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Jesus was born sometime between 2-7 B.C.
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The church of Christianity was founded in 30 A.D.
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Jesus dies on April 18th in the year 33
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Apostle Thomas founds a church in India in 52 A.D.
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First Christians are reported in Sri Lanka in 100 A.D.
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A stone stele that depicted Christian missionaries' activities was found in China and dated to 781 A.D.
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A Syrian missionary arrives in the capital of China in 635 A.D.
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Chinese Emperor Wuzong decreed that all foreign religions be banned in 845 A.D.
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The last definite reference to Christians in China before the Mongol era in 878 A.D.
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Russia is said to have been converted to the Orthodox faith in 1015
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Franciscan Friars begin work in China in 1289
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A Franciscan monk from Italy arrives in China
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The Franciscan mission collapses as the Ming Dynasty abolishes Christianity in 1368
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3 missionaries are sent "to the islands of the sea which are inside Java adn to China" in 1503
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The first Christian missionaries arrive in Vietnam in 1533
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Francis Xavier founds the College of the Holy Name of God on the northwest coast of India in 1548
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Christianity arrives to Japan in 1549
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Portugese missioonaries build a church in Malaysia in 1553
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1,500 converts to Christianity are reported in Thailand in 1554
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The first Catholic bishop of Chinese origin was concecrated in 1685
