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John Wesley

founder of the Methodist movement (1703-1791)

26 dated entries naming John Wesley, drawn from 17 separate years between 1703 CE and 1791 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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18th century

  • 1703June 28 – John Wesley, English founder of Methodism and anti-slavery activist (died 1791)source
  • 1707December 18 – Charles Wesley, English Methodist leader, brother of John Wesley (died 1788)source
  • 170718 December – Charles Wesley, Methodist leader, brother of John Wesley (died 1788)source
  • 1735October 14 – John Wesley and his brother Charles set sail from England for Savannah in the Province of Georgia in British America; on the voyage they first encounter members of the Moravian Church.source
  • 173514 October – John Wesley and his brother Charles set sail from England for Savannah in the Province of Georgia in British America; on the voyage they first encounter members of the Moravian Church.source
  • 1737December – John Wesley leaves Savannah, Georgia, and returns to England.source
  • 173814 May – John Wesley hears William Holland read from the work of Martin Luther, occasioning his own conversion.source
  • 1738May 24 – John Wesley, newly returned from America, experiences a spiritual rebirth at a Moravian Church meeting in Aldersgate, in the City of London, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day (his younger brother Charles had a similar experience three days earlier).source
  • 173824 May – John Wesley, newly returned from America, experiences a spiritual rebirth at a Moravian Church meeting in Aldersgate in the City of London, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day. His younger brother Charles had a similar experience three days earlier.source
  • 1739April – John Wesley first preaches in the open air, at Whitefield's invitation.source
  • 1739May 12 – John Wesley lays the foundation stone of the New Room, Bristol in England, the world's first Methodist meeting house.source
  • 173912 May – John Wesley lays the foundation stone of the New Room, Bristol, the world's first Methodist meeting house.source
  • 17479–14 August – John Wesley pays his first visit to Ireland.source
  • 175124 April – John Wesley arrives at Musselburgh, his destination on his first mission to Scotland.source
  • 1759John Wesley – Primitive Physick, translated by John Evans of Balasource
  • 1761John Wesley – Rules of the United Societies, translated into Welsh by John Evans of Bala.source
  • 176321–29 May – John Wesley travels in Scotland.source
  • 176729 August - John Wesley begins a two-week evangelical tour of South Wales.source
  • 1769John Wesley is turned away from Welshpool Town Hall by the bailiff when he attempts to preach there during his tour of Wales.source
  • 1769August/September - Robert Williams, a Welsh travelling preacher, arrives in America, the first licensed preacher to obtain permission from John Wesley to address the Methodist societies there.source
  • 1784February 28 – John Wesley ordains ministers for the Methodist Church in the United States.source
  • 178428 February – John Wesley charters the Methodist Church.source
  • 1787May 22 – In Britain, Thomas Clarkson and Granville Sharp found the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade, with support from John Wesley, Josiah Wedgwood and others.source
  • 178722 May – Thomas Clarkson and Granville Sharp found the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade with support from John Wesley, Josiah Wedgwood and others.source
  • 1788March 29 – Charles Wesley, English co-founder (with his brother, John Wesley) of the religious movement known as Methodism (born 1707)source
  • 1791March 2 – John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (born 1703)source

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