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Apr 23, 1549
Japan's 1st contact
Japan’s first contact with Christianity is 1549 -
Period: Apr 23, 1550 to
Christianity in Asia
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Apr 23, 1556
Dominican Gaspar da Cruz
Dominican Gaspar da Cruz arrives in Guangzhou, China -
Apr 23, 1559
Missionary Vilela settles in Kyoto, Japan
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Apr 23, 1564
Legaspi begins Augustinian work in Philippine Islands
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Apr 23, 1567
Missionaries Jeronimo da Cruz and Sebastiao da Canto, both Dominicans, arrive at Ayutthia, Thailand
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Apr 23, 1568
In the Philippines, Diego de Herrera baptizes Chieftain Tupas of Cebu and his son
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Apr 23, 1580
Japanese Daimyo (feudal landholder) Arima Harunobu becomes Christian and takes the name Protasio
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Apr 23, 1582
Jesuits begin mission work in China, introduce Western science, mathematics, astronomy
Jesuits begin mission work in China, introduce Western science, mathematics, astronomy -
Matteo Ricci and a Chinese scholar translate a catechism into Chinese under the title T'ien-chu sheng-chiao shih-lu (A True Account of God and the Sacred Religion)
Matteo Ricci and a Chinese scholar translate a catechism into Chinese under the title T'ien-chu sheng-chiao shih-lu (A True Account of God and the Sacred Religion) -
Carmelite leader Jerome Gracian meets with Martin Ignatius de Loyola, a Franciscan missionary from China.
Carmelite leader Jerome Gracian meets with Martin Ignatius de Loyola, a Franciscan missionary from China. The two sign a vinculo de hermandad misionera -- a bond of missionary brotherhood -- by which the two orders would collaborate in missionary work in Ethiopia, China, the Philippines, and the East and West Indies -
A Dominican missionary arrives in the Philippines
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First Chinese admitted as members of the Jesuit order
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The Franciscans arrive in Japan and establish St. Anna's hospital in Kyoto
The Franciscans arrive in Japan and establish St. Anna's hospital in Kyoto -
Jesuit missionaries travel
Jesuit missionaries travel across the island of Samar in the Philippines to establish mission centers on the eastern side -
Twenty-six Japanese Christians
Twenty-six Japanese Christians are crucified for their faith by General Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Nagasaki, Japan. By 1640, thousands of Japanese Christians will have been martyred -
Matteo Ricci goes to China
Matteo Ricci goes to China; First ordination of Japanese priests -
Chinese scientist and translator Xu Guangqi is baptized
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The Jesuit Mission Press in Japan commences publication of a Japanese- Portuguese dictionary
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Japanese Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu bans Christianity
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Missionary Nicolas Trigault goes to China
