Historedia
Group or institution

Students

Events
2
Episodes
4
Years
1879–1888

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Students, 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. Mary Baker Eddy founds the Church of Christ, Scientist

    1879

    Role: Co-founders

    1. 1879 · Boston, MassachusettsEstablishment of the Church

      Eddy and her students established the Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston in 1879 to reinstate primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing.

  2. First Saint Verhaegen celebration in Brussels

    1888

    Role: Participants in the first celebration

    1. 20 November 1888 · BrusselsFirst 1888 Observance

      Students honored founder Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen for establishing free inquiry, assembling at his statue and marching to his tomb.

    2. 20 November 1888 · Brussels CemeteryProcession to Tomb

      200 students, many freemasons, marched in formal attire from Verhaegen's statue to his tomb in Brussels Cemetery to lay flowers.

    3. 20 November 1888 · BrusselsPress Canonisation Irony

      The press ironically described the gesture as a 'canonisation,' a term students embraced, embedding a satirical element into the tradition.

Sources

  1. Mary Baker Eddy Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-05
  2. Saint Verhaegen Wikipedia, revision of 2026-05-01