33 Death of Jesus
66 Death of Apostle Paul
70 Fall of Jerusalem
90 Council of Jamnia
96 Death of Apostle John
155 Polycarp Martyred
200 New Testament Canon
234 Origen Exiled
270 Monasticism Develops
303 Diocletian Persecution
325 Nicene Creed
336 Death of Arius
386 Trinity Established
394 Mass Introduced
395 Latin Vulgate (Jerome)
431 Council of Ephesus
Middle Ages Begin
476 Rome Falls
496 Franks Converted
539 Papal Temporal Power
622 Mohammedanism Forms
664 England Becomes Catholic
711 Arabs Conquer Spain
760 Pope Gets Vatican States
787 Second Council of Nicea
800 Pope Crowns Charlemagne
842 Image Worship Established
900 Catholics Conquer Spain
910 Cluny Reform Begins
962 Holy Roman Empire
993 Canonization of Saints
1000 Fear of the End of the World
1049 Leo IX—Reform Pope
1054 East-West Church Schism
1073 Priesthood Celibacy Decreed
1090 Praying with Beads Begins
1096 First Crusade
1162 Thomas à Becket (England)
1173 Peter Waldo (France)
1189 Third Crusade
1209 Francis of Assisi (Italy)
1233 Inquisition Established
1252 Torture Introduced
1264 Thomas Aquinas (Italy)
1291 End of Crusades |
1302 Papal Supremacy Proclaimed
1309 Avignon Papacy
1378 “Great Schism” (two popes)
1380 Bible in English (Wycliffe)
1398 Jan Hus (Czechoslovakia)
1408 “Great Schism” Ends
1431 Death of Joan of Arc
1456 Gutenberg Bible Printed
1471 Thomas à Kempis (Germany)
1491 Savanarola Burned at the Stake
1492 Jews Leave Spain
1498 Desiderius Erasmus (Holland)
1517 Martin Luther’s 95 Theses
1524 Ulrich Zwingli (Switzerland)
1530 Augsburg Confession
1534 Bible in German (Luther)
1534 Church of England Established
1541 John Calvin (Geneva)
1558 John Knox (Scotland)
1572 Huguenots Massacred in Paris
1599 Divine Right of Kings
Middle Ages End
1611 King James Bible
1618 30-years War Begins
1633 Baptist Church Organized
1654 John Milton (England)
1667 Wm. Penn Denies Trinity
1675 Pietist Movement
1693 Cotton Mather (Puritan)
1730 Methodist Church (Wesley)
1738 “Great Awakening” (U.S.)
1764 Voltaire (France)
1772 Inquisition Abolished
1789 French Revolution
1798 Pope Imprisoned in France
1804 Bible Societies Established
1831 William Miller (U.S.)
1846 Evangelical Alliance
1859 Origin of Species Published
1864 Emphatic Diaglott Published
1870 Papacy Loses Temporal Power
1870 Papal Infallibility Proclaimed
1879 Bible Student Movement
1900 Bible in 120 Languages
1906 Pentecostal Movement |
