1997Heaven'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's Preaching Tour Ignites the First Great Awakening (1740)
Religious RevivalGreat AwakeningEvangelicalismNew EnglandGeorge WhitefieldColonial AmericaChristianityReligious HistoryAmerican History
United StatesUnited States

⛪ Spanish Missionaries Found First California Mission

Spanish missionaries establish the first of 21 missions in California.
Spanish Missionaries Found First California Mission (1769)
Spanish EmpireCatholicismColonialismIndigenous PeoplesExpansionism
United StatesUnited 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.
Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints Founded (1830)
MormonismChristianityReligious MovementsTheologyAmerican History
United StatesUnited 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.
Millerite Movement's Great Disappointment (1844)
ChristianityProphecyApocalypticism
United StatesUnited States

💀 Heaven's Gate Cult Mass Suicide

March 2426: 39 Heaven's Gate cultists commit mass suicide at their compound in San Diego, California.
Heaven's Gate Cult Mass Suicide (1997)
CultsReligious ExtremismSuicideApocalypticism
United StatesUnited States