Wednesday, October 11, 1724. Fort Drummer attacked.

Seventy Abenakis attacked Fort Dummer, Vermont and killed 3 or 4 miliamen.

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Sunday October 8, 1724. A schism and a reunion.

Labels: 1720s, 1724, Catholic, Christianity, Eastern Rite Catholic, Greek Orthodox Church, Melkite Greek Catholic Church, Orthodox, religion, Syria

Sunday October 8, 1724. A schism and a reunion.

Upset by the consecration of Cyril VI Tanas as Patriarch of Antioch, Orthodox Patriarch Jeremias III of Constantinople declared Cyril's election to be invalid, excommunicated him, and appointed Sylvester of Antioch.

The division was over Cyril's desire to reunited the Orthodox Church with Rome.  Jeremias' action caused a schism which ultimately lead to the Melkite Greek Catholic Church's uniting with Rome, a branch of Catholicism that has over 1,500,000 members today.

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Good Friday, April 7, 1724. Bach's St. John's Passion played for the first time.

Labels: 1720s, 1724, Bach, Classical Music, Germany, Good Friday, Holy Week, Music, Religious Music

Good Friday, April 7, 1724. Bach's St. John's Passion played for the first time.

It was performed at St. Nikolai Church in Leipzig.

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Saturday, March 25, 1724 Bach's newly written piece played in Leipzig.

1720s, 1724, Christianity, Classical Music, Germany, Martin Luther, Music, Protestant, Religious Music

Saturday, March 25, 1724 Bach's newly written piece played in Leipzig.

The City of Leipzig had an ordinance forbidding the playing of Music during Lent, but made an exception on this day in 1724 so that two newly written Bach pieces could be played in the Lutheran city.  The pieces celebrated the Annunciation of Mary, which was one of the three Marian holidays that Luther, who somehow felt he could run around determining what remained on the liturgical calendar and what did not, retained.

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February 19, 1724. Amalthéa Aristotelico-Scoticos

1720s, 1724, Catholic, Malta, The written word

February 19, 1724. Amalthéa Aristotelico-Scoticos

Franciscan John Constance Parnis of Malta finished his magnum opus, Amalthéa Aristotelico-Scoticos (A Compendium of Aristotelian-Scotist Philosophy).  

The handwritten work has never been transcribed or translated, although it has been read. The lack of transcription and translation means its never been fully studied.