1536-1612. Many trials and executions for denying the Trinity; notably
_Servetus_ (1553); four East Anglians, 1579-89; Legate and Wightman,
1612.
1568. Francis David founds the Unitarian Church in Hungary.
1578-1604. Faustus Socinus active in Poland.
1595. The Racovian Catechism. Other Socinian works follow.
1640. Canon against Socinian books in England.
1644-62. John Bidle's career.
1646 and onward. Anti-trinitarians among Baptists, Independents,
Friends, etc. Books against 'Socinianism.'
1662. Act of Uniformity--ejection of Nonconformists.
1674. Milton d., leaving his _Treatise of Christian Doctrine_ in MS.;
discovered 1823 and published.
1687. Stephen Nye's _Brief History of the Unitarians_, etc.
1689. Toleration Act--Unitarians excluded.
1689-97. The 'Unitarian Controversy.' Being suppressed, 'Arianism'
developed among clergy, 'Deism' among other writers.
1690. Presbyterian Academy (now College, Carmarthen) founded.
1695. Locke's _Reasonableness of Christianity_.
1700. General Baptist Assembly accept Anti-trinitarian membership.
1703. Thomas Emlyn imprisoned for denying the Trinity.
1719. 'Non-subscription' vote at Salter's Hall, London.
1740+. Arianism diffused; Humanitarianism incipient.
1742. The 'Great Awakening' revival in New England, followed by a
Liberal reaction.
1755-1804. Joseph Priestley's career.
1774. Theophilus Lindsey's Unitarian Chapel, London.
1786. Manchester Academy (now College, Oxford) founded.
1790+. Unitarian propaganda active in England.
1808. Controversy in New England Congregationalism.
1813. Toleration Act extended to Unitarians.
1817. Proceedings begun against Unitarians in respect of inherited
Chapels, etc.
1818. The 'Dedham Case,' Massachusetts.
1819. Dr. Channing's 'Baltimore Sermon.'
1825. Founding of Associations in Great Britain and U.S.A.
1836. Martineau's _Rationale_.
1838. Emerson's _Divinity School Address_.
1842. Theodore Parker's _Discourse_.
1844. Dissenters' Chapels Act.
1847. Hibbert Trust founded.
1854. Unitarian Home Missionary Board (now College, Manchester) founded.
1882. National Triennial Conferences begun.
1890. Martineau's _Seat of Authority_.
1900. International Congresses founded.
AUTHORITIES
R. WALLACE. _Anti-trinitarian Biography_, 3 vols., Lond., 1850.
A. GORDON. _Heads of English Unitarian History_, 1 vol., Lond., 1895.
J.H. ALLEN. _Unitarianism since the Reformation_, 1 vol., New York,
1894.
J.J. TAYLER. _Retrospect of the Religious Life of England_, 1 vol.,
Lond. (3rd Ed.), 1876.
W.G. TARRANT. _Story and Significance of the Unitarian Movement_, 1
vol., Lond., 1910. (Gives more detailed references.)
For statistics and special characteristics of the various Liberal
Religious bodies in general accord with Unitarians see the following
records of the International Congresses:--
_Liberal Religious Thought at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century._
Ed. by W. COPELAND BOWIE, Lond., 1901.
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