Christianity Timeline By sir.whitetrash 4 BCE Jesus was born 30 Death of Jesus Christ 33 Birthday of the Church 70 Jewish rebellion against the Roman empire ended 70 The rise of Christianity contributes to the decline of the city of Ephesos 301 Armenia becomes the world's first country to make Christianity its state religion 311 Galerius issued an official order permitting Christians to worship as they please 313 Christianity becomes a legal religion within the Roman Empire Period: 315 to 325 The Constitutum was written giving the pope spiritual power over the whole world and political power in Europe 382 Beginning of translating the Bible into latin Period: 400 to 500 Worship of Apis banned as Christianity becomes major religion in Egypt 563 Columbia establishes a monastery at Iona 800 Charlemagne is crowned emperor of the holy Roman Empire by Pope Leo the Third 1054 Eastern Orthodox and Western Catholic church Separate 1054 Great Schism 1182 Massacre of inhabitants of Constantinople 1189 Third Crusade 1204 Sack of constantinople in the fourth crusade