| AD | |
| 33 | Descent of the Holy Ghost On the Day of Pentecost |
| 62 | Martyrdom of St. James the Less |
| 64 | Persecution by Nero begins |
| 68 | Martyrdom of St. Peter and St. Paul |
| 70 | Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus |
| 95 | Persecution by Domitian |
| 100 | Death of St. John |
| 116 | Martyrdom of Ignatius |
| 166 | Martyrdoms of Justin and Polycarp |
| 168 | Montanus publishes his heresy |
| 177 | Persecution at Lyons and Vienne |
| 190 | Tertullian flourishes |
| 202 | Persecution by Severus begins |
| --- | Martyrdom of Origen's father |
| 206 | Martyrdom of Perpetua and her companions |
| 248 | Cyprian, bishop of Carthage |
| 249 | Persecution by Decius |
| 251 | Paul, the first hermit |
| --- | Troubles at Carthage; Novatian schism |
| 253 | Plague at Carthage |
| 254 | Death of Origen |
| --- | Disagreement between Cyprian and Stephen of Rome |
| 257 | Persecution by Valerian |
| 258 | Martyrdom of Cyprian |
| 260 | Conversion of the Goths begins |
| 261 | Valerian prisoner--Gallienus tolerates Christians |
| 270 | Manes publishes his heresy |
| 298 | Diocletian requires idolatry from soldiers, &c., |
| 303 | The last general persecution begins |
| 311 | Separation of the Donatists from the Church |
| 313 | End of the persecution |
| 314 | Council of Arles about the Donatists |
| 319 | Arius begins to publish his heresy |
| 324 | Constantine defeats Licinius,declares self Christian |
| 325 | The First General Council held at Nicaea--Arius condemned--The Nicene Creed made |
| 326 | Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria |
| 335 | Council of Tyre |
| --- | Athanasius banished to Treves |
| 336 | Death of Arius |
| 337 | Death of Constantine |
| 338 | Athanasius restored to his see |
| 341 | Second banishment of Athanasius |
| 343 | Persecution in Persia |
| 347 | Revolt, defeat, and banishment of the Donatists |
| 348 | Ulfilas, bishop of the Goths |
| 349 | Second return of St. Athanasius |
| 356 | Third exile of Athanasius |
| --- | Death of Antony the hermit |
| 361 | Julian emperor--Paganism restored |
| 362 | The Donatists recalled |
| --- | Athanasius restored, but again banished |
| --- | Attempt to rebuild the Temple of Jerusalem |
| 363 | Death of Julian |
| 370 | Basil, bishop of Caesarea, in Cappadocia |
| 372 | Gregory of Nazianzum consecrated bishop of Sasima |
| 373 | Death of Athanasius |
| 374 | Ambrose, bishop of Milan |
| 378 | Gregory of Nazianzum goes to Constantinople |
| 379 | Theodosius, emperor |
| 380 | Gregory, bishop of Constantinople--Death of Basil |
| 381 | Second General Council held at Constantinople--Gregory withdraws from his see |
| 385 | Execution of Priscillian |
| 387 | Baptism of Augustine |
| --- | Sedition at Antioch |
| 390 | Massacre at Thessalonica, repentance of Theodosius |
| 391 | Destruction of the Temple Of Serapis |
| 395 | Death of Theodosius |
| --- | Augustine, bishop of Hippo |
| 397 | Death of Ambrose |
| --- | Chrysostom, bishop of Constantinople |
| 400 | Pelagius teaches his heresy at Rome |
| 403 | Death of Telemachus at Rome |
| --- | Council of the Oak--Chrysostom banished, recalled |
| 404 | Chrysostom banished to Cucusus |
| 407 | Death of Chrysostom |
| 409 | The Romans withdraw from Britain |
| 410 | Rome taken by Alaric |
| --- | Pelagius and Celestius in Africa |
| 411 | Conference with the Donatists at Carthage |
| 412 | Ninian bishop of Whithorn |
| 415 | Councils in the Holy Land as to Pelagius |
| 429 | Pelagianism put down in Britain by German & Lupus |
| 430 | Death of Augustine |
| 431 | Third General Council held at Ephesus--Condemnation of Nestorius |
| 432 | Death of Ninian--Patrick goes into Ireland |
| 449 | "Robber Council" meets at Ephesus |
| --- | Landing of the Saxons in England |
| 451 | Fourth General Council held at Chalcedon-- Condemnation of Eutyches |
| --- | Attila in France--Deliverance of Orleans |
| 452 | Attila in Italy |
| 455 | Rome plundered by Genseric |
| 476 | End of the Western Empire |
| 484-519 | Schism between Rome and Constantinople |
| 493 | Death of Patrick |
| 496 | Conversion of Clovis |
| 527 | Justinian, emperor |
| 529 | The heathen schools of Athens shut up |
| --- | Benedict draws up his Rule for monks |
| 541 | Jacob leader of the Monophysites |
| 553 | Fifth General Council held at Constantinople |
| 565 | Columba settles at Iona |
| --- | Death of Justinian |
| 589 | Third Council of Toledo--The Spanish Church renounces Arianism |
| --- | Columban goes into France |
| 590 | Gregory the Great, bishop of Rome |
| 596 | Mission of Augustine to England |
| 597 | Landing of Augustine in Kent--Conversion of Ethelbert |
| 604 | Deaths of Gregory and Augustine |
| AD | |
| 589-615 | Missionary labours of St Columban |
| 612 | Mahomet begins to publish his religion |
| 627 | Jerusalem taken by the Mussulmans |
| 632 | Death of Mahomet. |
| 635 | Settlement of Scottish missionaries in Holy Island |
| 664 | Council of Whitby |
| 724 | Beginning of controversy as to images |
| --- | Victory of Charles Martel over the Saracens |
| 734 | Death of the Venerable Bede |
| 715-755 | Missionary Labours of St Boniface |
| 752 | Pipin becomes king of the Franks |
| 787 | Second Council of Nicaea |
| 794 | Council of Frankfort |
| 800 | Charles the Great crowned as emperor |
| --- | Forgery of Constantine's donation |
| 814 (approx.) |
Death of Charles the Great |
| 826-865 | Missionary labours of Anskar |
| 846 | Forgery of the False Decretals |
| 860-870 | Conversion of Bulgarians, Moravians, Bohemians, &c |
| 912 | Foundation of the Order of Cluny |
| 962 | Otho I, emperor |
| 988 | Conversion of Basil, great prince of Russia |
| 999 | Sylvester II, pope |
| 994-1030 | Conversion of Norwegians |
| 1046 | Council of Sutri |
| 1048 | Pope Leo IX.-- Beginning of Hildebrand's influence over the papacy |
| 1073 | Hildebrand elected pope (Gregory VII ) |
| 1074 | Foundation of the Carthusian Order |
| 1085 | Death of Gregory VII |
| 1098 | Foundation of the Cistercian Order |
| 1099 | Jerusalem taken in the First Crusade |
| 1113 | Order of St John (or Hospitallers) founded |
| 1116 | Order of the Temple founded |
| 1123 | Agreement between pope and emperor at Worms |
| 1147-1149 | The Second Crusade |
| 1153 | Death of St. Bernard |
| 1154 | Nicolas Breakspeare, an Englishman, chosen pope (Adrian IV) |
| 1170 | Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket |
| 1189 | The Third Crusade |
| 1198 | Innocent III elected pope |
| 1203 | Constantinople taken by Crusaders |
| 1208 | England put under an interdict |
| 1208-1229 | War against the Albigenses |
| 1215 | Fourth Council of the Lateran--Innocent sanctions the Dominican and Franciscan Orders of Mendicant Friars |
| 1240 | First Crusade of St. Lewis |
| 1270 | Second Crusade and death of St. Lewis |
| 1274 | Second Council of Lyons |
| 1294 | Election of Pope Celestine V |
| ---- | Election of Pope Boniface VIII |
| 1300 | Boniface celebrates the first jubilee |
| 1303 | Death of Boniface |
| 1310 | The popes settle at Avignon |
| 1312 | Council of Vienne--The Templars dissolved |
| 1377 | Gregory XI moves the papacy from Avignon to Rome |
| 1378 | Beginning of the Great Schism of the West |
| 1384 | Death of John Wyclif |
| 1414-1418 | Council of Constance |
| 1415 | Pope John XXIII deposed |
| ---- | John Huss burnt by order of the Council |
| 1417 | Election of Pope Martin V and end of the Schism |
| 1418 | Religious war of Bohemia breaks out |
| 1431 | Council of Basel opened |
| 1438 | Council of Ferrara and Florence |
| 1453 | Constantinople taken by the Turks |
| 1455 | Invention of Printing |
| 1464 | Pope Pius II vainly attempts a Crusade |
| 1498 | Death of Savonarola |
| 1503 | Death of Pope Alexander VI |
| 1517 | Appearance of Martin Luther as a reformer |
| 1572 | The Saint Bartholemew Day Massacre of Protestant Huguenots in France. Subseuquent French Wars of Religion |
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