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Timeline for first Thanksgiving

Timeline of First Thanksgiving

 

1517—Martin Luther starts the “protest” that begins the Reformation

 

1533—King Henry VIII asks the Pope for a divorce from Catherine of Aragon

 

1534—England breaks off from the Roman Catholic Church, begins the Church of England

 

1536—Anne Boleyn executed, leaves a daughter, Elizabeth

 

1537—Jane Seymour gives birth to Edward VI, future King of England

 

1547—Henry VIII dies leaving three children as heirs

 

1547-1553—Edward VI rules and makes England a Protestant nation

 

1553-1558—Queen Mary returns England to the Roman Catholic Church (Bloody Mary)

 

1558-1603—Queen Elizabeth rules, ends religious division, the “middle way”

 

1559—England passes legislation creating the Church of England with Protestant doctrine

 

1564—Protestant clergy exiled under Mary return and start the “Separatist” or Puritan churches

 

1606—Puritans migrate to Leiden, Netherlands

 

1620—Puritans joint venture with London investors to begin a trading colony in America

 

1620—in June the Mayflower and Speedwell set sail for Virginia, Speedwell sinks

 

1620—September 16, the Mayflower leaves England for Virginia

 

1620—November 11 the Mayflower lands at Cape Cod

 

1620—December 21 the Mayflower lands at the sight for the Plymouth Colony

 

1621—September, first Thanksgiving feast lasts three days

 

1789—President George Washington proclaimed a national day of Thanksgiving 

 

1863—President Abraham Lincoln establishes an annual tradition of Day of Thanksgiving

 

1941—U.S. Congress passes a law for a legal holiday on the 4th Thursday every November

 

About the Author: Charlie Taylor
About the Author: Charlie Taylor

Charlie Taylor grew up in Dallas, Texas, graduated from the University of Texas Business School and went into the commercial real estate business for about twenty years before enrolling in and graduating from Dallas Theological Seminary with honors.

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