Mennonite History By Rodloewens Oct 31, 1517 Reformation Luther's 95 Theses Mar 9, 1522 Ulrich Zwingli (Sausage Meal) Jan 21, 1525 Konrad Grebel (First Re-baptist) Blaurock was the first to be re-baptised Sep 28, 1525 Peasant War Jan 5, 1527 Felix Manz (First Anabaptist Martyr) Feb 24, 1527 Schleitheim Articles Written Aug 1, 1527 Martyrs Synod Jan 1, 1528 Start of Hutterites (Communal living) Jan 1, 1534 Luther's Complete Translation Jan 1, 1535 Many Anabaptists fled to Poland Apr 7, 1535 Death of Anabaptist Radicals (Mennos Brother) Jun 24, 1535 Fall of Munster Jan 1, 1536 Conversion of Menno Siemens Jan 1, 1536 Menno left the papacy Jan 1, 1540 Menno's Book of Fundamentals Jan 1, 1545 Mennonites got their name Jan 1, 1549 Mennonites organized churches in Prussia Jan 1, 1572 First Mennonite compulsory military service Sep 29, 1614 Hans Landis (Last Anabaptist Martyr) 1683 First Mennonite Anabaptist in America Jan 1, 1693 Beginning of the Amish Jan 1, 1693 Start of Amish Jan 1, 1768 They were allowed to build churches Jan 1, 1788 900 Mennonites emigrated from Prussia to Russia Jan 1, 1811 United Mennonite Church was formed 1830 Johan Cornies: Association for promotion of Agriculture-Industry Period: 1870 to 1879 Mennonites moved to America Jun 17, 1873 Mennonite delicates first arrived Canada 1914 Mennonite persecution in Russia Jan 1, 1917 Famine in Russia 1922 MCC began helping ppl in Russia 1922 First Old Colony and Sommerfelder migrated to Mexico Period: 1924 to 1926 Russian Mennonites came to all Mexico 1927 Canadian mennonites migrated to Paraguay Jan 1, 1930 MCC helped people moves to Paraguay 1935 Mexico government closed Mennonite schools. They went back to Canada Jan 1, 1943 Death of the colonies in Russia Sep 11, 1943 The great departure from Molotschna took place 1948 Klein Gemeinde went to Mexico (Jagueyes) 1948 Mennonites arrived in Argentina 1948 Mennonites arrived in Uruguay 1954 Fist Mennonites came to Bolivia 1958 First Mennonites came to Belize 1962 First CMM in Mexico (Steinreich)