ReligionThe 1810s

Religion in the 1810s

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged religion — faiths, institutions and religious change, narrowed to the 1810s — 3 of them, drawn from 3 nations, running from 1814 to 1817. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
3
Nations
3
Earliest
1814
Latest
1817
Africa
2
Oceania
1

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. Oceania

    New Zealand

    First Christian mission

    Samuel Marsden conducted New Zealand's first Christian service at Rangihoua in the Bay of Islands, beginning the missionary presence that spread Christianity, literacy, and new ideas among Māori.

    Era: European contact, missionaries, and the musket wars

    Sources: Samuel Marsden conducts New Zealand's first Christian service · NZ History (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), Marsden, Samuel · Te Ara — The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

  2. Africa

    Botswana

    London Missionary Society arrives

    LMS missionaries reach the Tswana lands; Robert Moffat later founds Kuruman and translates the Bible into Setswana.

    Era: Missionaries, Boers and Mounting Pressure

    Sources: History of Botswana · Wikipedia, Botswana — History · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  3. Africa

    Madagascar

    Radama I, Britain and the missionaries

    Radama I is recognised King of Madagascar by Britain and admits the London Missionary Society, bringing literacy and Christianity.

    Era: The Merina Monarchy

    Sources: Radama I · Wikipedia, Madagascar · Encyclopædia Britannica