Church History, February 29, 1736

-- February 29, 1736
[U.S. Religious History] Anna Lee, founder of the Shaker movement in America, was born in Manchester, England. (USRelHist)

-- 1739
[U.S. Religious History] England, Beginning of Methodist Revolt. (Backman)

-- 1739
[U.S. Religious History] U.S., Great Awakening (Backman)

-- July 08, 1741
[U.S. Religious History] Jonathan Edwards preached his classic sermon, 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,' a key step in the beginning of New England's Great Awakening. (USRelHist)

-- 1750-70
[U.S. Religious History] England, Slow growth of dissent (Backman)

-- 1750-70
[U.S. Religious History] U.S., Rapid increase if pluralism (Backman)

-- June 22, 1750
[U.S. Religious History] Jonathan Edwards was dismissed from his post as minister of the Congregational church in Northampton, MA. He had been there fore 23 years, but his ultra-conservative theology never wavered and over time both it and his inflexibility on administrative matters had become too much for the congregation. (USRelHist)

-- February 14, 1760
[U.S. Religious History] Richard Allen, the first black ordained in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and founder of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, was born a slave in Philadelphia. (USRelHist)

-- 1761
Solomon Spalding [sometimes spelled Spaulding] born in Ashford, CN. (Tidd)

-- 1761
[Sydney Rigdon] Fort Pitt built by the British at site of modern Pittsburgh (Broadhurst-Rigdon)

-- 1770-1800
[U.S. Religious History] England, U.S. Rapid growth of pluralism: especially Methodists (England) and Baptists (U.S.); (Backman)

-- 1770-1800
[U.S. Religious History] Rise of Unitarianism, Universalism, and New Jerusalem church (Backman)

-- 1770-1800
[U.S. Religious History] U.S., New states passed laws granting freedom of conscience to all, Christians and non-Christians. (Backman)

-- 1771, July 12
Joseph Smith, Sr. (1771-1840) b. Topsfield, Essex Co., MA. (EofM)

-- 12-Jul 1771
Joseph Smith Sr. born, Topsfield, MA. (Tidd)

-- 1771 July 12
[Lucy Mack Smith] Joseph Smith Sr. born in Topsfield, Mass. (LucyM)

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