Enlightenment · North America · Religion

1754

Jonathan Edwards's Freedom of the Will

1754

The Massachusetts Calvinist, deposed from his Northampton pulpit and ministering on the frontier, published one of Anglo-America's most formidable works of theology - defending predestination with a rigor that would reach Princeton and beyond. He would be appointed the college's president, arrive in January, and die of a smallpox inoculation by March.

More from 1754 Enlightenment

In context

Also in 1754 (4 other events on record)

Jumonville Glen - The Spark of a World War · North America · War
Albany Congress and Franklin's Plan of Union · North America · Politics
Washington Surrenders Fort Necessity · North America · War
King's College Founded in New York · North America · Culture

Before and after in North America

Before: 1753: Washington's Mission to the French
After: July 9, 1755: Braddock's Defeat on the Monongahela

Before and after in Religion

Before: January 1, 1744: First Saudi State
After: July 2, 1767: Paraguay Jesuits Expelled

Era

Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.