Tamil Nadu Timeline

C. T. E. Rhenius

3 events, 1814 to 1838.

  1. 1814

    1. 1814ChennaiReligion

      Church Missionary Society begins work in Madras

      After the Charter Act of 1813 allowed missionaries into India, the Church Missionary Society placed its first missionaries at Madras in 1814.

  2. 1820

    1. 7 Jul 1820PalayamkottaiReligion

      Rhenius begins CMS mission in Tirunelveli

      Church Mission Society missionary C. T. E. Rhenius arrived in Tirunelveli and built a large Protestant mission based at Palayamkottai.

  3. 1838

    1. 5 Jun 1838PalayamkottaiReligion

      Death of missionary C. T. E. Rhenius at Palayamkottai

      C. T. E. Rhenius, the missionary known as the Apostle of Tirunelveli, died at Palayamkottai.