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Christianity began in the mid-1st century AD (30AD) in Levant(now Palestine and Israel)
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Theophilus reports visiting Christians in India; Philostorgius mentions a community of Christians on the Socotra islands
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Around 432 AD Christianity makes an appearance on the Silk Road
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The Hephthalite Huns and the White Huns are taught to read and write by Nestorian missionaries.
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Mongol leader Khan sends Niccolo and Matteo Polo, back to Europe with a request to the Pope to send 100 Christian missionaries back.
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Introduction of Catholicism, the first contact of Christianity in Japan
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A Japanese style church building is constructed in Kyoto.
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Vietnam expels Christian missionaries
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Christianity is introduced into Cambodia
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New Testament is translated into the Malay language (the first time the Bible was translated into a language of southeast Asia)
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Chinese Kangxi Emperor allows the Jesuits to freely preach the Christian message, converting anyone they want to
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Chen Mao writes to the Chinese Emperor about his concerns over Catholic missionaries and Western traders. He requested a prohibition of Catholic missionaries in the Qing provinces
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The first 7 Protestant missionaries arrived in Japan.
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Christian and Missionary Alliance arrive in Vietnam
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Wu Yung and others form the Chinese Missions Overseas
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Around 1600 Chinese congregate in Hong Kong for the Chinese Congress on World Evangelization
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The first documented introduction of Christianity was during the T'ang Dynasty (618-907)
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Pantaenus preaches in India
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A large church building is erected in Chang'an, China.
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Nestorian Stele erected to celebrate the propagation in China of the Luminous Religion, providing a written record of a Christian presence in China during the T'ang Dynasty
