As the founder of this religion, important milestones or times for the Jehovah's Witnesses revolve around the life of Charles Taze Russell:
1852
Birth of Charles Taze Russell- acclaimed founder of the Jehovah's Witnesses.
1870
Russell regains his faith and becomes very interested in the Bible after attending a Second Adventist Bible study.
1872
Charles Taze Russell founds the International Bible Students Association in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (perceived to be a major point giving Jehovah's Witnesses credibility)
1874
Year designated by Charles Taze Russell as the year of Christ's invisible return (with the visible return to occur in 1914).
1877
Russell co-writes and publishes Three Worlds and the Harvest of This World.
1879
Russell begings publishing the Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence magazine.
1881
Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society established as an unincorporated body (incorporated in 1884).
1886
Russell begings writing Studies in the Scriptures, which came to be considered second only to the Bible in importance.
1908
Russell moves headquarters from Pittsburgh to New York.
1914
Year designated by Russell for Christ's visible second coming.
1916
Russell dies and is succeeded by "Judge" Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1869-1942). Rutherford was not chosen by Russell and is elected amid some controversy.
1925
Year predicted by Rutherford as the year Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and the prophets would return to earth.
1931
Judge Rutherford adopts the name "Jehovah's Witnesses" for the group, based on Isaiah 43:10.
1942
Rutherford dies and is succeeded by Nathan Homer Knorr (1905-77).
1975
Year predicted for Armageddon, based on calculation of Adam's creation (determined to be 4026 BC) plus 6,000 years. But Watchtowers leading up to that year warn that no one can predict "the day or hour" with certainty.
1977
Death of Knorr, who was succeeded by Frederick Franz. Franz explained the uneventful 1975 by noting that perhaps Eve was created several months or years after Adam, and Armageddon would occur 6000 years from that date.
1993
Milton Henschel succeeded Franz.
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1852
Birth of Charles Taze Russell- acclaimed founder of the Jehovah's Witnesses.
1870
Russell regains his faith and becomes very interested in the Bible after attending a Second Adventist Bible study.
1872
Charles Taze Russell founds the International Bible Students Association in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (perceived to be a major point giving Jehovah's Witnesses credibility)
1874
Year designated by Charles Taze Russell as the year of Christ's invisible return (with the visible return to occur in 1914).
1877
Russell co-writes and publishes Three Worlds and the Harvest of This World.
1879
Russell begings publishing the Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence magazine.
1881
Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society established as an unincorporated body (incorporated in 1884).
1886
Russell begings writing Studies in the Scriptures, which came to be considered second only to the Bible in importance.
1908
Russell moves headquarters from Pittsburgh to New York.
1914
Year designated by Russell for Christ's visible second coming.
1916
Russell dies and is succeeded by "Judge" Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1869-1942). Rutherford was not chosen by Russell and is elected amid some controversy.
1925
Year predicted by Rutherford as the year Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and the prophets would return to earth.
1931
Judge Rutherford adopts the name "Jehovah's Witnesses" for the group, based on Isaiah 43:10.
1942
Rutherford dies and is succeeded by Nathan Homer Knorr (1905-77).
1975
Year predicted for Armageddon, based on calculation of Adam's creation (determined to be 4026 BC) plus 6,000 years. But Watchtowers leading up to that year warn that no one can predict "the day or hour" with certainty.
1977
Death of Knorr, who was succeeded by Frederick Franz. Franz explained the uneventful 1975 by noting that perhaps Eve was created several months or years after Adam, and Armageddon would occur 6000 years from that date.
1993
Milton Henschel succeeded Franz.
- See more at: http://www.religionfacts.com/jehovahs_witnesses/timeline.htm#sthash.XhggoW2X.dpuf