Mennonite History By Cocorosco Oct 31, 1517 Martin Luther’s 95 Thesis Mar 9, 1522 Ulrich Zwingli Suasage meal Jan 21, 1525 The First Re-baptism. Konrad Grebel Sep 28, 1525 Peasant War Jan 5, 1527 Martyrdom of Felix Manz Feb 24, 1527 Shleitheim Convention Led by Michael Sattler May 20, 1527 Death of Michael Sattler Aug 1, 1527 Martyrs Synod Jan 1, 1528 The Beginning of communal living (Hutterrites) Jan 1, 1533 Melchior Hoffman arrested Jan 1, 1534 Luther’s Complete Bibel Translation Jan 1, 1535 First Anabaptist group fled. To Prussia Apr 7, 1535 Death of 300 Anabaptist radicals. Menno’s brother Jun 24, 1535 The fall of Munster The tragedy of Munster Jan 1, 1536 Conversion of Menno Simons Feb 25, 1536 Death of Jacob Hutter Jan 1, 1540 Book of Fundamentals. Menno Simons Jan 1, 1549 Mennonite church founded in Prussia Sep 29, 1614 Hans Landis. Last Martyr of this Period 1683 First Anabaptist in America Jan 1, 1693 Start of the Amish Church Jan 1, 1736 First Immigration of the Amish Jan 1, 1768 Mennonites were first allowed to build Churches Jul 1, 1789 First immigration to Russia 1830 Johan Cornies came to power He was appointed by Russian by Government to be head of agriculture Jun 17, 1873 First Mennonites delegates arrive in Canada Period: 1874 to 1876 Mennonites moved to America 1914 Start of WW1 and persecution of Mennonites in Russia Feb 2, 1915 Land Expropriation Act Oct 1, 1917 Bolshevik Government. Start of the persecution in Russia. Mar 1, 1922 MCC begins helping Mennonites in Russia Mar 1, 1922 Mennonites migrate to Mexico Period: 1924 to 1926 Russian Mennonite refugees come to Mexico 1927 Mennonites migrate to Paraguay 1930 Mennonite Fernheim Colony founded in Paraguay 1930 Mennonites arrive in Brazil May 1, 1935 Mexican government closed Mennonite schools Oct 1, 1941 Mennonite deportation Sep 11, 1943 Departure from Molotschna 1948 Klein Gemeinde Families moved to Mexico (Jagueyes) 1948 Mennonite refugees arrive in Uruguay 1948 First Mennonites arrive in Argentina 1954 First Mennonites settle in Bolivia 1958 First Mennonites come to Belize 1962 Founding of Steinrich Church and CMM 1963 Missionary building in Quinta Lupita 1967 Founding of Mennonite Gemeinde 1980 Second Mennonite group arrive in Argentina Dec 31, 2024 Today