YEAR

DATE

EVENT

PLACE

OTHER

REFERENCE:

1792

August 29

Birth of Charles G. Finney

Warren, Litchfield County, Connecticut

1794

Parents moved

To Oneida County, New York

1812

Finney moved

To Warren, Connecticut to live with uncle

1814

Finney left Connecticut

Moved to New Jersey

Taught in public schools

1818

Finney returned to

Henderson, Jefferson County, New York

Due to Mother's poor health

1821

Studied Law at Wright and Wardwell law offices

Adams, New York

1821

October 10

Conversion to Christ and Baptism in the Holy Spirit

Adams, New York

1823

June 25

Began study of theology

St. Lawrence Presbytery in Adams, New York

December 30

licensed to preach

St. Lawrence Presbytery in Adams, New York

1824

March 17

Commissioned as a missionary by the Female Missionary Society.

May 7

Discharged from the local Masonic chapter

May 7?

Ordained

by Oneida Presbytery

October 5

Married Lydia Root Andrews

Lydia born March 8, 1804

1826

Began preaching revival

New York area

Transferred to the Oneida Presbytery?

1826

January

Preached sermon "Can Two Walk Together Except They Be Agreed?"

Troy, New York

1826

July 18

New Lebanon Convention

New Lebanon, New York?

Conference on New Measures, revivals, etc. with Nettleton, Beecher, Finney, etc.

1828

June 8

Daughter Born

Helen Clarissa

1828

Revival Preaching

Philadelphia and New York

1829

Revivals continue

German Reformed Church, Philadelphia; and Lancaster, Pennsylvania

1830

March 28

Son Born

Charles Beman

1830

Six months of Revival Services

Rochester, New York

"Rock of Ages" written by Thomas Hastings.

1831

Revival Meetings at

Auburn, Buffalo, and Boston;

Preached "Sinners Bound to Change Their Own Hearts"

1832

March 7

Son Born

Frederic Norton

1832

September 28

Began pastorate at Chatham Street Chapel

New York

Also known as Second Free Church; contracted Cholera immediately following service

1833

Spring

Begins preaching after Cholera recovery

New York

Oberlin Collegiate Institute opens with 100 students

1834

Took sea voyage for his health

Mediterranean, Malta

Sermons on Various Subjects published

1835

Accepted position as Professor of Theology at Oberlin

1835

Friday evening lectures on Revival of Religion

Chatham Street Chapel, NY

1835

December

Lectures on Revivals of Religion published

New York

New York City fire in December destroys more than 600 buildings

1836

Sermons on Important Subjects Published

1836

March 13

Resigns as pastor of Chatham Street Chapel

New York

1836

April 10

First service at Broadway Tabernacle Church

New York

1836

Begins Preaching Lectures to Professing Christians each week at B T

New York

Published weekly in The New York Evangelist

1837

Spring

Concludes Preaching "Lectures to Professing Christians"

1837

March 16

Daughter born

Julia

1837

April 6

Resigned as pastor of Broadway Tabernacle

New York

1837

Lectures to Professing Christians published in book form

New York

1840

Skeletons of a Course of Theological Lectures published

Oberlin

1840

Views of Sanctification published

Oberlin

1841

Daughter born

Sarah(died March 9, 1843)

1842

Preached Revivals

Rochester, NY; Marlborough Chapel in Boston; Providence, Rhode Island

1842

June 26

Sylvester Finney died

1843

March 9

Daughter Sarah died

1843

December (thru March 1844)

Preached

Marlborough Chapel, Boston

Experiences great "enlargement"

1844

through March

Continues preaching

Marlborough Chapel, Boston

1844

Daughter Born

Delia (died sept 1, 1852)

1844

First Services as pastor of the First Congregational Church of Christ

Oberlin

1846

Lectures on Systematic Theology(vol 2) written and published

Oberlin

1847

Lectures on Systematic Theology(vol 3) written and published

Oberlin

1847

December 17

Wife Lydia dies

1848

Guide to the Savior is Published

1848

November 13

Marries Mrs. Elizabeth Ford Atkinson of Rochester, NY

1849

November

Begins Preaching in Britain

England

1850

all year

Preaching all year

England

1851

thru April

concludes preaching

England

Systematic Theology in one volume is published in England

1851

August 26

Elected president of Oberlin College

Oberlin

1851

Fall to April 1852

Preaches revivals

Broadway Tabernacle, NY; Hartford, Conn; and Brooklyn Plymouth Congregational Church

1855

Fall

Revival meetings

Rochester, NY

1859

Returns to England and Preaches

England

1863

November 27

Second Wife Elizabeth dies

1864

Marries Rebecca Rayl

She dies September 12, 1907

1865

August

Resigns as President of Oberlin College

1869

The Character, Claims and Practical Workings of Freemasonry published

1871

November

Spoke to the National Congregational Council

Oberlin

1872

May

Retired as pastor of First Congregational Church

Oberlin

1874

Spoke to the National Congregational Council

Oberlin

1875

July

Taught last Pastoral Theology class

Oberlin

1875

August 16

Charles G. Finney dies

Oberlin