Dwight L. Moody: Chronology of Events
 D. L. Moody (1837-1899) was an American evangelist who founded the Northfield Schools in Massachusetts, Moody Church and Moody Bible Institute
in Chicago, and the Colportage Association. Ira Sankey was solo singer/music
director for their evangelistic campaigns in both the United States
and Great Britain. |
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| 1837 | Born in Northfield, Massachusetts, United States (Feb. 5). |
| 1855 | Converted to Christ in Boston. |
| 1856 | Joins Mount Vernon Congregational Church, Boston. Moves to Chicago, Illinois, to continue work as shoe salesman. |
| 1858 | Starts the North Market Hall (Sunday) School, Chicago. |
| 1860 | Gives up shoe business. Begins work with Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA). |
| 1861-65 | Ministry to soldiers during Civil War. |
| 1862 | Marries Emma Charlotte Revell (August 28). |
| 1864 | Birth of daughter Emma Reynolds (Oct. 24). |
| 1864-66 | Organizes and pastors Illinois Street Church (later called Chicago Avenue Church). |
| 1866 | Instrumental in erection of the original Farwell Hall for YMCA,
Chicago. Elected president of Chicago YMCA. |
| 1867 | First visit to Great Britain; meets George Müller and Charles Spurgeon. |
| 1869 | Birth of son William Revell (March 25). |
| 1870 | Meets Ira Sankey at YMCA convention in Indianapolis, Indiana. |
| 1871 | Ira Sankey joins Moody in Chicago to assist with music and song-leading. Home, church, and Farwell Hall consumed in great Chicago Fire. |
| 1872 | Second visit to Great Britain. |
| 1873 | Moody and Sankey publish Sacred Songs and Solos; sold for use in meetings. |
| 1873-75 | First campaign in the British Isles. |
| 1875 | Decides to make Northfield, Massachusetts, his permanent home; buys house. |
| 1875-76 | First American campaigns in Brooklyn, Philadelphia, and New York. |
| 1876 | Death of friend and co-worker P.P. Bliss in a train accident (Dec. 29). |
| 1876-77 | Campaigns in Chicago and Boston. |
| 1877-78 | Fall and winter meetings in New England cities. |
| 1879 | Birth of son Paul Dwight. (Apr 11) Founded Northfield Seminary for Young Women. |
| 1878-79 | Meetings in Baltimore, Maryland. |
| 1879-80 | Six months of meetings in St. Louis, Missouri (Winter). |
| 1880 | First Northfield Bible Conference. |
| 1880-81 | Pacific coast meetings, primarily in San Francisco, California. |
| 1881 | Founded Mount Hermon School for Young Men. |
| 1881-84 | Second campaign in the British Isles. |
| 1886 | Chicago Evangelization Society chartered (renamed Moody Bible Institute, March, 1900). |
| 1891-92 | Third campaign in the British Isles. |
| 1892 | Visits the Holy Land. |
| 1893 | Evangelistic campaign at World's Fair in Chicago. |
| 1894 | Begins the Bible Institute Colportage Association (BICA), Chicago. Became Moody Press in 1941. |
| 1895 | Fall campaign in Atlanta, Georgia. |
| 1897 | Meetings in Boston (Jan-Feb). |
| 1899 | Last public service in Kansas City, Missouri (Nov. 16). Died at his home in Northfield, Massachusetts (Dec. 22). Buried on Round Top, Northfield, Massachusetts. |
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