Tamil Nadu Timeline

Palayamkottai

3 events, 1820 to 1895.

  1. 1820

    1. 7 Jul 1820Religion

      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.

  2. 1838

    1. 5 Jun 1838Religion

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

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

  3. 1895

    1. 1895Education

      Sarah Tucker College opens in Palayamkottai

      In 1895 the Sarah Tucker High School at Palayamkottai became a college, the earliest women's college in South India.