- Year
- 1843
- Event
- Ministers and elders walked out of the Church of Scotland’s General Assembly, beginning the Disruption of 1843.
- Why it matters
- The split created the Free Church of Scotland and exposed deep tension over church authority, patronage and conscience.
- Possible Historically angle
- Frame it as an organised walkout where procedure, belief and power collided in public.
- Suggested category
- Protest