November 1, 451: The Council of Chalcedon (in modern
Turkey) adjourns. The fourth and largest of all the ancient councils,
attended by between 500 and 600 bishops, it repudiated the Eutychian
heresy (that Christ has one nature, not two) and drew up a
Christological statement of faith now known as the Definition of
Chalcedon (see issue 51: Heresy in the Early Church).
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November 1, 1512: After four years of work, Michelangelo Buonarroti unveils his 5,800-square-foot painting on the ceiling of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel.
November 1, 1776: Spanish Franciscan missionaries found San Juan Capistrano Mission in California, one of 21 missions founded in the region between 1769 and 1823 (see issue 35: Christopher Columbus).
Source: Christianity Today | Christian History
