Christianity Timeline

  • 6 BCE

    Birth of Jesus

  • 5 BCE

    Birth of Paul the Apostle

  • 27

    Jesus begins ministry in Galilee

  • 30

    Crucifixion of Jesus in Jerusalem

  • 35

    Saul of Tarsus converts to christianity, becomes Apostle Paul

  • 44

    Martyrdom of James

  • 46

    Pauls first missionary journey

  • 49

    Council of Jerusalem

  • 50

    Pauls second missionary journey

  • 51

    First and second missionry journey

  • 57

    Epistle to the Romans

  • 59

    Apostle Paul imprisoned in Rome

  • 60

    Martydrom of St.Andrew

  • 64

    Paul the Apostle beheaded

  • 66

    Second Timothy

  • 70

    Fall of Jerusalem

  • 95

    Book of Revelation

  • 96

    Letter to the Corithians by Clement of Rome

  • 120

    The Didache written

  • 230

    On First Principles by Origin

  • 303

    Diocletian suppresses Christianity

  • 303

    Armenia converts to Christianity

  • 312

    Battle of Milvian Bridge; Constantine converts to Christianity

  • 313

    Edict of Milan grants official toleration of Christianity in the Roman Empire

  • 338

    Shapur ll persecutes Christians in Persia

  • 380

    Nicene Christianity is made the official religion of the Empire

  • 386

    Conversion of Augustine

  • 394

    Confessions by Augustine of Hippo

  • 400

    Jeromes Vulgate translates the Greek Bible into common Latin

  • 411

    Council of Carthage condemns Donatists

  • 417

    Pope Innocent l condemns Pelagianism

  • 431

    Council of Ephesus approves "Mother of God" title for Mary

  • 451

    Council of Chalcedon

  • 597

    St.Augustine of Canterbury baptizes King Ethelbert of Kent

  • 602

    St.Augustine dedicates cathedral at Canterbury

  • 609

    The Pantheon is the first pagan temple in Rome to be Christianized

  • 787

    Second Council of Nicea

  • 800

    Charlemagne is crowned Roman Emperor at St. Peters Basilica

  • 950

    Olga of Russia converts to Chistianity

  • 1054

    Great Schism between Eastern and Western Christianity

  • 1065

    Consecration of Westminister Abbey church

  • 1099

    Christian soldiers capture Jerusalem during the first Crusade. The city had been held by islamic rulers since 655

  • 1144

    Fall of Edessa

  • 1187

    Fall of Jerusalem to Turks

  • 1209

    Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars in southwest of France