18th May, 304
On this day in Christian History, Traditional date on which seven elderly Christian women at Ancyra (in modern Turkey) were drowned when they refused to apostasize.
18th May, 526
On this day in Christian History, Death of Pope St. John I, having been imprisoned in Ravenna, Italy, by Theodoric, an Arian, for not pressing the case of the Arians with the eastern emperor in Constantinople.
18th May, 1675
On this day in Christian History, Death on Michigan's west coast of Jacques Marquette, Jesuit missionary to Michigan and midwestern North America.
18th May, 1808
On this day in Christian History, Death in Pennsylvania of Jacob Albright who had founded the “Dutch Methodists” of Pennsylvania, later known as the Evangelical Association.
18th May, 1847
On this day in Christian History, Death of Orthodox monk Macarius Glukharyov who had founded a successful mission among the Altai people of Siberia. Unlike most traditional Orthodox missions, he had recruited female missionaries. The Russian Orthodox Church will eventually declare him a saint.
18th May, 1864
On this day in Christian History, Cesar Malan died near Geneva. In his lifetime, he was a Swiss Reformed pastor, evangelist, and author of more than one thousand hymns.
18th May, 1896
On this day in Christian History, a Missionary nurse Amy Wilkes, and missionary Samuel Zwemer got wedded at the British Consulate in Baghdad. The Church Missionary Society, which had paid Amy’s passage to the field, required them to reimburse the cost of her journey because she had left their work. When Zwemer raised the funds, it was said that he purchased his bride in true Arab fashion.
18th May, 1920
On this day in Christian History, a Funeral was held in Hong Kong for the Catholic Priest, Leong Chi Hing, who died after serving long actively in the care of China’s Christian community as well as its missionary and linguistic work.
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