THE MAIN EVENTS OF GEORGE MÜLLER’S LIFE - George Mueller

1805 (September 27)
Born Kroppenstaedt, Prussia.

1825 (November)
Becomes a Christian following a visit to a small house meeting.

1829 (March)
Arrives in London to train with the London Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews (now the Church Mission to the Jews)

1830 (May)
Falls ill. Believes he is dying.

1829 (Summer)
Convalescence in Teignmouth, Devon. Meets Henry Craik and becomes associated with founders of Brethren movement.

1830 (January)
Ends association with London Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews.

1830
Becomes pastor of Ebenezer Chapel in Teignmouth.

1830 (August)
Marries Mary Groves (sister of Anthony Norris Groves) in Exeter.

1832 (May)
Müller and Henry Craik accept an invitation to become pastors of Gideon Chapel in Bristol.

1834
Establishes Scriptural Knowledge Institution for Home and Abroad.

1836 (April)
Opens first children’s home in Wilson Street, Bristol, for thirty children. Subsequently opens three further homes in same street.

1849 (June)
Opens new purpose-built home in Ashley Down, Bristol, for three hundred children.

1857
Second Ashley Down home open.

1862
Third Ashley Down home open.

1866 (January)
Henry Craik dies.

1866
Dr Barnardo opens children’s home in London

1869
Fourth Ashley Down home open.

1870
Final Ashley Down home open. Now cares for two thousand children and employs over two hundred staff.

1870 (February)
Mary Müller dies.

1870s
Sends £10,000 abroad annually to nearly two hundred missionaries.

1871 (November)
Marries Susannah Sangar.

1875
Begins preaching tours. Travels two hundred thousand miles to forty-two countries.

1878 (January)
Meets President of United States and (with Susannah) is conducted around the White House.

1881
Church of England Children’s Society opens first home.

1892 (May)
Last preaching tour ends.

1894 (January)
Susannah Müller dies.

1897 (June)
Preaches at Bethesda Chapel on occasion of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee.

1898 (March 10)
Dies peacefully at 6.00 am aged ninety-two.

George Mueller