Hudson Taylor
1807
Englishman Robert Morrison, first Protestant missionary to China at Canton
1830
Elijah Coleman Bridgman, first American missionary to China, arrives at Canton
1832
May 21: Hudson Taylor born
1840's
Karl GÆtzlaff works in China
1843-1860
American and British Methodists, Presbyterians, Baptists, and Episcopalians send missionaries to China treaty ports
1850
Taylor declares China hopes
1853
September: Taylor departs for China
1854
March: Taylor lands at Shanghai; December: first inland journey
1857
Taylor proposes to Maria Dyer; resigns from Chinese Evangelization Society; Ningpo mission started
1858
Taylor and Maria marry
1861
An exhausted Taylor and his family depart for rest in England
1862
Taylor qualifies as midwife
1865
Taylor resolves to lead China Inland Mission (cim); writes China: Its Spiritual Need and Claims
1866
Lammermuir sails with Taylor, his family, and 16 cim missionaries
1868
Lewis Nicol dismissed from CIM; anti-foreign riot in Yangchow injures several missionaries
1869
House of Lords debates value of missions to China
1870
Maria Taylor dies
1871
Taylor marries Jennie Faulding
1875
Taylor appeals for 18 pioneers to go to nine interior provinces; April: recovers from paralysis; July: China's Millions Vol. 1, No. 1, published
1876-1880
18 CIM missionaries penetrate nine interior provinces
1885
"Cambridge Seven" depart for China
1886
Taylor appeals for 100 new missionaries
1887
CIM committees in London and China clash over control of the mission; 100 new missionaries accepted
1900
Boxer Rebellion-58 cim missionaries and 21 children among those murdered; Taylor in Switzerland recuperating from illness
1903
D. E. Hoste appointed general director of cim upon Taylor's retirement
1904
Jennie Faulding dies
1905 Hudson Taylor ...

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