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Jesus was born, in Bethlehem
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Death of Jesus Christ
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Pentecost and the coming of the Holy Spirit. Can be described as the birthday of the Church.
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Stephen- First Christian martyr
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Gentile Christians accepted those in the Jewish tradition
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First Gospel was published, thought to be written by Mark
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Jewish rebellion against the Roman empire ends
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Book of Revelation and Gospel of Saint John written
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Widespread persecution of Christians under the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius
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Armenia adopts Christianity as the state religion, was the first country in the world to.
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Edict of Milan is issued by Constantine, Christianity become legal in Roman
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Saint Jerome starts the translation of the Bible into Latin.
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Columbia established a monastery at Iona
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St. Augustine becomes the first Archbishop of Canterbury
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Ecumenical council at Nicea ends the controversy over the use of icons in worship
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Charlemagne is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Leo III
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The Great Schism, when the Eastern Orthodox and Western Catholic churches separate
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Pope Urban II authorises the first Crusade to recover the Holy Land from Moslems
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Crusaders conquer Jerusalem
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Massacre of Latin inhabitants of Constantinople
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Jerusalem recaptured by a Moslem army led by Saladin
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Third Crusade directed by Richard the Lionheart of England
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Sack of Constantinople
