VISUAL ARTS TIMELINE 1821 (July 16): Mary Baker, later Mary Baker Eddy, founder of Christian Science, was born in Bow, New Hampshire. 1850 (date unknown): Painter James Franklin Gilman was born, possibly in Woburn (Massachusetts). 1874 (June 10): Painter and muralist Violet Oakley was born in Bergen Heights, New Jersey. 1875: Mary Baker published the first edition of her main theoretical work, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, which includes several comments on the visual arts. 1879: The Church of Christ (Scientist) was founded. 1893: Mary Baker Eddy started the construction in Boston of the Mother Church, Christian Science's architectural masterpiece. 1893: Eddy and Gilman published the illustrated book Christ and Christmas. 1893 (December 21): Winifred Nicholson was born in Oxford. 1902-1927: Oakley produced a key work in the…
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EL NIÑO FIDENCIO TIMELINE 1898 (October 17): José de Jesús Fidencio Constantino Síntora was born in Guanajuato, Mexico. 1910-1920: The Mexican Revolution took place. 1917: The Constitution of Mexico was used to restrict the power of the Catholic Church. 1924-1928: Plutarco Elias Calles served as President of Mexico. 1925: Fidencio arrived in Espinazo and began acquiring the reputation of a healer with miraculous powers. 1926: "Calles Law" based in the 1917 Constitution was used to initiate severe punishments against the Roman Catholic Church and Catholic clergy. 1926-1929: Armed priests and laypersons responded to the religious oppression with the Crístero Rebellion. 1927: Fidencio was called to relieve others’ sufferings in a divine vision. 1928 (February 8): President Calles visited Fidencio for six hours for a healing session. 1929 (February 18): Fidencio…
CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY TIMELINE 1911 (March 13): Lafayette Ron Hubbard was born in Tilden, Nebraska. 1938 (January 1): Hubbard claimed to have a near-death experience and wrote his “Excalibur” manuscript. 1950 (April): Hubbard and John Campbell formed the Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation (HDRF). 1950: “Dianetics” was published in Astounding Science Fiction in May and then in book form as Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. 1950-1951: Dianetics practitioners began to report memories from past lives. Hubbard developed the idea of the thetan and past lives. 1951-1952: Hubbard began to use the E-meter in Dianetics auditing. 1952: Hubbard Association of Scientologists (HAS) was formed in Phoenix, Arizona. 1953: (December) Hubbard incorporated three “churches,” including the Church of Scientology. 1954 (February 18): The first church of Scientology opened in California. 1956: …
FERENZONA TIMELINE 1879 (September 24): Raoul Ferenzona was born in Florence, Italy. 1880 (April 19): Ferenzona's father, a controversial political journalist who wrote under the pseudonym “Giovanni Antonio Dal Molin,” was assassinated in Livorno. Raoul would later change his last name to “Dal Molin Ferenzona” to honor his father. 1890 (ca): Ferenzona was enrolled in a military college in Florence and subsequently in the Military Academy in Modena. 1899: Ferenzona published in Modena his first book: Primulae - novelle gentili (Primulas – Gentle Tales), a collection of tales. 1900: Ferenzona made his first artistic apprenticeship in Palermo under the guidance of the sculptor Ettore Ximenes. 1901: Ferenzona was admitted to the Art Academy in Florence, renowned at that time for its nude art classes. 1902: Ferenzona travelled to Monaco, where…