Salvation Army Founded
1878
William Booth, an ex-Methodist preacher, reorganized his East London Christian Mission along military lines and renamed it the Salvation Army. Uniformed officers, brass bands, and a hard-driving social gospel gave the movement its distinctive flavor. Within a decade it had branches on four continents, feeding the poor and exasperating local clergy.
In context
Also in 1878 (4 other events on record)
- Congress of Berlin · Europe · Politics
- Edison's Light Bulb Work · North America · Technology
- Second Anglo-Afghan War · Central Asia · War
- San Stefano Treaty · Middle East · Politics
Before and after in Europe
Before and after in Religion
- Before: 1873: Kulturkampf Peaks
- After: June 29, 1881: Mahdi's Revolt Begins
Era
Industrial Age (1801–1900), one of 513 events from that era on Saeculum.
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