Group or movement
Millerites
The 1830s and 1840s Adventist movement that formed around William Miller's teaching.
The Millerites were the followers of William Miller, drawn mostly from Baptist, Methodist and other Protestant congregations in the northeastern United States. The movement's newspapers, camp meetings and charts were organized largely by Joshua V. Himes.
After the Great Disappointment of October 22, 1844, the movement fragmented. Several denominations trace their origin to it, including the Seventh-day Adventist Church (formally organized 1863) and the Advent Christian Church.
Predictions in this timeline
- 1843–1844 William Miller and the return of Christ in 1843 to 1844 William Miller and the Millerites · Later reinterpreted William Miller concluded from Daniel 8:14 that Christ would return around 1843. He later refined the window to the Jewish year from March 21, 1843 to March 21, 1844.
- October 22, 1844 Samuel Snow, the seventh-month message and October 22, 1844 Samuel S. Snow and the Millerites · Later reinterpreted After earlier dates passed, Millerite preacher Samuel Snow argued in August 1844 that Christ would return on the Jewish Day of Atonement, which he calculated as October 22, 1844.