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J. Hudson Taylor (1832-1905) was an English missionary to
China. Founded the China Inland Mission which at his death
included 205 mission stations with over 800 missionaries,
and 125,000 Chinese Christians. |
| 1832, May 21 |
J. Hudson Taylor born at Barnsley, [England]. |
| 1834, April 22 |
East India Company's Trade monopoly ceases. |
| 1834, August 1 |
Robert Morrison dies at Canton. |
| 1839, November 3 |
First Opium War commences. |
| 1841, January 20 |
Hongkong ceded to the British. |
| 1842, August 29 |
Treaty of Nanking signed. |
| 1849 |
Hudson Taylor converted at age 17. |
| 1850-64 |
Taiping Rebellion |
| 1853, September 19 |
Hudson Taylor sails for China for the first time under Chinese
Evangelization Society. |
| 1854, March 1 |
Hudson Taylor lands in Shanghai. |
| 1855-73 |
Great Mohammedan rebellion in Yunnan. |
| 1856-60 |
Second Opium War. |
| 1857, June |
Hudson Taylor resigns from Chinese Evangelization
Society. |
1858, January 20
June |
Hudson Taylor marries Miss Maria Dyer, a missionary located
at Ningpo.
Treaty of Tientsin signed. |
1860, January 16
July |
Hudson Taylor's first appeal for helpers.
Mr. and Mrs. Hudson Taylor sail for England. |
| October 24 |
Treaty of Tientsin ratified at Peking. |
| 1862-76 |
Great Mohommedan rebellion in Kansu, etc. |
| 1862, January 8 |
Hudson Taylor's first helpers, Mr. and Mrs. Meadows, sail. |
1865, April
June 25
June 27
October |
Three more workers sail for China.
Hudson Taylor's crisis at Brighton.
Beginning of China Inland Mission which Hudson Taylor founded.
China's Spiritual Need and Claims published. |
1866, March 12
May 26 |
Occasional Papers, No. 1 published.
Hudson Taylor sails for China, the second time, with
Lammermuir party |
| 1867, August 23 |
Death of Gracie Taylor. |
1868, August 22-23
September |
Yangchow riot.
Bitter anti-Christian manifesto issued from Hunan. |
1868, November 17
|
Suez Canal opened. |
1870, June 21
July 23
August 24 |
Tientsin massacre.
Mrs. Hudson Taylor (nee Dyer) dies at 33 years of
age.
Naking Viceroy assassinated. |
1871, June 3
August
November 28 |
Telegraph cable opened to Shanghai.
Hudson Taylor sails for England.
Hudson Taylor marries Miss Jennie Faulding. |
| 1872, October 9 |
Hudson Taylor sails for China, the third time, with Mrs.
Taylor. |
1874, May
July 25
October 14 |
Hudson Taylor falls and hurts spine.
Miss Blatchley dies.
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor reach England. |
1875, January
July |
Hudson Taylor's appear for 18 workers published.
China's Millions first published. |
| 1876, September 7 |
Hudson Taylor sails for China, the fourth time,
without Mrs.
Taylor. |
| 1877, November |
Hudson Taylor sails for England. |
1878, May 2
August |
Mrs. Hudson Taylor sails for China, for famine relief work.
Hudson Taylor in Switzerland. |
1879, February 24
May 8 |
Hudson Taylor sails for China, the fifth time. Ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor reach Chefoo. |
| 1880, August |
Hudson Taylor's first visit to Kwangsin River. |
1881, October
November
December 10 |
Mrs. Hudson Taylor sails for England; absent from China nine
years.
Hudson Taylor at Wuchang. Appeal for The Seventy.
Hudson Taylor welcomes his eldest son, Herbert, to China. |
| 1883, February |
Hudson Taylor sails for England. |
1885, January 20
February 5 |
Hudson Taylor sails, without Mrs. Taylor, for China, the
sixth time.
The Cambridge Seven leave for China |
1886, May-June
May-October
August 5
November 13-26 |
Hudson Taylor's second visit to Kwangsin River.
Hudson Taylor travels, visiting nine provinces.
Pastor Hsi set apart by Hudson Taylor.
First meeting of China Council. Appeal for The Hundred. |
| 1887, January |
Hudson Taylor sails for England.
Sailing of the Hundred. |
1888, June 23
October 5
|
Hudson Taylor, with his son, Dr. Howard Taylor, sails for
North America.
Hudson Taylor sails from Vancouver for China, the seventh
time,
with first North American contingent. |
1889, May 21
July
October
November |
Hudson Taylor arrives in England.
Hudson Taylor pays second visit to North America.
Hudson Taylor issues To Every Creature.
Hudson Taylor visits Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. |
1890, February 18
March
April 29
August
November 20
December 21 |
New C.I.M. premises in Shanghai opened.
Hudson Taylor sails for China for eighth time, without Mrs.
Taylor.
First Australian worker for C.I.M. arrives in Shanghai.
Hudson Taylor visits Australia for first time.
Hudson Taylor sails for China with first Australasian
party.
Hudson Taylor reaches Shanghai, finds Mrs. Taylor there
after
an absence of nine years from China. |
| 1891, January |
Sailing of first Scandinavian China Alliance party.
Many anti-foreign riots this year. |
1892, March
July 26 |
Hudson Taylor reaches Vancouver. Ill.
Hudson Taylor arrives in England; visits Keswick. Ill. |
1893, April
August |
Hudson Taylor visits Germany.
Hudson Taylor visits Germany again.
Union and Communion by Taylor published in 1893. |
1894, February 14
April 17
Summer |
Hudson Taylor sails for China, the ninth time, via America,
with Mrs. Taylor, and Miss Geraldine Guinness.
Hudson Taylor speaks at Students' Conference in Detroit.
Hudson Taylor reaches Shanghai.
Hudson Taylor takes long journey through heart of China.
A Retrospect by Taylor published in 1894. |
1895, May
August 1 |
Beginning of Szechwan riots.
Kucheng massacre. |
1896, February
March
April
May 2
August |
Hudson Taylor, with Mrs. Taylor, leaves China. Ill.
Hudson Taylor visits India.
Hudson Taylor returns to China.
Hudson Taylor sails for England, lands at Brindisi and
visits
Germany en route.
Hudson Taylor visits Sweden, Norway and Germany. |
1897, Spring
November 1
November 24 |
Hudson Taylor visits Germany.
Two German missionaries murdered in Shantung.
Hudson Taylor sails, via America, for China, the tenth time,
with Mrs. Taylor. |
1898, January 15
April 20
May 9
Summer
June
September 22
October
November 4 |
Hudson Taylor reaches Shanghai, resides there three months.
Hudson Taylor visits Cheefoo.
Hudson Taylor back in Shanghai.
Hudson Taylor at Kuling.
Yü Mantze rebellion begins in Szechwan.
Coup d'etat. Empress Dowager resumes power in Peking.
Hudson Taylor back in Shanghai.
Murder of Mr. Fleming in Kweichow.
Separation and Service by Taylor published in 1898. |
1899, January 16-21
April 6
May 24
July 18 |
Conference in Chungking.
Hudson Taylor back in Shanghai.
Hudson Taylor visits Chefoo, for the last time.
The Boxer Society founded this summer. Many riots.
A Ribband of Blue, and other Bible Studies by Taylor
published. |
1899, September 1
September 26
November 21
December 31 |
Hudson Taylor back in Shanghai for last days of active service
in China.
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor leave China for Australia and New Zealand.
Close of Hudson Taylor's work in China.
Empress Dowager issues her famous anti-foreign decree.
Mr. S.M. Brooks murdered in Shantung. |
1900, January
May
June 18
June 24 |
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, with Dr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor, visit
New Zealand.
Boxer outbreaks begin.
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor reach England, and proceed to Switzerland.
Imperial Decree orders murder of all foreigners. |
| 1904, July 30 |
Mrs. Hudson Taylor [Jennie Faulding] dies in Switzerland. |
1905, February 15
June 3 |
Hudson Taylor sails for China for the last time.
Hudson Taylor dies at Changsha, Hunan, China; 73 years of
age. |
