Historedia
Person

Edward Williams

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1796–1797

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Edward Williams, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Landing of Protestant Missionaries in Tahiti

    1796–1797

    Role: Welsh Congregationalist minister who instigated the Society and gave the charge to its first missionaries

    1. late 1796 · Woolwich docks, LondonDeparture from Woolwich

      The missionaries sailed from the Woolwich docks in late 1796, beginning a seven-month Pacific voyage.

    2. 1797 · TahitiLanding of the Missionaries in Tahiti

      Seventeen missionaries from the Duff landed in Tahiti in 1797, an arrival now marked by Missionary Day.

Sources

  1. London Missionary Society Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-10