{"id":271,"date":"2009-11-11T06:33:10","date_gmt":"2009-11-10T19:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/test.spiritualist-church.org.au\/?page_id=271"},"modified":"2011-07-25T22:56:45","modified_gmt":"2011-07-25T12:56:45","slug":"some-important-dates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spiritualist-church.org.au\/index.php\/spiritualism-2\/some-important-dates\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Important Dates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Event<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1848<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Hydesville Knockings<\/strong><\/a> in the USA lead to the investigation of the mediumship of the Fox sisters and the birth of the Movement of Modern Spiritualism.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1849<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

First public demonstration of mediumship by Margaret Fox in the Corinthian Hall, Rochester, New York.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1852<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Mrs. Hayden from America becomes the first Spiritualist medium to work in Britain.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1853<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

David Richmond founded the first Spiritualist Church in Britain at Keighley in Yorkshire.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1854<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Robert Owen, Socialist and co-founder of the Co-operative Movement, embraced Spiritualism after sittings with Mrs. Hayden. (After passing to the Spirit World he became the author of the Seven Principles of Spiritualism, they were then adopted by the Spiritualist’s National Union).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1855<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

First Spiritualist newspaper in Britain, “The Yorkshire Spiritualist Telegraph” published at Keighley.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1863<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Andrew Jackson Davis<\/strong><\/a> established the first Sunday Lyceum for children in New York<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1866<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

First Lyceum opened in Britain at Nottingham by J. Hitchcock<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1869<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Committee appointed by the Dialectical Society investigated Spiritualism. They published the most favourable report on Spiritualism up to that time by an investigating body<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1871<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Sir William Crookes reported on Spiritualism to the Royal Society and published his findings in the “Quarterly Journal of Science”.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1873<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

British National Association of Spiritualists founded. Renamed the London Spiritualist Alliance in 1884 and known today as the\u00a0College for Psychic Science<\/strong><\/a>in London<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1882<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Society for Psychical Research founded.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1887<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

‘Two Worlds’<\/strong><\/a> founded as a Spiritualistic weekly newspaper by Mrs. Harding Britten. (Now a monthly magazine). British Lyceum Manual also published for the first time. The Seven Principles given by Mrs. Emma Harding Britten.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1890<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Formation of the National Spiritualists’ Federation. Spiritualists’ Lyceum Union established (Name changed to British Spiritualists’ Lyceum Union in 1894).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1893<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Foundation of National Spiritualists’ Association in America.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1901<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Foundation of Spiritualists’ National Union Ltd. as a company not for profit and limited by guarantee, taking over the assets and liabilities of the National Spiritualists’ Federation in July of that year.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1918<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle proclaims his belief in Spiritualism<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1923<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Formation of the International Spiritualists’ Federation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1924<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Hannen Swaffer proclaimed his Belief in Spiritualism.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1931<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Publication of J. Arthur Findlay’s trilogy, “On the edge of the Etheric”; “The Rock of Truth”; 1935 and “The Unfolding Universe”.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1932<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

“Psychic News”<\/strong><\/a> founded by Arthur Findlay under the editorship of Maurice Barbanell.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1934<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

First broadcast on behalf of Spiritualism through the BBC by Ernest Oaten.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1937<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Spiritualism investigated by Church of England Committee set up by Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Gordon Cosmo Lang. (Its subsequent favourable report by the church was never published and its contents only became known when released by “Psychic News” who had been mysteriously sent a copy)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1940<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Spiritualists’ National Union Ltd. achieves full government recognition and is given certificate to act as a Trust Corporation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1944<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Helen Duncan<\/strong><\/a> trial in London.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1951<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Passing of the\u00a0Fraudulent Mediums Act<\/strong><\/a> removing mediums from the twin threats of the Witchcraft Act 1735 and the Vagrancy Act 1824, and thereby enabling Spiritualists’ to openly and legally practice their religion.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1964<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Stansted Hall handed over to the Spiritualists’ National Union by Arthur Findlay.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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