January 9 – The North Carolina General Assembly authorizes nine commissioners to purchase 100 acres (0.40 km2) of land for the seat of
Chatham County. The town is named Pittsborough (later shortened to
Pittsboro), for
William Pitt the Younger.
February 21 – The Confederation Congress sends word to the 13 states that a convention will be held in Philadelphia on May 14 to revise the Articles of Confederation.[1]
March 28 – In the British House of Commons,
Henry Beaufoy files the first motion to repeal the
Test Act 1673, which restricts the rights of non-members of the Church of England.;[4] Beaufoy's motion is rejected, and the Act is not repealed until 1829.
March 30 –
Biblical theology becomes a separate discipline from biblical studies, as
Johann Philipp Gabler delivers his speech "On the proper distinction between biblical and dogmatic theology and the specific objectives of each" upon his inauguration as the professor of theology at the
University of Altdorf in Germany.[5]
^
abcdefgHarper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909, ed. by Benson John Lossing and, Woodrow Wilson (Harper & Brothers, 1910) p167
^
abBurton Alva Konkle, George Bryan and the Constitution of Pennsylvania, 1731-1791 (William J. Campbell publishing, 1922) p299
^Sheldon J. Godfrey and Judy Godfrey, Search Out the Land: The Jews and the Growth of Equality in British Colonial America, 1740-1867 (McGill-Queen's University Press, 1995) p129
^Craig Bartholomew, Out of Egypt: Biblical Theology and Biblical Interpretation (Zondervan, 2011) p2
January 9 – The North Carolina General Assembly authorizes nine commissioners to purchase 100 acres (0.40 km2) of land for the seat of
Chatham County. The town is named Pittsborough (later shortened to
Pittsboro), for
William Pitt the Younger.
February 21 – The Confederation Congress sends word to the 13 states that a convention will be held in Philadelphia on May 14 to revise the Articles of Confederation.[1]
March 28 – In the British House of Commons,
Henry Beaufoy files the first motion to repeal the
Test Act 1673, which restricts the rights of non-members of the Church of England.;[4] Beaufoy's motion is rejected, and the Act is not repealed until 1829.
March 30 –
Biblical theology becomes a separate discipline from biblical studies, as
Johann Philipp Gabler delivers his speech "On the proper distinction between biblical and dogmatic theology and the specific objectives of each" upon his inauguration as the professor of theology at the
University of Altdorf in Germany.[5]
^
abcdefgHarper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909, ed. by Benson John Lossing and, Woodrow Wilson (Harper & Brothers, 1910) p167
^
abBurton Alva Konkle, George Bryan and the Constitution of Pennsylvania, 1731-1791 (William J. Campbell publishing, 1922) p299
^Sheldon J. Godfrey and Judy Godfrey, Search Out the Land: The Jews and the Growth of Equality in British Colonial America, 1740-1867 (McGill-Queen's University Press, 1995) p129
^Craig Bartholomew, Out of Egypt: Biblical Theology and Biblical Interpretation (Zondervan, 2011) p2