Today in History (January 7): 1590 Jakob Andreae, theologian, reformer, leader in drafting "Formula of Concord", died; introduced Lutheranism to much of Germany 1584 This date became January 17 when Bohemia (Austria) and the rest of Germany adopted the Gregorian calendar (created by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582) to replace the older, more inaccurate Julian calendar (created by Julius Caesar in 46 B.C.) 1597 This date became January 17 in the Swiss canton of Appenzell, when the Gregorian calendar was adopted to replace the Julian calendar 1914 First issue of "Northwestern Lutheran" 1944 Overture for Lutheran Unity" adopted by executive committee of American Lutheran Conference in Chicago If you wish to use these items, please get permission. Permission to post TIH items on LUTHERAN-ROOTS was received from Marvin A. Huggins, C.A., Associate Director Concordia Historical Institute (314)505-7921 801 De Mun Avenue FAX: (314)505-7901 St. Louis, MO 63105-3168 mhuggins@chi.lcms.org Web Page: http://chi.lcms.org/ for today, John Birkholz brotherjohn@imt.net 963 McIver Road Great Falls, MT 59404