{"slug": "moravian-church", "label": "Moravian Church", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moravian_Church", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159318", "qid": "Q159318", "description": "Protestant Christian denomination dating back to the 15th century", "entries": 17, "years": 13, "span": [1467, 1808], "span_label": ["1467 CE", "1808 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 8}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 5}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "john-wesley", "label": "John Wesley", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "savannah-georgia", "label": "Savannah, Georgia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "province-of-georgia", "label": "Province of Georgia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "city-of-london", "label": "City of London", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "methodism", "label": "Methodism", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "norway", "label": "Norway", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "oslo", "label": "Oslo", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "protestantism", "label": "Protestantism", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "easter", "label": "Easter", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "dutch-east-india-company", "label": "Dutch East India Company", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "north-carolina", "label": "North Carolina", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1467, "year_label": "1467 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 29", "text": "March 29 – On Easter Sunday, in the Bohemian city of Kunvald (now part of the Czech Republic), the Unity of the Brethren (commonly called the Moravian Church) is formed as one of the first Protestant churches by four Hussite bishops. Despite persecution, it progresses to as many as 100,000 adherents within 100 years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352890331#January–March", "title": "1467", "revid": 1352890331, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1722, "year_label": "1722 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "A small group of Bohemian Brethren (the \"Hidden Seed\") from northern Moravia are allowed to settle in a new village, Herrnhut, on the Berthelsdorf estate of the pietist Count Nicolaus Zinzendorf in Upper Lusatia (Saxony), forming the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine, seed of the Moravian Church's renewal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365128046#Date_unknown", "title": "1722", "revid": 1365128046, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1727, "year_label": "1727 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 12", "text": "May 12 – History of the Moravian Church: The 18th century renewal: The Brotherly Agreement is adopted by the Moravian Church community at Herrnhut, under the influence of Count Nicolaus Zinzendorf, beginning the Church's renewal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360176234#April–June", "title": "1727", "revid": 1360176234, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1731, "year_label": "1731 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Nicolaus Zinzendorf visits Copenhagen and the Moravian Church gains considerable popularity", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358446625#Undated", "title": "1731 in Denmark", "revid": 1358446625, "section": "Events › Undated"}}, {"year": 1735, "year_label": "1735 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "October 14", "text": "October 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.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365121192#October_–December", "title": "1735", "revid": 1365121192, "section": "Events › October –December"}}, {"year": 1735, "year_label": "1735 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "October 14", "text": "14 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.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1295950707#Events", "title": "1735 in Great Britain", "revid": 1295950707, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1737, "year_label": "1737 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Georg Schmidt, a Moravian missionary, receives permission from the VOC to establish a mission for landless Khoikhoi.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1287504705#Events", "title": "1737 in South Africa", "revid": 1287504705, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1737, "year_label": "1737 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The first Moravian Church congregations in Norway is established in Christiania.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1300332304#Events", "title": "1737 in Norway", "revid": 1300332304, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1738, "year_label": "1738 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Fetter Lane Society is founded by followers of the Moravian Church in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1237000775#Events", "title": "1738 in Great Britain", "revid": 1237000775, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1738, "year_label": "1738 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 24", "text": "May 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).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363165384#April–June", "title": "1738", "revid": 1363165384, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1738, "year_label": "1738 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 24", "text": "24 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.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1237000775#Events", "title": "1738 in Great Britain", "revid": 1237000775, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1746, "year_label": "1746 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June", "text": "June – English preacher John Cennick arrives in Ireland to evangelise for the Moravian Church.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1307152119#Events", "title": "1746 in Ireland", "revid": 1307152119, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1748, "year_label": "1748 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "November 22", "text": "November 22 – The Electorate of Hanover (now occupied by most of the northwestern German state of Niedersachsen or Lower Saxony) issues a decree banishing all adherents of the Moravian Church.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361284371#October–December", "title": "1748", "revid": 1361284371, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1753, "year_label": "1753 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 7", "text": "August 7 – The Unity of Brethren, a branch of the Moravian Church, receives a grant the Wachovia Tract, 99,985 acres of land (approximately 157 square miles), in western North Carolina, for the benefit of German-speaking immigrants to America. The area now includes Winston-Salem, North Carolina.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362641691#July–September", "title": "1753", "revid": 1362641691, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1765, "year_label": "1765 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Gracehill established in County Antrim as a Moravian community.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247385785#Events", "title": "1765 in Ireland", "revid": 1247385785, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1785, "year_label": "1785 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July 17", "text": "17 July – Fairfield Moravian Church is opened in Fairfield, Droylsden, Lancashire. With its surrounding settlement it has been founded by Benjamin La Trobe as a centre for evangelistic work for the Moravian Church in the Manchester area.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359405347#Events", "title": "1785 in Great Britain", "revid": 1359405347, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1808, "year_label": "1808 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Moravian missionaries receive Groenekloof farm for work among freed slaves & Khoikhoi.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368950573#Events", "title": "1808 in South Africa", "revid": 1368950573, "section": "Events"}}]}