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Quakers

Christian denominational family (1652–)

9 dated entries naming Quakers, drawn from 9 separate years between 1624 CE and 1843 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.

Also written as Quaker, Religious Society of Friends in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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17th century

  • 1624July – George Fox, English founder of the Quakers (d. 1691)source
  • 1648George Fox founds the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in England.source
  • 1652June 13 – George Fox preaches to a large crowd on Firbank Fell in England, leading to the establishment of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).source
  • 1657June 1 – The first eleven Quaker settlers arrive in New Amsterdam (later New York City), and are allowed to practice their faith.source
  • 1688April 18 (Julian calendar) – The Germantown Quaker Protest Against Slavery is drafted by four Germantown Quakers.source

18th century

  • 1711January – Cary's Rebellion: The Lords Proprietor appoint Edward Hyde to replace Thomas Cary, as the governor of the North Carolina portion of the Province of Carolina. Hyde's policies are deemed hostile to Quaker interests, leading former governor Cary and his Quaker allies to take up arms against the province.source
  • 1747December 7 – Benjamin Franklin forms the Pennsylvania Associators, the first militia in the colony of Pennsylvania, which had no standing militia because of its foundation by pacifistic Quakers.source
  • 1790February 11 – Two Quaker delegates petition the United States Congress for the abolition of slavery.source

19th century

  • 1843The Quaker magazine The Friend is first published in London.source

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