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Feb 1, 635
Christianity Founded in China
Christainity is China is believed to have started in 635 A.D -
Feb 2, 640
The Emperor sees the Gospel
Around 599-649 A.D, the gospel was translated in the imperial library and shown to the Emperor and the Emperor allowed the religion -
Feb 4, 1271
The Yuan Dynasty
The Yuan Dynasty is founded in 1271 -
Feb 5, 1294
Giovanni of Monte Corvine
Giovanni of Monte Corvine, a Franciscan missionary, came to Da Du (today's Bejing) -
Feb 8, 1368
Ming Dynasty
Ming Dynasty is established -
Feb 9, 1368
Christians Expelled
All christains were expelled from China -
Feb 11, 1582
Ricci comes in to the picture
Ricci learns the chinese language and culture and goes to south china.He tried an approach to intergrate christainity into existing chinese philosphy -
growing number of christians
Ricci claims that there are more than 1,000 christain converts with grows to 5000 within the next 10 years -
Ricci dies
Ricci is granted access to the forbidden city and is followed by his jesuits and shortly dies after -
Papal Bull
Papal Bull reaches the emperor and is on the Jesuit's side and angers the emporer -
Christianity banned
After the emporer is angered by papal bull he bans christianity and has it put in to the law -
Shrinking christain population
after the ban of christianity. all churches are destroyed or confiscated. and the number of christian converts graudally decrease -
Risking their lives
Some catholic missionary preist continued preaching in China and risking their lives -
Protestant missionaries
Protestant missionaries arrive in China -
Hong Xiuquan
the first protestant, who started the Taiping Rebellion that nearly toppled the government -
missionaries begin popping up
by 1895, 641 missionaries were in almost every Chinese province -
China's new leader baptized
China's new leader Chiang was turned to christianity and was baptized in order to marry the future madame Chiang Kai-shek -
growth of christianity
Chinese Christians numbered approximately three million Catholics and around 800,000 Protestants -
Christianity today
today the christian population has grown to over 100 million -
A Jealous Emperor
In 814-846, Emperor Wuzong, a jealous Taoist, decreed in 845 A.D and banned all "foreign" religion
