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33 Traditionally, Christianity was founded on this date, since the "preparation period" for the Church Age was complete. The Eastern Orthodox and the Roman Catholic denominations also claim founding on this date.
37 Probable year of the conversion of the Pharisee Saul of Tarsus to Christianity after a vision. After 39 he is recognised as Saint Paul.
40 Christianity comes to Egypt as a church is founded in Alexandria. Mark the Evangelist founds the Coptic Orthodox Church as the first pope.
42 25 January: Conversion of the apostle Paul to Christianity. In reality, the exact date is unknown, but the Catholic Church has chosen to commemorate this date.
48 According to Christian legend, Martha travels to Avignon.
49 The spread of Christianity into Europe, especially at Rome and at Philippia (according to Saint Paul).
50 Christianity is introduced throughout Nubia by a high official of Queen Judith.
51 In the Epistle to the Galatians, Paul supports the separation of Christianity and Judaism.
54 Apollos, a later assistant of Paul, is converted to Christianity in Ephesus.
63 According to legend, Joseph of Arimathea goes to Glastonbury on the first Christian mission to Britain
64 In Rome, persecution of early Christians begins under Roman Emperor Nero.
64 Great fire of Rome: A fire began to burn in the merchant area of Rome and soon burned completely out of control while Emperor Nero allegedly played his lyre and sang while watching the blaze from a safe distance, although there is no hard evidence to support this claim, and it is worth pointing out that fires were very common in Rome at the time. The fire destroyed close to one-half of the city and it was blamed on the Christians; a small but growing religious movement.
142 Marcion proclaims that the Old Testament is incompatible with Christianity.
177 A systematic persecution of Christians begins in Rome under Marcus Aurelius. Many Christians worship secretly.
189 Pantaenus, who was sent by the bishop of Alexandria to India to preach Christianity, meets with little success.
197 A Christian council is held in Edessa.
202 An edict bans conversions to Christianity and all Christian propaganda.
249 Decius begins a period of persecution of the Christians and others refusing to participate in Emperor worship.
258 A second Imperial edict prohibits Christianity in the Roman Empire. This edict divides Christians into four categories: priests, who are to be put to death; senators and equestrians, who are to be stripped of their positions and their property confiscated; nuns, who are to be exiled, and imperial civil servants, who are condemned to forced labour.
295 Petra rejoins the province of Palestine, and is converted to Christianity by the Syrian monk Barsauma.
300 Tridates III makes his kingdom of Armenia the first state to adopt Christianity as its official religion.
302 Diocletian begins passing laws against Christians.
304 Diocletian issues four edicts aimed at destroying Christianity in the Empire.
306 Christianity is establihed in Britain. British bishops participate in the councils of Arles (314), Nicaea (325) and Arminum (349).
317 King Mirian II of Caucasian Iberia declares Christianity the official state religion.
319 Christianity is introduced in Colchis, present-day Georgia.
327 Christianity adopted as a state religion of Georgia.
331 Constantine I vigorously promotes Christianity, confiscating the property and valuables of a number of pagan temples throughout the Empire.
343 Council of Sofia establishes the primacy of Rome. The Pope becomes the leader of Christianity, and takes up residence in the Lateran.
380 Emperor Theodosius I is baptized and declares Christianity to be the official religion of the Empire.
380 Roman Emperors Theodosius I and Gratianus declare that the patriarchs of Rome and Alexandria hold primacy (above especially the one of Constantinople), implicitly rejecting Arianism in favor of orthodox Christianity.
391 All non-Christian temples in the Empire are closed, as Theodosius establishes Christianity as the official state religion.
484 Pope Felix III excommunicates Peter Mongus, patriarch of Alexandria, and Acacius, patriarch of Constantinople, causing a schism between eastern and western Christianity that lasted 35 years (the ''Acacian schism'').
569 The Nubian kingdom of Alodia is converted to Christianity, according to John of Ephesus.
570 The Jews of Clermont-Ferrand are forced to convert to Christianity.
586 Constantine of Kernyw converts to Christianity.
588 The Lombards are converted to Christianity.
600 Augustine of Canterbury converts Ethelbert of Kent to Christianity (approximate date).
635 Nestorian Christianity reaches China
665 According to the ''Annales Cambriae'', the Anglo-Saxons convert to Christianity after the Second Battle of Badon.
686 The Isle of Wight becomes the last place in the United Kingdom to convert to Christianity
722 Battle of Covadonga: First victory of a Christian army over a Muslim army in Spain (probable date)
826 The Danish king Harald klak accepts Christianity.
829 Saint Ansgar introduced Christianity to Sweden.
864 Khan Boris I of Bulgaria is baptized an Orthodox Christian.
1012 Fatimid Caliph al-Hakim orders the destruction of all Jewish and Christian places of worship.
1099 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march around Jerusalem.
1154 Sweden's King Eric introduces Christianity to Finland (see History of Finland).
1236 Córdoba was retaken for Christianity as part of the Reconquista in 1236, and became a centre of activity against the remaining Islamic population.
1253 The Domus Conversorum, a building and institution in London for Jews who had converted to Christianity, is established by King Henry III of England.
1253 King Louis IX of France dispatches William of Rubruck from Constantinople on a missionary journey to convert the Tatars of central and eastern Asia. Later that year, William records the first recorded meeting between European Christians and Buddhists.
1262 King Mindaugas of Lithuania renounces Christianity, returning to his pagan roots and reverting to Grand Duke of Lithuania.
1264 In Barcelona, a commission of Dominicans censors portions of the Talmud for the first time by ordering the cancellation of passages found reprehensible from a Christian point of view.
1441 Two Ethiopians attend an ecclesiastical council at Florence, as part of the negotiations concerning a possible union of Coptic and Roman Catholic Christianity. This is the earliest recorded contact of the Ethiopian Church with Europe.
1497 King Manuel I of Portugal proclaims an edict in which he demands that Jews convert to Christianity or leave the country
1597 In Nagasaki, Japan, 26 people were martyred. They practiced Catholicism and were taken captive after all forms of Christianity were outlawed the previous year.
1765 In Lisbon, the ''auto-da-fe'' parade (often an excuse for violence against Jews or Christian 'heretics') is abolished
1942 Holocaust: In Warsaw, two Christian women, Zofia Kossak and Wanda Filipowicz risk their lives by setting up the Council for the Assistance of the Jews.
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