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‘religion’

EventDate
Guillaume de Beauvoir appointed dean of English Church in Geneva 16th December
The original Torteval church was consecrated 4th November
Wesleyans celebrated 100 years on Guernsey 26th August
A minister was found dead at Icart Point 12th August
The Guernsey Martyrs were burned at the stake 18th July
Three Jewish women are deported from Guernsey 21st April
Death of the Vicar General of the Channel Islands 17th April
Guernsey Mormon Sampson Avard dies in Illinois 15th April
Antiquarian William Collings Lukis was born 8th April
Release of Reverend Harry Samuel 27th February
Death of occupation resister Marie Ozanne 25th February
St Sampson was ordained a bishop 22nd February
Guernsey’s first Methodist minister arrives 18th February
Birth of concrete poet Dom Sylvester Houedard 16th February
St Martin’s parish church consecrated 4th February
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30 January

The States of Guernsey proposes a new airport

21 May

Hauteville House is bequeathed to the City of Paris

11 June

Laura Kennington kicks off Channel Islands triathlon

30 October

The first lighthouses were built on the Casquets

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