Christianity Timeline

  • 1 CE

    Beginning of Christianity

  • Death of Jesus Christ
    30

    Death of Jesus Christ

    Jesus was crucified and tortured on the cross.
  • Widespread Persecution
    250

    Widespread Persecution

    Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians.
  • Romania adopts Christianity
    301

    Romania adopts Christianity

    Romania was the first country to make Christianity their official religion.
  • Constantine
    312

    Constantine

    Right before battle, Constantine saw a cross and the sky and believed that if they fought with the symbol of Christ on their side that they would win, and they did end up winning.
  • Christianity no longer prosecuted
    313

    Christianity no longer prosecuted

    After Constantine's win in the battle, he declared himself a Christian. Following that, he legalized the practice of Christianity in all of Rome so that it would no longer be prosecuted.
  • 336

    First Christmas

    The first recorded Christmas in Rome was in 336 AD.
  • Vulgate
    400

    Vulgate

    Jerome wrote the Vulgate to translate the Greek Bible into the native Latin language.
  • The Pantheon
    609

    The Pantheon

    The Pantheon was the first Pagan church in Rome to be Christianized.
  • Emperor Charlemagne
    800

    Emperor Charlemagne

    Charlemagne was crowned Roman emperor at St. Peters Basilica.
  • Olga of Kiev
    950

    Olga of Kiev

    Olga of Kiev converted to Christianity and she converted all of Rus' to Christians. She was regarded a saint because of that.
  • The Great Schism
    1054

    The Great Schism

    This was the split of the Roman Catholic churches and the East Orthodox Churches.