
- Second Vatican Council
("Vatican II"), 1962-5
- Mormons journey to Salt Lake Valley and establish headquarter of Mormon Church, 1840s
- John Darby invents Pre-millennial
Dispensationalism, 1830s
- Joseph Smith learns of the Book of Mormon, 1823
- Christianity reaches New Zealand, 1800
- Christianity reaches Australia, 1750
- Roger Williams (1604-83) founds the first Baptist Church in America
(Providence, RI), 1639
- Puritans' first expedition to North America, 1620
- John Knox (1513-72) brings Calvinism (Presbyterianism) to
Scotland, 1560
- Council of Trent begins Counter-Reformation, 1545-1563
- John Calvin (1509-1564) breaks
with the Catholic Church, 1533
- Henry VIII breaks with the Catholic Church and starts the Anglican Church, 1533
- Martin Luther nails the "95
Theses" to the Wittenberg Cathedral door, 1517
V. Reformation (1500 onwards)
- Jews and Moslems expelled from Spain, 1492
- Turkish Moslems take Constantinople, 1453
- Jews expelled from France, 1305
- Jews expelled from England, 1290
- Moslems under Saladin retake Jerusalem, 1187
- First Crusade (Christians take Jerusalem from Moslems), 1095-1099
- Western Church (Roman Catholic) and Eastern Church (Orthodox)
excommunicate each other, 1054
IV. Division (1054-ca 1500 ce)
- Christianity reaches Russia, 950
- Christianity reaches Germany, 750
- Moslems invade and conquer southern Spain, 711-732
- Moslems take Carthage and North Africa, 698
- Palestine, Syria and Egypt fall to Islam, 638-640
- Loss of Patriarchates of Antioch, Alexandria and Jerusalem
- "Founding" of Islam, 622
- Conversion of Clovis, King of the Franks, 496
- Vandals sack Rome, 455
- Isolation of Rome from the East begins
- Council of Chalcedon, 451
- Constantinople and Jerusalem become Patriachates
- Vandals take Carthage, 439
- Council of Ephesus, 431
- Vandals invade North Africa, 429
- 2nd Council of Carthage, 419
- Visigoths sack Rome, 410
- Vandals invade Spain, 409
- 1st Council of Carthage, 397
- Council of Hippo, 393
- Council of Constantinople, 381
- Edict of Theodosius, 380
- Emperor Julian, 361-3
- Founding of Constantinople, 330
- Council of Nicea, 325
- Final Triumph of Constantine (over Licinius), 324
- Edict of Milan (Constantine and Licinius), 313
- Stopped persecution of Christians
- Battle of the Milvian Bridge (Constantine over Maxentius), 312
III. Empire and Separation (312-1053 ce)
- Diocletion's Great Persecution of the Christians, 303-311
- Valerian's persecution of Christians, 257-260
- Decius' persecution of Christians, 250-1
- Christianity reaches France and Spain, 200
- Churches in most major cities across the Mediterranean World
II. Early Church (100-312 ce)
- Writing of the Book of Revelation, ca 100 ce
- The Canonical Gospels written between ca 70 and 110 ce
- Destruction of Jerusalem and its Jewish Temple, 70 ce
- Paul, missionary activity in 40s
and 50s ce
- Jesus, ca 4 bce-ca 29 ce
I. Origins (to ca 100 ce)
Timeline For Christianity
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