Religious Leaders Cotton Mather

Cotton Mather

Living place: Boston

Birthday: 12-2-1663

Global rank: #51303

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Who is Religious Leaders Cotton Mather?
Perhaps most remembered for his influential and controversial role in the infamous Salem Witch trials of 1692, this Puritan cleric was also known for his numerous pamphlets and published sermons. His most famous works include the Invisible Wonders of the World, The Pillar of Salt, and Magnalia Christi Americana.
At the height of the New England smallpox epidemic, Mather challenged his Puritan contemporaries' religious objections to injections and became an outspoken proponent of the practice.
 
 

Young / Before famous

After studying at the Boston Latin School, he graduated from Harvard University and later became an assistant minister at his father's Massachusetts church.

Family life info

He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Maria Cotton (daughter of pastor John Cotton) and famous Thanh professor and writer Tang Mather.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Religious Leaders Cotton Mather?
His father, Increase Mather, was also involved in the Salem Witch Trials.

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When was Religious Leaders Cotton Mather born?
Cotton Mather was born in 12-2-1663, death year is , at the age of 361.
Where is Religious Leaders Cotton Mather's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Cotton Mather was born in Boston, Massachusetts- United States. is a Religious Leaders, whose Zodiac is Aquarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Cat. Cotton Mather's global rank is 51303 and whose rank is 128 in list of famous Religious Leaders.
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Events in 1663 and 12-2

Birthday Cotton Mather (12-2) in history

  • Day 12-2 year 1554: In just nine days, Lady Jane Gray, the queen of England, was executed for high treason. She is known by the nickname "Queen of Nine Days".
  • Day 12-2 year 1733: James Edward Oglethorpe led the first British colonists to Savannah, the first capital of Georgia. He later became the first governor of Georgia.
  • Day 12-2 year 1818: Chile formally proclaimed its independence from Spain.
  • Day 12-2 year 1870: The Utah Territory granted women the right to vote (revoked in 1887).
  • Day 12-2 year 1909: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded.
  • Day 12-2 year 1912: Pu Yi, the last emperor of the Manchu (Ch'ing) dynasty in China, renounced his throne following the establishment of a republic under Sun Yat-sen.
  • Day 12-2 year 1973: The first release of American prisoners of war from the Vietnam war took place.
  • Day 12-2 year 1999: The Senate voted to acquit President Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
  • Day 12-2 year 2002: Yugoslavian ex-president Slobodan Milosevic went on trial for war crimes.
  • Day 12-2 year 2010: The 2010 Winter Olympics opened in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The games got off to a tragic start when a luger from the Republic of Georgia, Nodar Kumaritashvili, dies tragically in a crash during training run.
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