VirginiaHuguenot
Puritanboard Librarian
On February 23,
* 155 -- Polycarp, the bishop of Smyrna was marytered for the faith;
* 303 -- The Diocletian persecution of Roman Christians began;
* 1455 -- Johannes Gutenberg published the first printed Bible;
* 1574 -- Fifth French War of Religion against the Huguenots began;
* 1591 -- Antoine de Chandieu, Huguenot and author of the French Confession of 1559, died;
* 1680 -- Thomas Goodwin, English Puritan, died;
* 1685 -- Birth of George Frederick Handel, German composer;
* 1689 -- Dutch Prince William III proclaimed King of England.
* 155 -- Polycarp, the bishop of Smyrna was marytered for the faith;
* 303 -- The Diocletian persecution of Roman Christians began;
* 1455 -- Johannes Gutenberg published the first printed Bible;
* 1574 -- Fifth French War of Religion against the Huguenots began;
* 1591 -- Antoine de Chandieu, Huguenot and author of the French Confession of 1559, died;
* 1680 -- Thomas Goodwin, English Puritan, died;
* 1685 -- Birth of George Frederick Handel, German composer;
* 1689 -- Dutch Prince William III proclaimed King of England.
