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1880Railton moves National Headquarters from Philadelphia to St. Louis
1880George Scott Railton and the SevenHallelujah Lassies arrive in the U.S.
1881First American War Cry writtenand published in St. Louis 1885
Captain & Mrs. William Evans and Lieutenant Ed Gay open work ofThe Salvation Army in Chicago; first meeting conducted at Bush Temple(Chicago Ave. and Clark St.)
1880Salvation Army officially begins international work in India, Ireland, Australia and U.S.
1881Railton recalled to England
1885Princess Rink Chicago #1 Corps opens
1885First meeting of Indian National Congress (created to form platform for civic and political dialogue of educated Indians with the British Raj
1885First corps building built in Maquokata, IA
1880First convert under George Scott Railton and the Hallelujah Lassies: James Kemp, better known as ‘Ash Barrel Jimmy’ a homeless, helpless drunk found by police in a barrel,his hair frozen to the bottom. He was dragged this way to the police court and the night was ‘gloriously saved’ at an Army meeting.
1861-1865American Civil War
1865Slavery abolished in US; President Abraham Lincoln assassinated
1869First US trans-continental railroute completed
1877Queen of England proclaimed theEmpress of India
1880-1881War between British and Boers (Dutch-speaking farmers) in South Africa
1865The Christian Mission founded afterWilliam Booth holds a series of evangelisticmeetings in London’s East End
1868The East London Evangelist, which eventually becomes The Salvationist,is first published
1878The name “Salvation Army” is introduced after a conversation among William Booth, George Scott Railton and Bramwell Booth; the first corps flag is presented and brass instruments first used during a service
1878Lieutenant Eliza Shirleyand her parents begin theArmy’s work in Philadelphia
1884Major Thomas Moore secedesand forms ‘The Salvation Armyof America’; this results in similar splinter groups.
1884Women’s social work inaugurated
1884Moore copyrights the crest (with crown) forcing Booth’s Army to use an eagle in the crest in the USA until 1976.
1886President Grover Cleveland warmly receives a delegation of Army officers on the sixth anniversary of Railton’s landing
1888First Scandinavian corpsopen in Minneapolis,St. Paul and Chicago
1890William Booth’s In Darkest England and The Way Out published
1893First Christmas relief program held at Princess Rink Chicago #1 Corps; over 5,000 people fed
1897Salvage programs start in the Central Territory
1896Ballington Boothleaves Army to form “Volunteers of America”
1894-1895Japan defeats China
1898Spanish-AmericanWar Starts
1886William Booth makes first visit to US; speaks publicly in Jackson, MI
1886Bombing at Haymarket Squarein Chicago; seven policemen killed, many others injured
1884First commissioned band in US at Grand Rapids Citadel Corps. Case De Blond first convert in Grand Rapids, named Drum Major
1899The Penny Ice Program helps needy families buy the amount of ice needed for one day (25-pound block)
1900Salvation Army active in 36 countries; first extensive Emergency Disaster work performed after Galveston, TX hurricane
1901First Home and Hospital serving unwed mothers opens in St. Louis
1904First fresh air camp purchased in Glen Ellyn, IL (a large farm and big house 22 miles west of Chicago on the DuPage River). Wealthy Chicago men (later becoming first Advisory Board) would bring mothers and children out to camp
1911Mabel Broome, first Central Territory African American commissioned; she became a soldier in the Chicago #3 Corpsand is buried in Glen Oak Cemetery in the Salvation Army section
1918Central Territory “doughnut girls” Helen Purviance andthe McAllister sisters among 109 women, 132 men sentto France during WWI to nurse the wounded, write letters for the injured, sew and mend, sing songs and offer prayers at the grave sides of fallen soldiers
1920Tilt Mansion in Chicago purchased by Salvation Army; School For Officer Training officially created
1912William Boothpromoted to Glory
1917Order of the Founder instituted, award for those Officersand Soldiers who give “exemplary service”; Salvation Army“doughnut girls” serve WWI troops in France
1920Salvation Army Bands first appear in Pasadena Rose Bowl Parade
1921Sunbeams inaugurated
1900-1901Boxer Rebellionin China
1903Orville and Wilbur Wright fly first plane (powered, controlled, heavier-than-air) at Kitty Hawk, NC
1906Muslim League is formedin India
1908Henry Ford introducesModel-T car
1910The Union of South Africa becomes independent from Britain
1922Howard Carterdiscovers King Tutankhamen’s tomb
1927The Jazz Singer, first “talkie” movie released
1929Stock Market crashes, Great Depression starts
1932Japan invades Manchuria(Northern China)
1946First Harbor Light opens in Chicago, IL
1941Japan attacks Pearl Harbor,U.S. enters WW II
1938Kristallnacht pogrom (series of coordinated deadly attacks) start against Jews throughout Nazi Germany, Austria
1947Partition of India and independence from British rule
1921Chinese Communist Party forms
1926Milwaukee Citadel Corps first to have Girl Guard troop in Central Territory
1912The Qing dynasty collapses in China; republican government established
1907Home League inaugurated in London; starts in the US in 1913
1907Army responds with service after the San Francisco earthquake
1924Camp Wonderland founded in March 1924; officially opened July 4, 1924, by Brigadierand Mrs. Richard Wiseman. The 60 acres of field and woods cost $21,000; first campwas for crippled children
1907The first Territorial Staff Band formed in Chicago by Colonel John Thomas Fynn; 17 musicians led by Bandmaster William Broughton
1920First annual Chicago Staff Band thanksgiving concert led by Bandmaster J. Arthur Fynn
1920Mahatma Ghandi launchesNon-cooperation Movement
1914-1918World War I
1920Central Territory officially created and Department of the West disbanded
1925Glen Oak Cemetery plots first used; a section becomes official cemetery for the Central Territory; 13 officers and Salvationists were moved there from other cemeteries during first five years
1925Emergency Lodge for families opens in Chicago, IL
1928International Training College cornerstone laid
1941International Headquarters destroyed in London blitz during WWII
1929First High Council held; Edward Higgins elected General
1930Salvation Army active in 82 countries
1933Commander Evangeline Booth conducts a Congress in Chicago
1935First Central Music Institute held
1938First official Doughnut Day celebration held
1948Salvation Army becomes charter member of World Council of Churches (a global inter-church organization)
1947Tree of Lights started by Major Olin Brigman in St. Louis
1947Brengle Institute starts
1941The Salvation Army, National Traveler’s Aid Association, National Catholic Community Service, the Jewish Welfare Board, Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) and Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) together start the United Service Organizations (USO)
1941Order of Distinguished Auxiliary Service instituted (award for exceptional service rendered to the Army by non-Salvationists who’ve helped further its work)
1914Panama Canal Opens
1917U.S. Declareswar on Germany,enters WWI
1919-1933U.S. Prohibition
1948United Nations establishes Israeli independence; official State of Israel formed
1948Apartheid introduced in South Africa
1950-1953Korean War
1963President John F. Kennedyassassinated
1964-1975Vietnam War
1949Mao captures Beijing, founds People’s Republic of China
1949Annual Territorial Bible Leadership Institute starts; now known as Central Bible Leadership Institute (CBLI) 1950
Salvation Army active in 92countries
1953Prison Toy Lift Program started by Captain Raymond Cameron at Green Bay, WI Reformatory
1958Scandinavian Department becomes its own division in the Central Territory
1959Hispanic Ministrystarted by CorpsTreasurer RaulGuerrero at theChicago Temple Corps
1963New International Headquarters opened by Queen Mother Elizabeth
1965International Centenary Congress held in London to celebrate 100 years of service
1960New two-year training program implemented at the College for Officer Training; as a result, no cadets were commissioned in 1961
1952Queen Elizabeth II becomes Monarch of Commonwealth realms
1952Eva Perón, Argentina’s beloved First Lady and “Spiritual Leader of the Nation,” dies at age 33
1949NATO established
1964Civil Rights Bill signed
1967-1970Civil War in Nigeria
1968Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated
1969Astronaut Neil Armstrong walks on moon
1989Fall of theBerlin Wall
1989Violent suppression ofTiananmen Square protestsin China
1982Central Territory Historical Museum dedicated at the College for Officer Training; in 1994 the Museum moved to Territorial Headquarters at 10 W. Algonquin in Des Plaines.
1984First ever Hispanic Leadership Institute held in Chicago
1991“Desert Storm”(first Iraq war)
1988Major Patrick McPherson (then disaster coordinator in Heartland Division) organizes, launches the Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network (SATERN)
1988Korean Ministry started by Majors Paul & Anna Kim (now the Chicago Mayfair Community Church)
1979Iran hostage crisis
1979Boys Adventure Corps started by the Central Territory
1976Mao dies; Chinese Cultural Revolution ends
1976First woman admitted to Chicago Staff Band—Peggy (Paton) Thomas
1976International crest(with the crown) reinstated in US
1965Last issue of the Scandinavian Division’s Stridstropet published on August 28, 1965
1971First issue of Central News (now Central Connection) published
1970Salvation Army active in 71 countries (many closures occurred 1950-1970 due to advance of Communism)
1981Salvation Army withdraws from World Council of Churches
1995Marriedwomenofficers now receive their own rank
1992New USA National Headquarters opens in Alexandria, VA
1991UK Territory separated from International Headquarters
1990Salvation Army active in 91 countries; after fall of Berlin Wall, Army work commences and recommences in several formerly Communist countries
1989Holy Land tour program starts for officers
1994Nelson Mandela becomes president of South Africa
1997Hong Kongreverts to China
1999Kosovo War
2003Second war in Iraq starts
2004Huge tsunamidevastates Asia;200,000 killed
2008Fidel Castroresigns as Cuba’spresident
2010Earthquake (7.0 magnitude) devastates Haiti, 200,000 killed
2011“Arab Spring Movement” topples several Middle East governments
2013Pope Benedict XVI becomes first pope to retire since 1415; Pope Francis I elected
2014Ebola epidemicin West Africa
1998Envoys Steve & Latdavanh Kounthapanya open first Laotian Corps in Central Minneapolis
2005Army serves with distinction after Hurricane Katrina
2015Salvation Army active in 126 countries, celebrates 150 years of service
2005Eastern Europe Command designated a Territory
2004New International Headquarters building opens
2001Salvation Army recognized for distinguished service at World Trade Center and Pentagonfollowing 9/11 attacks
2006“I’ll Fight Day” started by Eric Himes in Metro Division as way for young adults to share the Gospel through practical acts of kindness; he later takes it to theTerritorial level in 2008
2009First Kroc Center opens in the Central Territory in Omaha, NE; Joan Kroc left $1.5 billion to the Army for the development of Kroc Centers across the country
2010Pathway of Hope program starts 2015
THQ moves to Hoffman Estates
1986First issue ofThe Salvationist, an international Salvation Army magazine, is published
1977William Himes becomes first layman (and longest serving) Chicago Staff Band bandmaster; retiring in 2015, Himes served for 38 years
1977Men’s Social Services officially changes to Adult Rehabilitation Centers; originally called The Salvation Army Industrial Department
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