Here we present a selection of anniversaries of church and world events for you to enjoy and contemplate over Winter.
December
13th
1642
Abel Tasman sights New Zealand
13th
1784
Dr Samuel Johnson
16th
1773
Boston Tea Party
21st
Winter solstice – astronomical Winter begins
25th
Christmas Day
26th
Stephen, first Martyr
29th
1170
Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr
31st
1384
John Wycliffe
January
6th
Epiphany
12th
1167
Aelred of Hexham, Abbott of Rievaulx
13th
1691
George Fox, founder of the Quakers
25th
The Conversion of Paul
26th
1788
Australia Day: landing of First Fleet
28th
1274
Thomas Aquinas
30th
1649
Charles, King & Martyr
February
2nd
Candlemas
2nd
Ground Hog Day in America
6th
1840
Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand
14th
c.269
Valentine, Martyr
15th
1045
Sigfrid, Bishop, Apostle of Sweden
22nd
2011
Earthquake at Christchurch, New Zealand, destroying, inter alia, the Anglican Cathedral
27th
1633
George Herbert, Poet & Priest
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