Chronology of Events in Gilmour's Life
- 1843 Born at Cathkin, Scotland. June 12.
- 1862 Entered University of Glasgow.
- 1867 Offered himself to London Missionary Society.
- 1869 Entered Highgate Missionary Seminar
- 1870 Ordained in Augustine Chapel. Edinburgh, February 10;
- Sailed from Liverpool on Diomed for Mongolia, February 22.
- 1870 Arrived at Beijing, May 18;
- Massacre of 13 French Catholics, June 22;
- Journey from Beijing to Kyakhta, August 5 to September 28.
- 1874 Married to Miss Prankard, December 8.
- 1876 156 days' journey with wife In Mongolia, begun April 7.
- 1882 Furlough to England, Spring to September 1883;
- Published "Among the Mongols," April.
- 1884 First convert to Christianity, March 1.
- 1885 Mrs. Gilmour died, September 19.
- 1886 Two oldest children went to England, March 23.
- 1889 Second furlough to England, April 4, to May 14, 1890.
- 1891 Died in Tianjin. May 21.
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