2005 Death Gene Scott, American Clergyman 2004 Death Neal A. Maxwell, American Clergyman 2000 Death John Cardinal O'Connor, American Clergyman 1996 Death Henri Nouwen, Dutch Clergyman 1994 Death Marvin J. Ashton, American Clergyman 1991 Death Klas Bruinsma, clergyman, dies 1989 Death Walter Martin, American Clergyman 1988 Death Michael Ramsey, English Clergyman 1986 Death Tommy Douglas, Canadian Clergyman 1972 Death Geoffrey Fisher, Clergyman 1972 Death Athenagoras I, Greek Clergyman 1971 Death Richard L. Evans, American Clergyman 1970 Death Richard Cardinal Cushing, American Clergyman 1970 Death David O. McKay, American Clergyman 1969 Death Harry Emerson Fosdick, Baptist clergyman, studied at Colgate University, opposed racism, injustice, supported appeasement of Hitler, claimed democracies caused the rise of fascism, wrote "A Guide to Understanding the Bible', died in Bronxville, New York 1969 Death Dominique G Pire, clergyman, (Europe village Nobel 1958), dies at 58 1967 Death Francis Joseph Spellman, American Clergyman 1965 Death Malcom X, American Clergyman 1963 Death Aiden Wilson Tozer, American Clergyman 1956 Death Jim Elliot, American Clergyman 1954 Death William R. Inge, English Clergyman 1954 Death William Ralph Inge, English Clergyman 1951 Death Lloyd C. Douglas, American Clergyman 1947 Birthday Gene Robinson, American Clergyman 1943 Death Bernhard Lichtenberg, German clergyman/antifascist, dies at 67 1942 Death Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American Clergyman 1941 Birthday Angelo Scola, Italian Clergyman 1941 Birthday Jesse Jackson, born in Greenville, South Carolina, clergyman/presidential candidate, D 1941 Death D A van den Bosch, anti-nazi clergyman (Amersfoort Camp), dies 1940 Death Alfred Loisy, French Clergyman 1936 Death William FA Ellison, Irish clergyman/astronomer, dies at 72 1936 Birthday Karl Lehmann, German Clergyman 1936 Birthday Roger Mahony, American Clergyman 1935 Birthday George Carey, English Clergyman 1935 Birthday Jimmy Swaggart, American Clergyman 1934 Birthday Bill Gothard, American Clergyman 1934 Birthday Charles R. Swindoll, American Clergyman 1934 Birthday Chuck Swindoll, American Clergyman 1934 Birthday Dionigi Tettamanzi, Italian Clergyman 1933 Birthday Godfried Danneels, Clergyman 1933 Death Henry Van Dyke, clergyman, educator, author, wrote poetry, hymns, essays, co-wrote first Presbyterian printed liturgy, 'The Common Book of Worship of 1906', served as U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands and Luxembourg, dies 1932 Birthday Francis Arinze, Nigerian Clergyman 1932 Birthday Henri Nouwen, Dutch Clergyman 1931 Death Francis Bellamy, American Clergyman 1931 Birthday John Shelby Spong, American Clergyman 1930 Birthday Lionel Blue, British Clergyman 1929 Birthday Gene Scott, American Clergyman 1928 Birthday M. Russell Ballard, American Clergyman 1928 Birthday Walter Martin, American Clergyman 1928 Birthday Jean Vanier, Swiss Clergyman 1928 Birthday Andrew Greeley, American Clergyman 1927 Birthday Jim Elliot, American Clergyman 1927 Birthday Thomas S. Monson, American Clergyman 1927 Birthday Pope Benedict XVI, German Clergyman 1927 Death Hazrat Inayat Khan, Clergyman 1926 Birthday Robert H. Schuller, American Clergyman 1926 Birthday Frederick Buechner, American Clergyman 1926 Birthday Neal A. Maxwell, American Clergyman 1926 Birthday Ian Paisley, North Ireland, clergyman and MP 1925 Birthday Malcom X, American Clergyman 1924 Birthday Russell M. Nelson, American Clergyman 1921 Birthday Daniel Berrigan, American Clergyman 1921 Birthday John Stott, British Clergyman 1920 Death Abraham Kuyper, clergyman/Dutch premier (AR 1908-12), dies at 83 1920 Birthday John Cardinal O'Connor, American Clergyman 1915 Birthday Marvin J. Ashton, American Clergyman 1909 Birthday Melinda Gates, American Clergyman 1909 Birthday Mohammed Omar, Afghani Clergyman 1909 Birthday Paul Crouch, American Clergyman 1906 Death Georgi Apollonovitch Gapon, Rus-orthodox clergyman/tsarist agent, dies 1906 Birthday Richard L. Evans, American Clergyman 1904 Birthday Michael Ramsey, English Clergyman 1904 Birthday Tommy Douglas, Canadian Clergyman 1903 Death Hermanus J A M Schaepman, Dutch clergyman/politician, dies at 58 1899 Death Dwight L. Moody, American Clergyman 1899 Death Horatio Alger, Jr., Amer clergyman/author (Disagreeeable Woman), dies 1898 Death George Muller, English Clergyman 1898 Birthday Norman Vincent Peale, Ohio, clergyman, Power of Positive Thinking 1897 Birthday Aiden Wilson Tozer, American Clergyman 1895 Birthday Richard Cardinal Cushing, American Clergyman 1895 Birthday Fulton J. Sheen, American Clergyman 1892 Death Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman 1892 Birthday Martin Niemoller, clergyman, German Protestant, ; imprisoned by Hitler 1889 Birthday Francis Cardinal Spellman, American Clergyman 1887 Birthday Geoffrey Fisher, Clergyman 1887 Death Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman 1886 Birthday Athenagoras I, Greek Clergyman 1884 Death Matthew Simpson, American Clergyman 1882 Birthday Hazrat Inayat Khan, Clergyman 1878 Death Paul Cullen, Irish Clergyman 1878 Birthday Harry Emerson Fosdick, born in Buffalo, New York, Baptist clergyman, studied at Colgate University, opposed racism, injustice, supported appeasement of Hitler, claimed democracies caused the rise of fascism, wrote "A Guide to Understanding the Bible' 1878 Death Alexander Duff, Scottish Clergyman 1877 Birthday Lloyd C. Douglas, American Clergyman 1875 Birthday Bernhard Lichtenberg, German clergyman/antifascist 1874 Death John Bachman, American Clergyman 1873 Birthday David O. McKay, American Clergyman 1872 Death Henry Alford, English Clergyman 1871 Birthday Franc S Finzgar, Slovenian clergyman/writer, Our Blood 1869 Birthday Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American Clergyman 1869 Birthday Jan R Slotemaker de Bruine, Dutch clergyman/politician, CHU 1867 Death John Strachan, Canadian Clergyman 1865 Death Lyman Beecher, American Clergyman 1864 Birthday William F. A. Ellison, Irish clergyman/director, Armagh Observatory 1864 Death Thomas Starr King, Unitarian clergyman (Christianity and Humanity), dies 1860 Death Cornelius Broere, Dutch RC clergyman/poet, dies at 57 1860 Birthday William R. Inge, English Clergyman 1860 Birthday William Ralph Inge, English Clergyman 1857 Birthday Alfred Loisy, French Clergyman 1856 Birthday George Adam Smith, Scottish Clergyman 1856 Death John Wilbur, American Clergyman 1855 Birthday Francis Bellamy, American Clergyman 1855 Death Julius Charles Hare, English Clergyman 1853 Death William Jay, English Clergyman 1853 Death Frederick William Robertson, English Clergyman 1852 Birthday Henry Van Dyke, clergyman, educator, author, wrote poetry, hymns, essays, co-wrote first Presbyterian printed liturgy, 'The Common Book of Worship of 1906', served as U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands and Luxembourg 1850 Death Adoniram Judson, American Clergyman 1847 Birthday Jesse James, Missouri, bank/train robber, son of a clergyman 1844 Birthday Hermanus J. A. M. Schaepman, clergyman and Dutch politician 1837 Birthday Abraham Kuyper, clergyman/Dutch premier, AR, 1908-12 1834 Death Edward Irving, Scottish Clergyman 1834 Birthday Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman 1834 Death William Carey, English Clergyman 1830 Death Elias Hicks, American Clergyman 1824 Birthday Thomas Starr King, New York, Unitarian clergyman, Christianity and Humanity 1822 Birthday Edward Everett Hale, U.S., clergyman/author, Man without a Country 1816 Birthday Frederick William Robertson, English Clergyman 1813 Birthday Henry Ward Beecher, Litchfield, Connecticut, clergyman/orator, Independent 1811 Birthday Matthew Simpson, American Clergyman 1810 Birthday Henry Alford, English Clergyman 1809 Death Beilby Porteus, British Clergyman 1806 Death Samuel Horsley, English Clergyman 1806 Birthday Alexander Duff, Scottish Clergyman 1805 Birthday George Muller, English Clergyman 1803 Death Samuel Hopkins, American Clergyman 1803 Birthday Paul Cullen, Irish Clergyman 1802 Birthday Leonard Bacon, American Clergyman 1797 Birthday John Winebrenner, U.S., clergyman, founded Church of God 1795 Birthday Julius Charles Hare, English Clergyman 1795 Death Ezra Stiles, American Clergyman 1792 Birthday Edward Irving, Scottish Clergyman 1790 Birthday John Bachman, American Clergyman 1788 Birthday Adoniram Judson, American Clergyman 1780 Birthday William Ellery Channing, U.S., Unitarian clergyman 1778 Birthday John Strachan, Canadian Clergyman 1775 Birthday Lyman Beecher, American Clergyman 1774 Birthday John Wilbur, American Clergyman 1772 Death John Woolman, American Clergyman 1771 Birthday Hosea Ballou, American Clergyman 1770 Death George Whitefield, American Clergyman 1769 Birthday William Jay, English Clergyman 1768 Death Laurence Stern, Irish Clergyman 1766 Death Jonathan Mayhew, American Clergyman 1761 Birthday William Carey, English Clergyman 1748 Birthday Elias Hicks, American Clergyman 1748 Birthday John Playfair, born in Scotland, clergyman, geologist and mathematician 1741 Death Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/clergyman, dies 1733 Birthday Samuel Horsley, English Clergyman 1733 Birthday Joseph Priestley, born in England, clergyman and scientist, discovered oxygen 1731 Birthday Beilby Porteus, British Clergyman 1727 Birthday Ezra Stiles, American Clergyman 1723 Birthday John Witherspoon, clergyman/signed Declaration of Independence 1721 Birthday Samuel Hopkins, American Clergyman 1720 Birthday John Woolman, American Clergyman 1720 Birthday Jonathan Mayhew, American Clergyman 1714 Birthday George Whitefield, American Clergyman 1714 Death Matthew Henry, English Clergyman 1713 Birthday Laurence Stern, Irish Clergyman 1704 Death Jacques Bossuet, French Clergyman 1703 Birthday John Wesley, English Clergyman 1702 Birthday Philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman 1691 Death Richard Baxter, English Clergyman 1674 Death Thomas Traherne, British Clergyman 1672 Death John Wilkins, English Clergyman 1667 Death Jeremy Taylor, British Clergyman 1662 Birthday Matthew Henry, English Clergyman 1656 Death Joseph Hall, English Clergyman 1655 Death Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer, dies at 81 1649 Death Richard Crashaw, English clergyman/poet, dies at about 36 1649 Death Thomas Shepard, American Clergyman 1647 Death Thomas Hooker, clergyman, father of American democracy, dies 1642 Death Cardinal Richelieu, French Clergyman 1639 Event Cambridge College renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard 1627 Birthday Jacques Bossuet, French Clergyman 1622 Death Saint Francis de Sales, Swiss Clergyman 1615 Birthday Richard Baxter, English Clergyman 1614 Birthday John Wilkins, English Clergyman 1607 Birthday John Harvard, England, clergyman/scholar, founded Harvard University 1605 Birthday Thomas Shepard, American Clergyman 1585 Birthday Cardinal Richelieu, French Clergyman 1584 Birthday John Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony 1577 Birthday Robert Burton, writer, Anglican clergyman, Anatomy of Melancholy 1575 Death Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss Clergyman 1574 Birthday Joseph Hall, English Clergyman 1573 Birthday Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer 1572 Death Daniel van Arendonck, clergyman, hanged 1571 Death John Jewel, English Clergyman 1567 Birthday Saint Francis de Sales, Swiss Clergyman 1549 Death Pope Paul III, Italian Clergyman 1522 Birthday John Jewel, English Clergyman 1504 Birthday Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss Clergyman 1468 Birthday Pope Paul III, Italian Clergyman
