From Wikipedia: Nikolaus Ludwig, Reichsgraf von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf (26 May 1700 – 9 May 1760) was a German religious and social reformer, bishop of the Moravian Church, founder of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine, Christian mission pioneer and a major figure of 18th century Protestantism. He played a role in starting the Protestant mission movement by supporting two determined Moravian missionaries Johann Leonhard Dober and David Nitschmann to go to the Danish colony of Saint Thomas via Copenhagen to Read more...

In Europe, in the year 1700, Count Nikolaus Ludwig “Lewis” von Zinzendorf was born. He was a descendant of Maximillian I, who was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1493 to 1519. Zinzendorf’s father died when he was six weeks old, leaving him an estate in the area of Germany called Saxony. Raised by his pietist Lutheran grandmother, Zinzendorf became friends Read more...