Timeline

Part I

A.D.   Page
33 Descent of the Holy Ghost On the Day of Pentecost 1
62 Martyrdom of St. James the Less 3
64 Persecution by Nero begins 2
68 Martyrdom of St. Peter and St. Paul 2
70 Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus 3
95 Persecution by Domitian 3
100 Death of St. John 5
116 Martyrdom of Ignatius 9
166 Martyrdom of Justin 10
— Martyrdom of Polycarp 15
168 Montanus publishes his heresy 17
177 Persecution at Lyons and Vienne 15
190 Tertullian flourishes 18
202 Persecution by Severus begins 18
— Martyrdom of Origen's father 21
206 Martyrdom of Perpetua and her companions 18
248 Cyprian, bishop of Carthage 25
249 Persecution by Decius 23
251 Paul, the first hermit 60
— Troubles at Carthage; Novatian schism 27
253 Plague at Carthage 27
254 Death of Origen 24
— Disagreement between Cyprian and Stephen of Rome 29
257 Persecution by Valerian 29
258 Martyrdom of Cyprian 31
260 Conversion of the Goths begins 40
261 Valerian prisoner
Gallienus tolerates Christians		 32
270 Manes publishes his heresy 110
298 Diocletian requires idolatry from soldiers, &c., 33
303 The last general persecution begins 34
311 Separation of the Donatists from the Church 44, 116
313 End of the persecution 38
314 Council of Arles about the Donatists 117
319 Arius begins to publish his heresy 44
324 Constantine defeats Licinius, declares self Christian 38
325 The First General Council held at Nicaea
Arius condemned
The Nicene Creed made 		46
326 Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria 47
335 Council of Tyre 48
— Athanasius banished to Treves 49
336 Death of Arius 50
337 Death of Constantine 51
338 Athanasius restored to his see 52
341 Second banishment of Athanasius 52
343 Persecution in Persia 41
347 Revolt, defeat, and banishment of the Donatists 117
348 Ulfilas, bishop of the Goths 93
349 Second return of St. Athanasius 52
356 Third exile of Athanasius 53
— Death of Antony the hermit 61
361 Julian emperorPaganism restored 57
362 The Donatists recalled 120
— Athanasius restored, but again banished 56
— Attempt to rebuild the Temple of Jerusalem 57
363 Death of Julian 58
370 Basil, bishop of Caesarea, in Cappadocia 68
372 Gregory of Nazianzum consecrated bishop of Sasima 69
373 Death of Athanasius 59
374 Ambrose, bishop of Milan 73
378 Gregory of Nazianzum goes to Constantinople 69
379 Theodosius, emperor 70
380 Gregory, bishop of Constantinople
Death of Basil		 70
381 Second General Council held at Constantinople
Gregory withdraws from his see 		71
385 Execution of Priscillian 72
387 Baptism of Augustine 113
— Sedition at Antioch 97
390 Massacre at Thessalonica, repentance of Theodosius 75
391 Destruction of the Temple Of Serapis 78
395 Death of Theodosius 77
— Augustine, bishop of Hippo 114
397 Death of Ambrose 77
— Chrysostom, bishop of Constantinople 100
400 Pelagius teaches his heresy at Rome 124
403 Death of Telemachus at Rome 95
— Council of the Oak
Chrysostom banished, recalled		 105
404 Chrysostom banished to Cucusus 106
407 Death of Chrysostom 107
409 The Romans withdraw from Britain 135
410 Rome taken by Alaric 93
— Pelagius and Celestius in Africa 125
411 Conference with the Donatists at Carthage 122
412 Ninian bishop of Whithorn 136
415 Councils in the Holy Land as to Pelagius 126
429 Pelagianism put down in Britain by German & Lupus 135
430 Death of Augustine 128
431 Third General Council held at Ephesus
Condemnation of Nestorius 		129
432 Death of Ninian
Patrick goes into Ireland		 136
449 "Robber Council" meets at Ephesus 129
— Landing of the Saxons in England 136
451 Fourth General Council held at Chalcedon
Condemnation of Eutyches 		129
— Attila in France
Deliverance of Orleans		 131
452 Attila in Italy 132
455 Rome plundered by Genseric 132
476 End of the Western Empire 133
484–519 Schism between Rome and Constantinople 144
493 Death of Patrick 138
496 Conversion of Clovis 141
527 Justinian, emperor 142
529 The heathen schools of Athens shut up 143
— Benedict draws up his Rule for monks 149
541 Jacob leader of the Monophysites 145
553 Fifth General Council held at Constantinople 145
565 Columba settles at Iona 139
— Death of Justinian 142
589 Third Council of Toledo
The Spanish Church renounces Arianism 		134
— Columban goes into France 139
590 Gregory the Great, bishop of Rome 155
596 Mission of Augustine to England 163
597 Landing of Augustine in Kent
Conversion of Ethelbert 		164
604 Deaths of Gregory and Augustine 166

Part II
589–615 Missionary labours of St Columban 205
612 Mahomet begins to publish his religion 169
627 Jerusalem taken by the Mussulmans 169
632 Death of Mahomet 169
635 Settlement of Scottish missionaries in Holy Island 172
664 Council of Whitby 172
724 Beginning of controversy as to images 170
— Victory of Charles Martel over the Saracens 174
734 Death of the Venerable Bede 173
715–755 Missionary Labours of St Boniface 174
752 Pipin becomes king of the Franks 177
787 Second Council of Nicaea 180
794 Council of Frankfort 180
800 Charles the Great crowned as emperor 178
— Forgery of Constantine's donation (approx.) 192
814 Death of Charles the Great 181
826–865 Missionary labours of Anskar 187
846 Forgery of the False Decretals (approx.) 192
860–870 Conversion of Bulgarians, Moravians, Bohemians, &c 185
912 Foundation of the Order of Cluny 206
962 Otho I, emperor 183
988 Conversion of Basil, great prince of Russia 188
999 Sylvester II, pope 184
994–1030 Conversion of Norwegians 189
1046 Council of Sutri 185
1048 Pope Leo IX. Beginning of Hildebrand's influence over the papacy 193
1073 Hildebrand elected pope (Gregory VII ) 193
1074 Foundation of the Carthusian Order 207
1085 Death of Gregory VII 197
1098 Foundation of the Cistercian Order 208
1099 Jerusalem taken in the First Crusade 202
1113 Order of St John (or Hospitallers) founded 209
1116 Order of the Temple founded 210
1123 Agreement between pope and emperor at Worms 198
1147–1149 The Second Crusade 213
1153 Death of St. Bernard 214
1154 Nicolas Breakspeare, an Englishman, chosen pope (Adrian IV) 214
1170 Murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket 216
1189 The Third Crusade 217
1198 Innocent III elected pope 218
1203 Constantinople taken by Crusaders 222
1208 England put under an interdict 219
1208–1229 War against the Albigenses 223
1215 Fourth Council of the Lateran
Innocent sanctions the Dominican and Franciscan Orders of Mendicant Friars		 227
1240 First Crusade of St. Lewis 230
1270 Second Crusade and death of St. Lewis 231
1274 Second Council of Lyons 232
1294 Election of Pope Celestine V 233
— Election of Pope Boniface VIII 235
1300 Boniface celebrates the first jubilee 235
1303 Death of Boniface 239
1310 The popes settle at Avignon 240
1312 Council of Vienne
The Templars dissolved		 243
1377 Gregory XI moves the papacy from Avignon to Rome 253
1378 Beginning of the Great Schism of the West 254
1384 Death of John Wyclif 251
1414–1418 Council of Constance 258
1415 Pope John XXIII deposed 260
— John Huss burnt by order of the Council 261
1417 Election of Pope Martin V and end of the Schism 261
1418 Religious war of Bohemia breaks out 264
1431 Council of Basel opened 265
1438 Council of Ferrara and Florence 267
1453 Constantinople taken by the Turks 268
1455 Invention of Printing 269
1464 Pope Pius II vainly attempts a crusade 270
1498 Death of Savonarola 274
1503 Death of Pope Alexander VI 275
1517 Appearance of Martin Luther as a reformer 276

 

 

 

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