1997 ⟶ Heaven's Gate Cult Mass Suicide
March 24 – 26: 39 Heaven's Gate cultists commit mass suicide...
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⛪ George Whitefield's Preaching Tour Ignites the First Great Awakening
George Whitefield brings the First Great Awakening to New England⟶
Religious RevivalGreat AwakeningEvangelicalismNew EnglandGeorge WhitefieldColonial AmericaChristianityReligious HistoryAmerican History
United States⛪ Spanish Missionaries Found First California Mission
Spanish missionaries establish the first of 21 missions in California.⟶
Spanish EmpireCatholicismColonialismIndigenous PeoplesExpansionism
United States⛪ Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints Founded
The Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints is established by Joseph Smith as prophet and president of the Church.⟶
MormonismChristianityReligious MovementsTheologyAmerican History
United States✝️ Millerite Movement's Great Disappointment
October 22: Millerite movement awaits the Second Advent of Jesus Christ. Christ's non-appearance becomes known as the Great Disappointment.⟶
ChristianityProphecyApocalypticism
United States💀 Heaven's Gate Cult Mass Suicide
March 24 – 26: 39 Heaven's Gate cultists commit mass suicide at their compound in San Diego, California.⟶
CultsReligious ExtremismSuicideApocalypticism
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