January 18
The Confession of Saint Peter
200+ Prisca,
martyr at Rome, is commemorated (died during third century).
1460 The Bulla Execrabilis issued
by Pope
Pius II (1405–1464)
banned appeals of the pope’s
proposal of a crusade against the Turks and further established the pope’s power.
1541 The Lutheran-Roman Catholic
Colloquy of Worms ended.
1562 The third session of the
Council of Trent opened.
1728 The first Lutheran baptism
took place in
Greenland.
1793
William H. Havergal, composer, was born in High Wycombe,
Buckinghamshire (d. 19 April 1870).
1806
William Shrubsole (b. 1759/60), English church chorister and
organist, died.
1808
Michael Jacobs, professor at the Lutheran Theological
Seminary (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania), was born in Waynesboro,
Pennsylvania (d. 22 July 1871).
1815
Constantin von Tischendorf, discoverer of the Codex
Sinaiticus, was born at Lengenfeld, near Plauen, in the Saxon Vogtland,
Germany (d. 7 December 1874).
1846
Taylor University was was established in Fort Wayne, Indiana,
under Methodist sponsorship.
1864 Albert Grimm was born in
Petershagen, Pomerania (d. 12 March 1922, Antigo, Wisconsin). He
immigrated with his parents to the United States in 1874, landing in
New York and later settling in Wisconsin. He graduated from Concordia
Theological Seminary (Springfield, Illinois) in 1888 and served as a
pastor in Oak Grove, Illinois, and Antigo, Wisconsin. In 1919 his
eldest son died, and Albert resigned from the ministry to take over his
son’s position
as manager of Antigo Publishing Company. Grimm is best remembered for
his short stories and novels, which he wrote under the pen name Alfred
Ira.
1875
Joseph P. Webster (b. 22 March 1819), American musician and
religious composer, died.
1887 Elmer Haserodt was born in
Elyria, Ohio (d. 20 July 1963, Oak Lawn, Illinois). He graduated from
Concordia Seminary (Saint Louis) in 1910 and served as a pastor in
Freeport and Chicago, Illinois. He was the editor of the Concordance
to the Lutheran Hymnal.
1917
Andrew Murray, missionary to South Africa, died in
Wellington, Africa (b. 9 May 1828).
1922
Carl Adolf Frank, first editor of The Lutheran
Witness, died in Evansville, Indiana (b. 28 February 1846,
Wimpfen, Germany).
1923
Theodor Halvorson Dahl, president of the United Norwegian
Lutheran Church in America, died (b. 2 April 1845, Baastad, Norway).
1924 Groundbreaking ceremonies for
new the
Concordia Seminary (Saint Louis) Clayton campus were held.
1961
Thomas Anthony Dooley III, Roman Catholic missionary to
southeast Asia, died (b. 17 January 1927).
1963 The foundation stone was laid
for a Lutheran high school at Ikot-Ekpene, Nigeria.
