Society reflects high tide of pietist in Germany.
N.J. Isaac Watts publishes Hymns and Spiritual Songs , the first hymnal in the English language. 1713 First baptisms of slaves by Lutherans takes place in the Danish West Indies. Johann Sebastian Bach becomes concertmaster for the court orchestra of the Duke of Weimar, Germany. Three children are baptized, one of whom is the African-American godchild of the Van Guineas. Hebron Lutheran Church, Madison, Virginia, is founded, becomes the oldest Lutheran Congregation in the state centuries later.