1st March 1, 1546
On this day in Christian History, George Wishart, who had preached reform, was burned at the stake for “heresy” in St. Andrews, Scotland.
1st March, 1562
On this day in Christian History, French Protestants (called Huguenots) were attacked at Vassy while worshiping in a barn. The 2nd Duke of Guise orders the barn set on fire, killing over sixty of them and wounding one hundred more. This will set off a series of religious wars between French Roman Catholics and Protestants that will last almost forty years.
1st March 1, 1603
On this day in Christian History, Death of Venerable Martyrius at the Zelenets monastery he founded. He had been much given to visions of Mary.
1st March, 1744
On this day in Christian History, John Newton, who will one day write the hymn “Amazing Grace,” was seized by a naval press gang while ashore in England and forced into a brutal regime aboard a ship.
March 1, 1799
On this day in Christian History, Johannes Theodorus Vanderkamp, missionary to South Africa, arrives in Capetown. He will redeem many slaves with his own money and break down European settlers’ resistance to mission work. Following the death of his wife, he will marry an indigenous African woman by whom he will have four children, leading to outrage among Europeans.
1st March, 1843
On this day in Christian History, Fidelia Fisk sailed from Boston Harbor for Smyrna on the Emma Isadora to begin mission work. She writes to her sisters, “It may be that my usefulness will greatly depend upon your prayers for me. Sisters, pray for me.”
March 1, 1919
On this day in Christian History, Several Christian leaders join with other opponents of Japanese occupation to declare Korean independence. As a result they are arrested and thousands of Korea’s Christians become the butt of brutal retaliation by the Japanese.
March 1, 1996
On this day in Christian History, Death of Michael Oluwamuyide Adegbolagun, a leader and church builder in the Voice of Redemption Gospel Church of Nigeria.
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