Church History Timeline By Caleb Sponaugle 1 BCE Birth of Jesus Period: 25 to 50 Death of Jesus Period: 25 to 50 Death of Stephen Period: 50 to 75 Nero Period: 50 to 75 Death of Paul Period: 50 to 75 Destruction of Jerusalem Period: 100 to 150 Ignatius Period: 100 to 150 Justin Period: 100 to 150 Marcion Period: 100 to 300 Gnosticism Crisis Period: 100 to 150 Trajan Period: 100 to 150 Polycarp 150 Cyprian Period: 150 to 200 Muratorian Canon Period: 150 to 200 Montanus Period: 150 to 200 Irenaeus Period: 150 to 200 Tertullian 195 Clement of Alexandria Period: 200 to 250 Origen Period: 250 to 300 Decius 300 Dicletian Period: 300 to 350 Anthony Period: 300 to 350 Council of Nicaea Period: 300 to 350 Constantine Period: 300 to 350 Ulfilas Period: 350 to 400 Athanasius Period: 375 to 400 Ambrose Period: 375 to 425 Goths Period: 375 to 400 Basil Period: 375 to 400 Theodosius Period: 375 to 550 Conquerors of Rome 400 Jerome Period: 400 to 850 Europe is Christianized Period: 400 to 450 Sack of Rome Period: 400 to 450 Augustine Period: 400 to 450 Huns 450 Leo Period: 450 to 500 Council of Chalcedon Period: 475 to 500 Fall of Rome 500 Baptism of Clovis Period: 500 to 600 Lombards Period: 500 to 550 Benedict 501 Baptism of Clovis 550 Justinian Period: 550 to 600 Gregory the Great 600 Augustine to England Period: 600 to 700 Gregory the Great Period: 600 to 700 Battle of Tours Period: 700 to 800 Charlemagne Period: 700 to 800 Iconoclastic Controversy 750 Boniface Period: 1000 to 1100 East-West schism Period: 1000 to 1100 Gregory VII (Hildebrand) Period: 1000 to 1100 Urban ll Period: 1000 to 1100 1st Crusade Period: 1100 to 1200 3rd Crusade Period: 1100 to 1200 Saladin Captures Jerusalem Period: 1100 to 1200 2nd Crusade Period: 1100 to 1200 Treaty of Richard l and Saladin 1200 Innocent lll Period: 1200 to 1300 The Kingdom of Jerusalem Period: 1200 to 1300 5th Crusade Period: 1200 to 1250 4th Lateran Council Period: 1200 to 1300 Children's Crusade 1201 4th Crusade Period: 1290 to 1310 Boniface Vlll 1300 Acre Falls Period: 1320 to 1360 Babylonian Captivity Period: 1350 to 1400 Wyclif Period: 1370 to 1420 Avignon Period: 1370 to 1420 The Great Schism 1425 Hus Period: 1500 to 1550 Luther's Theses Period: 1500 to 1550 Cortes Takes Mexico Period: 1500 to 1550 Society of Jesus Period: 1500 to 1550 Diet of Augsburg Period: 1500 to 1550 Calvin's Institutes Period: 1500 to 1550 Pizarro takes Peru Period: 1500 to 1600 Peace of Augsburg Period: 1500 to 1550 Henry Vlll Period: 1500 to 1550 Act of Supremacy Period: 1500 to 1550 Tyndale's Bible Period: 1500 to 1550 Edward Period: 1500 to 1550 Edward Period: 1549 to 1560 Council of Trent 1550 Mary Period: 1550 to 1600 Presbyterianism in Scotland Period: 1550 to 1600 Elizabeth Period: 1550 to 1600 New Act of Supremacy Period: 1550 to 1600 Puritans 1551 Persecutions Period: 1560 to 1650 Congregationalists 1599 Edict of Nantes 1600 Ricci in Peking 1600 James l Period: 1600 to 1650 Baptists Period: 1600 to 1650 Charles l Period: 1600 to 1650 New England Puritans Period: 1620 to 1650 Thirty years War Period: 1650 to 1700 Isaac Newton Period: 1650 to 1700 Pascal Period: 1650 to 1700 Philip Spener Period: 1650 to 1700 English Act of Toleration Period: 1650 to 1700 John Locke Period: 1700 to 1750 Moravians Period: 1700 to 1750 Joseph Butler Period: 1700 to 1750 John Whitefield Period: 1700 to 1750 John Wesley Period: 1750 to 1800 Voltaire Period: 1750 to 1800 Isaac Backus Period: 1750 to 1800 French Revolution Period: 1800 to 1850 F. Schleiermacher Period: 1800 to 1850 William Wilberforce Period: 1800 to 1850 J. H. Newman 1801 First Camp meeting Period: 1848 to 1855 Pope Pius IX 1850 Karl Marx Period: 1850 to 1900 Charles Darwin Period: 1850 to 1900 D. L. Moody Period: 1850 to 1900 W. Booth 1880 Fall of Papal States 1900 Nietzche Dies Period: 1900 to 1950 Social Gospel Period: 1900 to 1925 World War I Period: 1900 to 1925 Azusa Revival Begins Period: 1900 to 1925 Russian Revolution Period: 1924 to 1926 Fundamentalism Period: 1925 to 1950 Adolf Hitler Period: 1925 to 1950 World War II Period: 1925 to 1950 East African Revival Begins Period: 1925 to 1950 Communist Expel Missionaries to China Period: 1925 to 1950 William Nagenda Converted Period: 1925 to 1950 World Council of Churches 1926 Scopes Trial 1950 Billy Graham Period: 1950 to 1996 Berlin Wall Period: 1950 to 1975 C.S Lewis Dies Period: 1950 to 1975 Ignatius Cardinal Kung Period: 1950 to 1975 David Yonggi Cho Employs cell group strategy Period: 1950 to 1995 Vatican II Period: 1950 to 1996 Lausanne congress 1968 Karl Barth Dies Period: 1969 to 1975 China's Cultural Revolution 1989 Berlin Wall Falls 2001 World Trade Center Towers Destroyed 2001 Jerusalem Taken 2013 1/3 World population Claims Christianity