24th April, 858
On this day in Christian History, Election and consecration of Pope Nicholas I. He will demonstrate integrity, iron will, faith, and masterful defenses of marriage and the papacy, becoming one of the strongest medieval popes. He will support missions, exercise authority over remote churches and communicate Christian doctrine to Bulgaria. King Lothair II of Lotharingia (a portion of Charlemagne’s former empire) will advance against Nicholas with an army and pin him in St. Peters for two days without food after the pope demands he return to his lawful wife.
24th April, 1585
On this day in Christian History, Pope Sixtus V was elected. He administered stern justice, clearing the countryside of brigands that flourished under his predecessors. He also founded the Vatican library and various colleges.
24th April, 1603
On this day in Christian History, Death in Paris of James Beaton, archbishop of Glasgow. A Roman Catholic, he had left Scotland during the Reformation but was employed as ambassador to France by the Scottish monarchs. The Scottish parliament, although Protestant, held him in such high esteem that before his death they restored all his honors and dignities.
24th April, 1625
On this day in Christian History, Jean de Brebeuf sailed for New France, where he became one of the longest lasting Jesuit priests before his martyrdom in his early fifties.
24th April, 1844
On this day in Christian History, Asahel Grant, the pioneer missionary to Persia, died in Mosul.
24th April, 1901
On this day in Christian History, in a spirit of brotherly cooperation, Protestant missionaries in the Philippines gather for a three day conference to form an evangelical union to advance the gospel in the islands.
24th April, 1915
On this day in Christian History, More than two hundred and fifty prominent Armenians—civic and political leaders, teachers, writers, and members of the clergy—are rounded up and imprisoned. Many will be tortured and killed, the beginning of the Turkish effort to eliminate all Armenian Christians. The day will be remembered by Armenians and others as Armenian Genocide Day.
24th April, 2011
On this day in Christian History, courageous Chinese Christians, stripped of their churches, met in the Zhongguancun public square in Beijing to hold Easter worship services. Hundreds were detained while their worship leaders and pastors were jailed.
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