Western Religions Timeline Project

  • 1812 BCE

    Year Judaism was founded

    Judaism was founded over 3500 years ago in the middle east. The Jews believe God appointed them to be His chosen people. He did this in order for them to set an example of holiness to the world.
  • 1312 BCE

    Torah is written

    Torah is written
    The Torah was written in Hebrew, which happens to be the oldest Jewish language. It is the first section of the Jewish Bible. The Talmud gives two opinions by when the Torah was written. They say it was either written in 1280 BC or 1312 BC.
  • 6 BCE

    Jesus's birth

    Jesus's birth
    According to the New Testament in the chapter of Matthew, Joseph and Mary were living in Bethlehem at the time of Jesus's birth. They later moved to Nazareth in the northern Galilee region. Since the 2nd Century, people have started to believe that Jesus was born in the Church of Nativity.
  • 33

    Jesus's Death

    Jesus's Death
    People have provided for the year of His crucifixion in the range of 30-33 AD. Rainer Riesner stated that the fourteenth of Nisan, the 7th of April, is most likely the date of His death. Jesus was about 33 years when he died, and two other people were killed with Him.
  • 70

    Fall of the temple in Jerusalum

    Fall of the temple in Jerusalum
  • 100

    Christianity was founded

    The founder of Christianity is supposedly Jesus. However, history also claims that without Paul, there would be no church and maybe not even a Jesus. Paul spread Christianity ideas to non-Jews after Jesus's death.
  • 313

    Christianity becomes official religion of Roman Empire

    Christianity becomes official religion of Roman Empire
  • 570

    Muhammad Born

    Muhammad Born
  • 609

    Quran revealed to Muhammad in vision

  • 632

    Islam splits into Sunni and Shia

    Islam splits into Sunni and Shia
  • 632

    Muhammad's Death

    Muhammad's Death
    Muhammad died in Medina on June 8, 632 AD. He had died from a high-fever. They say that he had fell ill, suffering from head pains and eventually succumbed to the illness, dying in his wife's arms.
  • 1000

    Islam was founded

    The Islamic prophet, Muhammad, was the founder of this religion. He was from the family of Quraysh. Most historians believe that Islam originated in the 7th century.
  • Reform Judaism starts

  • Orthodox Judaism starts

  • Islam introduced to Nigeria

    Islam introduced to Nigeria