 January 3, 1793 - Lucretia Coffin Mott, abolitionist and women's rights advocate, is born. January 8, 1672 - Early Quaker minister Elizabeth Hooton died while on a mission to Jamaica January 19, 1748 - Birthday of Elias Hicks Quaker minister, abolitionist January 21, 1661 - George Fox and ten other Friends wrote the Declaration of 1660 to convince the king that Quakers were not a threat because they did not believe in the use of violence. They hoped to end persecution of Quakers. January 21, 1950 - Former State Department official Alger Hiss, was found guilty in New York of lying to a grand jury while under investigation for being part of a Communist spy ring. January 31, 1713 - Quaker abolitionist Anthony Benezet is born. February 18, 1688 - Quakers in Germantown Pennsylvania adopt resolutions against slavery in the first known public protest against slavery in the American colonies. March 4, 1681 - King Charles II granted a Royal Charter to William Penn, to establish the colony that became Pennsylvania. March 23, 1699 - Birth date of American botanist & Quaker John Bartram March 19, 1748 - Birth date of Elias Hicks Quaker minister & abolitionist whose ministry led to the Hicksite/Orthodox split in 1828 April 7, 1927 - An image is transmitted of U.S. Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover, a Quaker, in the first successful long distance demonstration of television. April 21, 1649 - Maryland's assembly enacts the Toleration Act providing for freedom of worship for all Christians including Quakers. May 19, 1795 - Johns Hopkins, founder of Johns Hopkins University & Hospital was born. May 21, 1780 - Birth date of Elizabeth Fry - Quaker Prison Reformer June 1, 1660 - Mary Dyer executed for preaching Quakerism in Massachusetts June 4, 1893 - Birth Date of Thomas Kelly Quaker mystic June 23, 1683 - William Penn, the English Quaker, signed a treaty with chiefs of the Lenni Lenape Tribe to ensure peace in his new American colony. July 11, 1656 - Quakers Ann Austin and Mary Fisher are arrested in Boston for their Quaker beliefs and preaching. They were kicked out of the colony. July 18, 1663 - Rhode Island's charter guarantees religious freedom. August 9, 1974 - Quaker Richard Nixon resigns the United States presidency. August 21, 1789 - Birth date of Thomas Garrett a Quaker merchant from Wilmington, Delaware. He helped over 2,700 slaves to freedom through the secret network known as the Underground Railroad. August 21 is Thomas Garrett Day in Delaware. September 19, 1839 - Birthday of George Cadbury, Quaker chocolate manufacturer and social reformer. September 29, 1758 - The Yearly Meeting of Philadelphia Quakers adopts a ban on members participating in the slave trade. October 3, 1863 - The Yearly Meeting of American Quakers petitions Congress to end slavery. October 14, 1644 - Birth date of William Penn October 19, 1720 - Birth date of John Woolman October 27, 1659 - Quakers William Robinson and Marmaduke Stevenson executed for religious beliefs in Massachusetts October 28, 1789 - Birth date of Levi Coffin the Quaker "president" of the Underground Railroad October 29, 1682 - The founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn, landed at what is now Chester, Pennsylvania. October 31, 1517 - Martin Luther nails his '95 Theses' to the church door at Wittenberg, Germany triggering the Protestant reformation which eventually led to the birth of Quakerism. November 2, 1773 - Birth date of Stephen Grellet November 28, 1984 - William Penn and his second wife, Hannah Callowhill Penn, were named honorary citizens of the United States by President Ronald Reagan and an Act of Congress December 4, 1833 - The American Anti-Slavery Society is formed in Philadelphia with many members being Quakers. December 9, 1833 - The Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society is founded by black and white women also with many members being Quakers. December 16, 1656 - James Naylor was convicted of blasphemy |