• 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
  • Beginning of Calvinist Churches
• 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
  • Origins of the Lutheran Churches

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
  • Establishes the Patriarchs of Antioch (Syria), Alexandria (Egypt), Rome (Italy)
• 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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