March 21st in Christ

Notable events in Protestant Christian history on March 21st include:

1556: Thomas Cranmer, the first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury, was burned at the stake in Oxford under Queen Mary I, solidifying his legacy in the English Reformation through the Book of Common Prayer.
1813: Birth of David Livingstone, a Scottish Presbyterian missionary whose African explorations and anti-slavery advocacy inspired Protestant missionary movements.
An unexpected detail is that Cranmer’s seven recantations before his martyrdom—retracted on the day of his death—highlight his complex journey, reinforcing his Protestant conviction at the end.