1703 JUNE 17 - BORN AT EPWORTH, 15TH CHILD OF SAMUEL AND
SUSANNA WESLEY
1709 FEB 9 - SAVED FROM BURNING RECTORY AT EPWORTH
1714 JAN 28 - ENTERED CHARTERHOUSE SCHOOL, LONDON
1720 JUNE 24 - ENTERED CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD
1724 - GRADUATED, B.A., OXFORD
1727 FEB 14 - GRADUATED, M.A., OXFORD
1728 SEPT 22 - ORDAINED PRIEST IN CHURCH OF ENGLAND
1729 DEC - BECAME LEADER OF THE HOLY CLUB AT OXFORD
1735 OCT 14 - JOHN AND CHARLES EMBARKED FOR GEORGIA
1737 - PUBLISHED FIRST HYMNBOOK, A COLLECTION OF PSALMS
AND HYMNS,
CHARLESTON, SC
1738 FEB 1 - JOHN RETURNED TO ENGLAND
1738 MAY 24 - HIS ALDERSGATE EXPERIENCE
1744 JUNE - HELD FIRST METHODIST CONFERENCE IN LONDON
1751 FEB 18 (19?) - MARRIED MARY (MOLLY) VAZEILLE
1769 AUG 4 - APPOINTED FIRST PREACHERS TO AMERICA
1780 MAY 1 - PUBLISHED A COLLECTION OF HYMNS FOR THE USE
OF THE PEOPLE
CALLED METHODISTS *
1791 FEB 22 - PREACHED LAST SERMON
1791 FEB 24 - MADE LAST ENTRY IN HIS DIARY
1791 MAR 2 - DIED IN LONDON
* SEE WESLEY'S 'DIRECTIONS FOR SINGING' IN UM HYMNAL, p.vii.
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