26 events with tag "Christianity"
60
ID: 5431
Wine becomes Christian sacrament - Eucharist established using wine as blood of Christ, creates permanent religious demand
ID: 5431
130
ID: 4825
Justin Martyr converts to Christianity - after studying Stoicism, Aristotelianism, Pythagoreanism, and Platonism
ID: 4825
200
ID: 4871
Judah ha-Nasi and Christianity - Despite friendship with 'Antoninus' (possibly Marcus Aurelius), maintains strict separation
ID: 4871
306
ID: 2533
Constantine proclaimed Emperor at York - son of Constantius, begins rise to sole rule, will legalize Christianity
ID: 2533
393
ID: 5915
Theodosius closes Delphi Oracle - bans all pagan oracles, ends 1,200+ years of prophecy, site abandoned
ID: 5915
410
ID: 4681
Council of Seleucia-Ctesiphon - Persian Christians organize independently from Rome
ID: 4681
563
ID: 2541
St. Columba founds monastery on Iona - Irish Christianity spreads to Scotland and northern England
ID: 2541
597
ID: 2542
Augustine arrives in Kent - sent by Pope Gregory to convert English, Ethelbert of Kent converts
ID: 2542
627
ID: 2544
King Edwin of Northumbria converts to Christianity - Paulinus baptizes him at York, northern England begins conversion
ID: 2544
634
ID: 2545
Battle of Heavenfield - Oswald defeats Cadwallon, becomes king of Northumbria, promotes Celtic Christianity
ID: 2545
664
ID: 2547
Synod of Whitby - Roman Christianity defeats Celtic Christianity on calculation of Easter, England follows Rome
ID: 2547
804
ID: 2915
Final pacification of Saxony - after 32 years of war, Saxony fully incorporated and Christianized, 10,000 Saxons relocated
ID: 2915
912
ID: 3723
Rollo baptized as Robert I - Viking leader converts to Christianity as part of treaty, takes Christian name Robert
ID: 3723
958
ID: 3711
Harald Bluetooth becomes King of Denmark - later converts to Christianity, unites Denmark and Norway
ID: 3711
965
ID: 3744
Harald Bluetooth converts Denmark to Christianity - erects Jelling stone declaring he 'made the Danes Christian'
ID: 3744
988
ID: 3714
Vladimir I converts Kievan Rus' to Christianity - mass baptism in Dnieper River, end of Viking paganism in Russia
ID: 3714
1000
ID: 3716
Iceland converts to Christianity - Althing votes to adopt Christianity, avoiding civil war
ID: 3716
1054
ID: 4775
Great Schism - Papal legate and Patriarch excommunicate each other, permanent Christian division
ID: 4775
1266
ID: 5079
Polo brothers meet Kublai Khan - Great Khan asks them to bring oil from Jerusalem and 100 learned Christians
ID: 5079
1549
ID: 5500
August 15, 1549
St. Francis Xavier arrives in Japan, beginning Christian missionary work
ID: 5500
1614
ID: 5507
Tokugawa Ieyasu bans Christianity throughout Japan, beginning severe persecution
ID: 5507
1784
ID: 5537
Yi Seung-hun baptized in Beijing, returns to establish Catholic Church in Korea
ID: 5537
1841
ID: 829
Ludwig Feuerbach publishes Essence of Christianity - Theology is anthropology
ID: 829
1850
ID: 4722
Taiping Rebellion begins - Hong Xiuquan claims to be brother of Jesus, 20-30 million die
ID: 4722
1880
ID: 1024
Ben-Hur published - Converting Jews to Christianity
ID: 1024
1880
ID: 1028
Garibaldi: I am Christian but Pope who wishes all men slaves does not know Christ
ID: 1028