Jesus - AD 500. By kandrade 64 persecution of Christians begins under roman emperor Nero 250 persecution under roman emperor Decius 251 council of carthage 303 persecution under roman emperor Diocletian 313 emperor Constantine issues the edict of Milan 325 council of Nicaea 330 emperor Constantine divides the roman empire into East and West 397 the councils of hippo and cartage determine which book will become part of the New testament 410 the Visigoths destroy the city of Rome 431 council of Ephesus 451 council of Chalcedon 476 the western roman empire collapses 496 Clovis, the king of the franks, convert to Catholicism 507 Clovis' army drives Visigoths out of France 527 Justinian i becomes emperor of the eastern roman empire 529 St. benedict founds the first monastery 529 St. Benedict founds his first monastery. 537 Construction of Hagia Sophia (current structure) begins in Constantinople 590 St. Gregory the Great becomes pope 596 Pope St. Gregory the Great sends St. Augustine of Canterbury to England to evangelize the Anglo-Saxons. 597 St. Augustine baptizes the King of Kent 632 Death of Mohammad. 637 Muslims attack Constantinople 638 Muslims capture Jerusalem 698 Muslims take Carthage 711 Muslims invade and occupy Spain 716 St. Boniface leaves England to evangelize Germania 732 France halts Muslim invasion. 754 With St. Boniface’s help, the pope allies with the kings of the Franks 793 Vikings attack England 800 Gunpowder invented. 800 Charlemagne is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III. 885 Vikings attack Paris 997 Muslims occupy Santiago de Compostela in Spain, burial place of St. James the Apostle.