
On this day in Christian History, Mennonite Melchior Zahler was betrayed, captured, and bound in Switzerland at the instigation of a Reformed churchman. His children and possessions are taken from him and he is brought to Berne where he is sentenced to be transported to America.
27th February, 1792
On this day in Christian History, Death in Cork, Ireland, of Samuel Neale, an internationally-known Quaker evangelist.
27th February, 1823
On this day in Christian History, Henry Williams reaches Sydney, Australia, enroute to New Zealand as a missionary. He will be largely responsible for the success of the Church Missionary Society in New Zealand, and serve as archdeacon of the Waimate region.
27th February, 1830
On this day in Christian History, Death on Long Island of Quaker leader Elias Hicks, founder of the Hicksites (a more liberal branch of the Society of Friends) that rejected creeds and taught progressive revelation. Hicks had been instrumental in ridding Quakers of slaves and in getting legislation passed that banned slavery in New York state.
27th February, 1937
On this day in Christian History, Death in New England of Emily Malbone Morgan, who had founded the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross. The Episcopal Church will commemorate her as a prophetic witness.
27th February, 1996
On this day in Christian History, a mob of ten thousand Muslims attacks Coptic Christian homes in Egypt’s Nile Delta.
27th February, 2003
On this day in Christian History, Death from a heart attack of Tilahun Haile, an Ethiopian pastor and evangelist for the Kale Heywet Church, who had preached and taught in the local Amharic lanaguage.
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