of an Angry God, famous Fire and brimstone sermon 1741 George Frederick Handel performs his classic gospel oratorio "Messiah" for the first time 1754 An Historical Account of Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture, by Isaac Newton, published 1767–1815 Suppression of the Jesuits 1768 New Smyrna, Florida, Greek Orthodox colony, founded 1768 Reimarus dies without publishing his radical critic work distinguishing Historical Jesus versus Christ of Faith 1769 Mission San Diego de Alcalá, first California mission 1771 Emanuel Swedenborg publishes his "Universal Theology of the True Christian Religion", later used by others to found Swedenborgianism 1774 Ann Lee, leader of American Shakers, emigrates to New York from England 1774 Gotthold Ephraim Lessing starts publishing Reimarus' works on historical Jesus as Anonymous Fragments, starting Liberal Theology Era (in Christology) 1776–1788 Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, critical of Christianity 1776 Mission Dolores, San Francisco 1779 Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom: "Jesus never coerced anyone to follow him, and the imposition of a religion by government officials is impious" 1780 Robert Raikes begins Sunday schools to reach poor and uneducated children in England 1784 American Methodists form Methodist Episcopal Church at so-called "Christmas Conference", led by bishops Thomas Coke and Francis Asbury 1784 Roman Catholicism is introduced in Korea 1789–1815 John Carroll, Archdiocese of Baltimore, first Roman Catholic US bishop 1789–1801 Dechristianisation of France during the French Revolution 1791 First Amendment to the United States Constitution: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" 1793 Herman of Alaska brings Orthodoxy to Alaska 1795 The Age of Reason, written by Thomas Paine, advocates Deism 1796 Treaty with Tripoli (1796), article 11: "the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion" 1800 Friedrich Schleiermacher publishes his first book, beginning Liberal Christianity movement 19th century 1801 Cane Ridge Revival in Cane Ridge, Kentucky initiates the Christians (Stone Movement) wing of the Restoration Movement 1809 Disciples of Christ (Campbell Movement) wing of the Restoration Movement initiated with the publication of the Declaration and Address of the Christian Association of Washington 1815 Peter the Aleut, orthodox Christian, tortured and martyred in Catholic San Francisco, California 1816 Bishop Richard Allen, a former slave, founds the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the first African-American denomination 1817 Claus Harms publishes 95 theses against rationalism and the Prussian Union of