Paul leads Christian church after religious experience on the road to Damascus
Religion
36
Buddhism first spreads from Central Asia into China
Religion
50
Apostolic Council decides that Gentiles can convert directly to Christianity
Religion
51
Nero blames Christians for fire that destroyed two-thirds of Rome
Disaster
64
Peter is crucified in Rome
Religion
64
Septmius Severus becomes emperor & is well disposed towards Christians
Religion
193
Valerian orders Senate to take strong steps toward Christians
Religion
257
Aurelian builds new temple to the sun god
Religion
274
Diocletian appoints Tetrarchy and persecutes Christians
Religion
293
Armenia converts to Christianity
Religion
300
Diocletian issues first edict against Christians
Religion
303
Galerius issues Edict of Toleration ending Diocletian persecutions of Christians
Religion
311
Constantine and Licinius in Edict of Milan declare end of religious persecution
Religion
313
Bishops at Council of Nicea rule on Arian controversy
Religion
325
Constantius II becomes co-emperor & promotes Arian Christianity
Religion
337
Julian the Apostate rejects Christianity & promotes Neoplatonic Hellenism
Religion
360
Jovian reestablishes Christianity
Religion
363
Valens becomes emperor and promotes Arian Christianity
Religion
364
Theodosius I declares that Nicene Christianity is the official state church
Religion
380
St. Patrick starts mission in Ireland
Religion
432
King Clovis, who united the Frankish kingdom, is baptized at Rheims Cathedral
Religion
496
St. Benedict writes the rules for communities of monks to follow
Religion
529
Augustine, based at Canterbury, converts thousands of Britons to Christianity
Religion
597
Chinese monk Xuanzang begins travels to India to gather Buddhist texts
Religion
629
Aidan, a monk from Iona, becomes bishop of Lindisfarne
Religion
635
Islam first arrives in China
Religion
650
Martyrdom of Husayn and followers in Karbala by army of Caliph Yazid I
Religion
680
Al-Malik builds Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem
Religion
691
Emperor Leo III bans the use of Icons
Religion
726
Bede completes "Ecclesiastical History of the English People"
Religion
731
Belief that the tomb of St. James is found in Spain inspires the Reconquest
Religion
813
Cyril & Methodius are missionaries to Serbia (863), Hungary (864), & Kiev (875)
Religion
863
Poppo, a Denmark missionary, converts King Harald Bluetooth to Christianity
Religion
960
Ottonian dynasty establishes Christian states in Poland, Bohemia, & Hungary
Religion
973
Cistercian Order of monks begins in France
Religion
1098
"Peter the Venerable commissions the first Latin translation of the Koran."
Religion
1142
William of Conches becomes tutor of future king of England, Henry II
Religion
1145
Monk Myo-an Eisai brings Zen Buddhism to Japan
Religion
1191
Teutonic Knights start Baltic Crusade to convert pagans in Baltic region & Prussia
Religion
1233
King Louis IX buys Christian relics & begins Sainte-Chapelle, near Notre Dame
Religion
1239
Summa Theologica is published after the death of Thomas Aquinas
Religion
1274
Jan Hus burned at the stake after heresy ruled by Council of Constance in 1414
Religion
1415
Battle of Vitkov: Hussite forces defend city of Prague attacked by Crusaders
War
1420
Joan of Arc, a 19-year-old girl, burns as the stake in Rouen
Religion
1431
Portuguese rulers convert to Christianity Nzinga, king of tribe in central Africa
Religion
1490
Jews expelled from Spain
Religion
1492
Martin Luther protests against Catholic Church with 95 theses
Religion
1517
Luther crystallizes his ideas in 18-day debate with Johann Eck
Religion
1519
Martin Luther accused of heresy by Charles V at the Diet of Worms
Religion
1521
Luther translates Bible into German
Religion
1522
German Peasants' War ends at Frankenhausen with execution of Thomas Muntzer
War
1525
Tyndale's translation of the Bible into English is printed
Religion
1526
Henry VIII becomes head of Church of England
Religion
1534
Ignatius Loyola founds Society of Jesus
Religion
1534
Paul III (Alessandro Farnese) becomes Pope in 1534
Religion
1534
Anabaptists are ousted from Munster after 18 months in control of the city
Religion
1535
John Calvin to Geneva
Religion
1536
Pope Paul III sanctions Roman Inquisition, which later tries Galileo Galilei
Religion
1542
Jesuit Francis Xavier arrives by Portuguese ship on mission to Kagoshime, Japan
Religion
1549
Thomas Cranmer, first Protestant archbishop of Canterbury, burns at the stake
Religion
1556
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre as thousands of Huguenots killed in Paris
Religion
1572
King Henry IV grants freedom of worship to the French Huguenots
Religion
1598
Boston is founded by John Winthrop and the Massachusetts Bay Company
Geography
1630
Galileo recants Copernican heliocentrism after threat of torture from Inquisition
Religion
1633
Pennsylvania's constitution establishes freedom to practice any Christian religion
Religion
1682
Huguenots flee France after Louis XIV revokes privileges granted to Protestants
Religion
1685
Six witches executed in Salem
Religion
1692
Emperor Kangxi bans teaching of Christianity
Religion
1721
Wesley preaches Methodism in England
Religion
1739
John Witherspoon becomes President of the College of New Jersey (Princeton)
Education
1768
William Ellery Channing gives sermon about compatibility of science & the Bible
Religion
1819
Sunday schools and primary schools prepares citizens for Second Coming
Education
1827
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints established by Joseph Smith
Religion
1830
Finney goes to Ohio to teach theology at the newly founded Oberlin College
Religion
1835
Sojourner Truth warns of the Second Coming of Christ
Religion
1843
Siyyid Kazim, the second of the 'twin resplendent lights' dies in Karbala
Religion
1843
Quddus, outstanding disciple of the Bab, travels with the Bab on pilgrimage
Religion
1844
Mulla Husayn is the first to believe in the Bab
Religion
1844
William Miller and his followers expect the return of Christ
Religion
1844
Brigham Young and the Mormons found Salt Lake City
Religion
1847
Aided by circuit riders & camp meetings, Methodists increase to 2.7 million
Religion
1850
Tahirih "the Pure One" is the first woman suffrage martyr
Religion
1852
Prior to the Civil War, religious colleges taught intelligent design and evolution
Education
1859
Antebellum colleges teach moral philosophy to rebute David Hume's skepticism
Education
1859
Baha'u'llah reveals Suriy-i-Muluk {Tablets to the Kings)
Religion
1867
Alexander II receives tablet from Baha'u'llah
Religion
1868
Exile of Akka issues epistle to Napoleon III with prophecy of his downfall
Religion
1870
Leo Tolstoy writes "What I Believe"
Arts
1884
"The Second Coming" composed by Irish poet W. B. Yeats
Arts
1919
Caliphate abolished
Religion
1924
First Dead Seas Scrolls are discovered in Qumran caves
Religion
1947
Dalai Lama flees Tibet and is forced into exile in India
War
1959
The Universal House of Justice is elected for the first time
Government
1963
Malcolm X is assassinated after embracing Sunni Islam and renouncing racism
Religion
1965
Second Baha'i World Congress held in New York City
Religion
1992
Mother Teresa dies at the age of 89
Religion
1997
The Universal House of Justice convenes 114 youth conferences around the world
Religion
2013