Church history By facebooker_10222494320000088 Period: 600 BCE to 476 Roman period Period: 600 BCE to 300 BCE Classical Period of Greek Civilization 509 BCE Roman Federation starts 451 BCE Twelve Tables written 146 BCE Roman destruction of Carthage 44 BCE Julius Caesar assassinated Period: 37 BCE to 4 BCE Herod appointed king of Jews 30 BCE Octavian first Roman Emperor Period: 27 BCE to 180 Pax Romana Period: 5 BCE to 100 Apostolic Age 29 Jesus crucified 67 First persecution under Nero Period: 70 to 156 Life of Polycarp 81 Second persecution under Domitian 100 John's possible death Period: 100 to 313 Apostolic Age to Constantine 108 Third Persecution under Trajan and Hadrian 153 First apology of Justin Martyr 160 Dialogue with Trypho with Justin Martyr 162 Fourth Persecution under Marcus Aurelius 165 Martyrdom of Justin Martyr 192 Fifth persecution starting with Severus Period: 284 to 305 Diocletian 285 Diocletian divides empire into East and West 303 Persecutions under Diocletian began 311 Galerius: Tolerance toward Christians 313 Edict of Milan Period: 313 to 590 Constantine to Gregory I 320 St. Peter's church built 324 Constantine defeats Licinius 325 Council of Nicea Period: 333 to 397 Ambrose of Milan Period: 347 to 420 Jerome Period: 354 to 430 Augustine of Hippo Period: 354 to 420 Pelagius 380 Theodosius makes Christianity state religion 455 Vandals sack Rome 476 King Odoacer sacks Rome and takes Ravenra 527 Justinian takes power 532 Nika Riots 540 Gregory the Great birth 542 Plague 560 Plague 570 Plague 570 Muhammad is born 573 Gregory appointed Prefect Period: 590 to 1517 Medieval Period Period: 590 to 1050 Rise of Papacy 610 Muhammad claims archangel appears to him Period: 610 to 641 Heraclius 622 Islam officially begins 730 Iconoclastic controversy 732 Charles Martel 732 Martel: Battle of Tours 754 Pepin the Short Period: 768 to 814 Rule of Charlemagne 936 Duke Otto takes title of King of Germany 962 Pope crowns Otto emperor 1000 Rise of the university Period: 1050 to 1294 Era of Abolute Papacy 1054 Great Schism 1095 Crusade 1122 Concordat of Worms Period: 1221 to 1274 Bonaventure Period: 1225 to 1274 Thomas Aquinas 1291 Swiss Confederation begins Period: 1294 to 1517 Decline of the Papacy and signs of reformation Period: 1305 to 1378 Babylonian Captivity of the Papacy Period: 1330 to 1384 John Wycliffe Period: 1370 to 1415 Jan Hus Period: 1378 to 1417 Great Papal Schism 1427 Luther's first defense in Worms 1453 Eastern Empire comes to an end Period: 1469 to 1536 Desiderius Erasmus Period: 1483 to 1546 Martin Luther Period: 1484 to 1531 Ulrich Zwingli Period: 1494 to 1536 William Tyndale Period: 1496 to 1561 Menno Simons Period: 1509 to 1564 John Calvin 1517 Modern Period Period: 1517 to 1800 Protestant Reformation 1521 Luther's excommunication 1522 Affair of the Sausages 1522 Martin Luther's German translation of the Bible 1523 Zwingli: First disputation 1523 Zwingli: Second Disputation 1525 Zwingli: Third Disputation 1525 Tyndale New Testament first printed in English 1534 Henry VII: Act of Supremacy 1536 Calvin: wrote Institutes of the Christian Religion 1642 Westminster Confession of Faith