CHRONOLOGY. 1703 June 17. John Wesley born. 1707 (end of) Charles Wesley born. 1709 Fire at Epworth rectory. 1714 John Wesley goes to the Charterhouse. George Whitefield born. 1716-17 December 2-end of January. Epworth ghost. Charles Wesley goes up to Christchurch, Oxford, from Westminster School. 1727-29 August, 1727-November, 1729. Curate to his father at Wroote, Epworth. 1728 September 22. Ordained priest. 1729 John Wesley becomes "Father of the Holy Club." 1732 Whitefield servitor at Pembroke College. 1733 (circa) John Wesley makes William Law's acquaintance. 1735 April 25. The Rev. Samuel Wesley, John's father, died. Charles Wesley ordained. October 14. John and Charles Wesley sail from Gravesend for Georgia. 1736 Charles Wesley returns. 1738 February 1. John returns to England, landing at Deal. George Whitefield leaves for Georgia. 1738 (continued) Wesley's conversion and visit to the Moravians at Herrnhut. Summer. Whitefield returns from Georgia. 1739 February 17. Whitefield begins field preaching. Wesley begins field preaching. Whitefield returns to Georgia. May 12. Stone of first Methodist meeting-house laid. Opposition and violence of mobs and magistrates to itinerant preaching. 1742 July. Susannah Wesley, John's mother, dies. 1744 June 25. First Methodist Conference. 1748 Whitefield returns from Georgia. 1751 John Wesley marries Mrs. Vazeille. 1768 Regular Methodist society formed in New York, U.S. 1770 Whitefield dies at Newburyport, Penn. 1777 April 1. Foundation stone of City Road Chapel laid. 1784 Legal settlement of Conference effected. September 2. Wesley ordains Dr. Coke a bishop, and so founds Methodist Episcopal Church. 1788 March 29. Charles Wesley died. 1791 March 2. John Wesley died. |