Glimpses of Christian History's Chronological Index of Stories
A. D. 1601 through 1700

    1602 . . . John Lightfoot Theologian & Hebrew Scholar
    1603 . . . Who Is Elect? Arminius Differed from Calvin
    1604 . . . The King James "Authorized Version"
    1604 . . . Story Behind King James Bible (Glimpses)
    1605 . . . John Welsh Preached Last Sermon at Ayr
    1605 . . . Beza, Last of the Great Reformers
    1605 . . . Gunpowder Plot Discovered
    1605ff . . Special Issue Devoted to Thanksgiving (Glimpses)
    1607 . . . Birth of German Hymn Writer Paul Gerhardt
    1607 . . . Cape Henry, 1st Anglican Church in America
    1607 . . . Robert Hunt Planted Church at Jamestown
    1607 . . . Christianity in Jamestown (Glimpses)
    1613 . . . Barbe Acarie, Marie de la Incarnation
    1614 . . . Pocahontas Entered a Marriage of Races
ca. 1614ff . . Priceless Wisdom From Bro. Lawrence (Glimpses)
    1615 . . . Richard Baxter & Popular Christian Literature
    1616 . . . William Shakespeare
    1618 . . . What a Foul Way to Begin a War
    1618 . . . Dort Pitted Calvinists vs. Arminians
    1618ff . . Hugo Grotius (Glimpses)
    1619 . . . John Barneveld Executed
    1619 . . . Ferdinand II Elected Holy Roman Emperor
    1620 . . . Rasmus Jensen & New World Lutheranism
    1620 . . . Mayflower Sailed, Taking Pilgrims to New England
    1620 . . . Original Mayflower Compact
    1620 . . . Pilgrims in a Strange Land (Glimpses)
    1620 . . . The Magnificent Mayflower Compact (Glimpses)
    1621 . . . William Bradford & Plymouth Plantation
    1621 . . . Leading Metaphysical Poet Donne Became Dean
    1621 . . . Layman Robert Cushman's Famous Sermon

    1626 . . . Lancelot Andrewes Knew How to Pray
    1627 . . . Father of Natural History
    1628 . . . Michaelius, America's 1st Dutch Reformed Pastor
    1628 . . . Bestselling Author, John Bunyan
    1628 . . . Comenius: School Should Be Fun (Glimpses)
    1628ff . . John Bunyan (Glimpses)
    1629 . . . Massachusetts Bay Got Self-Government
    1630 . . . John Winthrop's Treasure Mine of Detail
    1630 . . . John Winthrop: American Nehemiah (Glimpses)
    1630 . . . Anne Bradstreet; Puritan Wife & Mother (Glimpses)
    1630 . . . Who Were The Puritans? (Glimpses)
    1631 . . . Roger Williams, a Square Peg in a Round Hole
    1631 . . . John Eliot: Apostle to Indians (Glimpses)
    1632 . . . Terrible Price at the Battle of Lutzen
    1633 . . . Galileo before the Inquisition
    1636 . . . Rutherford Exiled for Publishing
    1636 . . . A College Named for John Harvard
    1636 . . . Freedom's Forgotten Hero: Roger Williams (Glimpses)
    1637 . . . Jenny Geddes Hurled a Stool in Church
    1637 . . . Remembrance of Nicholas Ferrar
    1638 . . . Scotland Signed National Covenant
    1638 . . . Final Assault on Japan's Rebel Fortress
    1639 . . . Davenport & Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
    1640 . . . Reorus Torkillus, a Lutheran in America
    1640 . . . Root & Branch Petition
    1640 . . . Robert Boyle Converted in a Thunderstorm
    1640ff . . Robert Boyle: Father of Modern Chemistry (Glimpses)
    1642 . . . Megapolensis Landed in the New World
    1642 . . . John Campanius Achieved Firsts in America
    1642 . . . Ren Goupil Tomahawked
    1642 . . . Isaac Newton Before the Ocean of Truth (Glimpses)
    1643 . . . Jogues Tortured for Doing His Duty
    1643 . . . George Fox, founder of the Quakers
    1645 . . . William Laud Lost His Head
    1645 . . . Hugo Grotius
    1645 . . . Ladislaus Convened a Thorny Conference
    1646 . . . Cambridge Synod Sets Church-State Relationship
    1646 . . . Illegal to Deny the Bible
    1647 . . . Aeronautics Pioneer Francesco Lana
    1647 . . . Westminster Shorter Catechism
    1648 . . . Peace Finally Signed at Westphalia
    1648 . . . Robert Barclay, Champion of Quaker Ideal
    1649 . . . King Charles I on the Scaffold
    1649 . . . The Iroquois Found John Brebeuf Brave
    1649 . . . Massacre of Drogheda under Oliver Cromwell
    1649 . . . Maryland Toleration Act
    1649 . . . Never Enough Done to Satisfy Thomas Shepard

    1651 . . . Obadiah Holmes Whipped for Baptist Beliefs
    1651ff . . Francois Fenelon (Glimpses)
    1654 . . . Blaise Pascal's conversion
    1655 . . . Cromwell Welcomes Jews
    1656 . . . Fur & Feathers Flew over Jansenism
    1656 . . . Ann Austin & Mary Fisher Arrested
    1656 . . . Massachusetts Law Against Quakers
    1660 . . . Mary Dyer Hanged for "Wrong" Faith
    1660 . . . Vincent de Paul Escaped, Helped Poor
    1661 . . . William Leddra: Executed for Quakerism
    1661 . . . Archibald Campbell, Earl of Argyle Beheaded
    1661 . . . James Guthrie Hanged for Christ
    1661 . . . Witty Parson Thomas Fuller
    1662 . . . Scientists of Faith Found Royal Society
    1662 . . . French Scientist Blaise Pascal (Glimpses)
    1663 . . . Cotton Mather, Scion of a Noble Heritage
    1663 . . . August Francke: Unto Us a Son Is Given
    1663 . . . Godly Joseph Alleine Thrown into Prison
    1663 . . . Charles II Granted Rhode Island New Charter
    1663 . . . Laval's Seminary
    1664 . . . Benjamin Keach Testified
    1666 . . . Hugh McKail Hanged after Torture
    1667 . . . Milton's Ten Pound Epic
    1667 . . . Jeremy Taylor Came Down with Fever
    1667 . . . Deposing Autocratic Patriarch Nikon
    1670 . . . Penn's Stand for Truth Wins Civil Rights
    1672 . . . Elizabeth Hooton, 1st Woman Preacher
    1672 . . . Addison Remade English Morals
    1672 . . . George Griffiths Licensed to Preach at Home
    1672 . . . Anne Bradstreet, the 10th Muse, Silenced
    1672 . . . Benjamin Schmolck in Catholic Silesia
    1674 . . . Anglican Poet, Thomas Traherne
    1675 . . . Jacques Marquette Worked Sick
    1675 . . . 1st Stone of St. Paul's, London

    1676 . . . Samuel Willard Forced to Boston by Indian Attack
    1677 . . . Stoddard Opened Lord's Table to All
    1678 . . . Every Pilgrim's Story, by John Bunyan
    1678 . . . John Bunyan: Mender of Pilgrim Souls (Glimpses)
    1680 . . . Goodwin Found Death a Smiling Friend
    1680 . . . Richard Cameron, Lion of the Covenant
    1680 . . . Madame Guyon Claimed Union with God
    1680ff . . Slave Songs Transcend Sorrow (Glimpses)
    1681 . . . Desperate Georg Neumark Let God Guide Him
    1681 . . . Covenanter Cargill Executed
    1682 . . . The Flame of Avvakum's Genius
    1683 . . . Puritan John Owen Focused on Christ
    1685 . . . Drowned at Wigton for Holding Christ Above King
    1685 . . . Elizabeth Gaunt Burned for a Kindness
    1685 . . . Covenanter John Nisbet Rejoiced to Be Hanged
    1686 . . . Weary John Eliot Ready to Be Gone
    1687 . . . Bible's 1st Textual Critic, Johann A. Bengel
    1688 . . . Historic Germantown Protest Against Slavery
    1689 . . . Down with King James II!
    1690 . . . Bossuet vs. Jouarre's Women
    1694 . . . After Battling Pope & King, Arnauld Exiled
    1695 . . . 2nd Place for Francois Fenelon
    1697 . . . Fasting & Repentance for Salem Witch Trials
    1697 . . . Lutherans Bjork & Rudman Came to Delaware Finns
    1698 . . . Isaac Watts' Birthday Sermon
    1698 . . . Death of Charles Marshall, Quaker Mystic
    1700 . . . Cruden of the Concordance