1536-1612. Many trials and executions for denying the Trinity; notably
_Servetus_ (1553); four East Anglians, 1579-89; Legate and Wightman,
1612.
1568. Francis David founds the Unitarian Church in Hungary.
1578-1604. Faustus Socinus active in Poland.
1595. The Racovian Catechism. Other Socinian works follow.
1640. Canon against Socinian books in England.
1644-62. John Bidle's career.
1646 and onward. Anti-trinitarians among Baptists, Independents,
Friends, etc. Books against 'Socinianism.'
1662. Act of Uniformity--ejection of Nonconformists.
1674. Milton d., leaving his _Treatise of Christian Doctrine_ in MS.;
discovered 1823 and published.
1687. Stephen Nye's _Brief History of the Unitarians_, etc.
1689. Toleration Act--Unitarians excluded.
1689-97. The 'Unitarian Controversy.' Being suppressed, 'Arianism'
developed among clergy, 'Deism' among other writers.
1690. Presbyterian Academy (now College, Carmarthen) founded.
1695. Locke's _Reasonableness of Christianity_.
1700. General Baptist Assembly accept Anti-trinitarian membership.
1703. Thomas Emlyn imprisoned for denying the Trinity.
1719. 'Non-subscription' vote at Salter's Hall, London.
1740+. Arianism diffused; Humanitarianism incipient.
1742. The 'Great Awakening' revival in New England, followed by a
Liberal reaction.
1755-1804. Joseph Priestley's career.
1774. Theophilus Lindsey's Unitarian Chapel, London.
1786. Manchester Academy (now College, Oxford) founded.
1790+. Unitarian propaganda active in England.
1808. Controversy in New England Congregationalism.
1813. Toleration Act extended to Unitarians.
1817. Proceedings begun against Unitarians in respect of inherited
Chapels, etc.
1818. The 'Dedham Case,' Massachusetts.