ReligionThe 1870s

Religion in the 1870s

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged religion — faiths, institutions and religious change, narrowed to the 1870s — 6 of them, drawn from 5 nations, running from 1870 to 1879. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
6
Nations
5
Earliest
1870
Latest
1879
Africa
3
Europe
2
Oceania
1

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

  1. Europe

    Bulgaria

    Creation of the Bulgarian Exarchate

    An Ottoman decree established an autonomous Bulgarian Exarchate, separating the national church from Greek ecclesiastical control and giving institutional form to the awakening nation.

    Era: Ottoman Rule and the National Revival

    Sources: Bulgaria: Ottoman rule, National Revival and the end of the 19th century · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  2. Oceania

    Solomon Islands

    Killing of Bishop Patteson

    John Coleridge Patteson, first Anglican Bishop of Melanesia, is killed at Nukapu, reportedly in reprisal for blackbirders' raids on islanders.

    Era: Blackbirding, Missions and the Protectorate

    Sources: John Coleridge Patteson, Missionary Bishop of Melanesia · Project Canterbury / Anglican History, The Melanesian Mission, 1877–1909 · ANU Press

  3. Europe

    Vatican City

    Pius IX, 'prisoner in the Vatican'

    Refusing to accept the loss of Rome, Pope Pius IX withdrew into the Vatican and declared himself a prisoner, a position his successors held until 1929.

    Era: The Loss of Rome and the Roman Question

    Sources: Roman question · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  4. Africa

    Malawi

    Scottish missions founded at Livingstonia and Blantyre

    Inspired by Livingstone, the Free Church of Scotland established the Livingstonia mission in 1875 and the Church of Scotland the Blantyre mission in 1876; both campaigned against the slave trade and trained an African Christian elite.

    Era: Migrations, missionaries and the slave trade

    Sources: Livingstonia Mission · Wikipedia, David Livingstone (Zambezi expedition) · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Christianity in Malawi · Wikipedia

  5. Africa

    Uganda

    Anglican missionaries arrive

    Agents of the Church Missionary Society reach Buganda after Stanley publicises Mutesa I's apparent interest in Christianity, beginning Protestant evangelism at the kabaka's court.

    Era: Traders, Missionaries and the Uganda Martyrs

    Sources: History of Uganda · Wikipedia, White Fathers, Islam and Kiswahili in Nineteenth-Century Uganda · Asian and African Studies (V. Vilhanová)

  6. Africa

    Uganda

    Catholic White Fathers arrive

    Roman Catholic missionaries of the White Fathers reach Buganda, adding a third faith to the rivalry of Muslim, Protestant and Catholic factions at court.

    Era: Traders, Missionaries and the Uganda Martyrs

    Sources: History of Uganda · Wikipedia, White Fathers, Islam and Kiswahili in Nineteenth-Century Uganda · Asian and African Studies (V. Vilhanová)