Bible

History of the Bible

  • Chinese Bible
    Jan 1, 670

    Chinese Bible

    Nestorian Christianity from Syria arrives in Sian, China.
  • Theogony
    Jan 1, 700

    Theogony

    Hesoid writes "Theogony."
  • Anglo-Saxon Translation of the Psalms
    Jan 1, 735

    Anglo-Saxon Translation of the Psalms

    Aldhelm translates the Psalms into Anglo-Saxon.
  • Leif Eriksson
    Jan 1, 1000

    Leif Eriksson

    Viking Leif Eriksson discovers North American and names it Vinland.
  • Sepulchre Destroyed
    Jan 1, 1009

    Sepulchre Destroyed

    Muslims destroy Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
  • Macbeth
    Jan 1, 1040

    Macbeth

    Macbeth murders King Duncan of Scotland.
  • Universities Built
    Jan 1, 1150

    Universities Built

    Universities of Oxford and Paris built in England and France.
  • Arabic New Testament
    Jan 1, 1295

    Arabic New Testament

    Bishr Ibn Al Sirri translates parts of the new testement into Arabic.
  • Public Bank
    Jan 1, 1407

    Public Bank

    Casa di San Giorgio, one of the first public banks, founded in Genoa.
  • Joan of Arc
    Jan 1, 1428

    Joan of Arc

    Leads the French against the English. Captured and turned over to the English who burned her at the stake for witchcraft.
  • Incas
    Jan 1, 1438

    Incas

    The Incas rule in Peru.
  • Russian Bible
    Jan 1, 1522

    Russian Bible

    Francysk Skaryna translates the bible into Old Belarusian.
  • German Bible
    Jan 1, 1525

    German Bible

    Martin Luther translates the bible for the use of the German peoples.
  • The Geneva Bible
    Jan 1, 1569

    The Geneva Bible

    Said to be the bible of Shakespeare. The English version has been credited to William Whittingham.
  • New King James Version

    New King James Version

    In 1604, King James I of England had the bible translated into English. It was finished in 1611.
  • MacKenzie McGaha

  • Charlemagne

    Charlemagne

    Crownd the first Holy Roman Emporer in Rome/
  • Greenland

    Greenland

    The Vikings discover Greenland.
  • Otto I

    Otto I

    Otto I becomes King of Germany.