William Carey: Chronology of Events
 Born in England, William Carey (1761-1834) was a Baptist missionary
to India. A pastor before going to the mission field, he spent
an active forty-one years serving the Lord in India, including
translating the Scriptures. Carey never returned to England. |
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| 1761 | Born at Paulerspury, Northamptonshire (England), August 17. |
| 1775 | Apprenticed to shoemaker Clarke Nichols. |
| 1779 | First attended Sunday meeting of Dissenters with fellow apprentice John Warr, February 10. |
| 1781 | Married Dorothy Plackett at Piddington (England), June 10. |
| 1782 | Birth of daughter Ann. |
| 1783 | Baptized by John Ryland Jr., October 5. |
| 1784 | Death of daughter Ann. |
| 1785 | Moved to Moulton, Northamptonshire (England) and pastored the
Baptist chapel. Birth of son Felix. |
| 1788? | Birth of son William. |
| 1789 | Birth of son Peter. Moved to Leicester (England) and pastored Harvey Lane Baptist Church. |
| 1791? | Birth of daughter Lucy. Died in her second year. |
| 1792 | Published "An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians..." Preached "Expect great things. Attempt great things" sermon. Baptist Missionary Society in England formed, October 2. |
| 1793 | Appointed along with John Thomas as a missionary to Bengal (India). Birth of son Jabez. Sailed from Dover with his family for India on Danish ship, Kron Princessa Maria Arrived in Calcutta, November 11. |
| 1794 | Moved to Debhatta in the Sundarbans. Moved to Mudnabatti near Malda to work on indigo plantation. Death of five year old son Peter, October 11. |
| 1796 | Birth of son Jonathan. |
| 1800 | Moved to Serampore, January 10. Began work with William Ward, and Joshua and Hannah Marshman. Baptized Krishna Pal, first Bengali convert, December 28. |
| 1801 | Became tutor (professor) of Bengali at Fort William College in Calcutta Completed New Testament in Bengali. Death of John Thomas, October 13. |
| 1807 | Doctor of Divinity conferred on Carey by Brown University (United States Death of Dorothy Carey, December 8. |
| 1808 | Married Charlotte Rumohr in May. New Testament in Sanskrit published. |
| 1809 | Completed translation of Bible in Bengali. |
| 1812 | Serampore mission printing office destroyed by fire. |
| 1818 | Prospectus issued for Serampore College. |
| 1820 | Organized the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of
India. |
| 1821 | Death of Charlotte Carey, May 30. |
| 1823 | Elected a fellow by the Linnean Society of London. Death of William Ward. Married Grace Hughes. |
| 1829 | Sati prohibited through efforts of Carey, December 4. |
| 1834 | Died at Serampore, June 9. |
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