Hudson Taylor and Missions to China: Christian History Timeline
The Christian History Timeline
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October 1, 1996
Hudson Taylor
1807
Englishman Robert Morrison, first Protestant missionary to China at Canton 1830
Elijah Coleman Bridgman, first American missionary to China, arrives at Canton 1832
May 21: Hudson Taylor born 1840's
Karl GÆtzlaff works in China 1843-1860
American and British Methodists, Presbyterians, Baptists, and Episcopalians send missionaries to China treaty ports 1850
Taylor declares China hopes 1853
September: Taylor departs for China 1854
March: Taylor lands at Shanghai; December: first inland journey 1857
Taylor proposes to Maria Dyer; resigns from Chinese Evangelization Society; Ningpo mission started 1858
Taylor and Maria marry 1861
An exhausted Taylor and his family depart for rest in England 1862
Taylor qualifies as midwife 1865
Taylor resolves to lead China Inland Mission (cim); writes China: Its Spiritual Need and Claims 1866
Lammermuir sails with Taylor, his family, and 16 cim missionaries 1868
Lewis Nicol dismissed from CIM; anti-foreign riot in Yangchow injures several missionaries 1869
House of Lords debates value of missions to China 1870
Maria Taylor dies 1871
Taylor marries Jennie Faulding 1875
Taylor appeals for 18 pioneers to go to nine interior provinces; April: recovers from paralysis; July: China's Millions Vol. 1, No. 1, published 1876-1880
18 CIM missionaries penetrate nine interior provinces 1885
"Cambridge Seven" depart for China 1886
Taylor appeals for 100 new missionaries 1887
CIM committees in London and China clash over control of the mission; 100 new missionaries accepted 1900
Boxer Rebellion-58 cim missionaries and 21 children among those murdered; Taylor in Switzerland recuperating from illness 1903
D. E. Hoste appointed general director of cim upon Taylor's retirement 1904
Jennie Faulding dies 1905
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