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33
The Resurrection of Jesus Christ
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33
Pentecost
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33
The Apostles spread the Gospel
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33
St. Stephen martyred
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34
The Conversion of St. Paul
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42
St. John the Apostle travels to Ephesus with the Blessed Virgin Mary
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44
St. James the Apostle is martyred; his body is secretly buried in Spain.
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46
St. Paul begins missionary journeys to Galatia, Greece, Syria, and other places
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49
Council of Jerusalem
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64
Persecution of Christians begins under Roman emperor Nero
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70
Romans burn the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem.
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80
Didache written
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99
All the writings that will become part of the New Testament have been written by this date.
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250
Persecution under Roman emperor Decius
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251
Council of Carthage
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303
Persecution under Roman emperor Diocletian
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313
Emperor Constantine issues the Edict of Milan
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325
Council of Nicaea
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330
Emperor Constantine divides the Roman Empire into East and West.
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330
Construction of the First St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
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354
Birth of St. Augustine
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360
Books begin to replace scrolls
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382
Pope Damasus asks St. Jerome to translate the Gospels into Latin.
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397
The Councils of Hippo and Carthage determine which books will become part of the New Testament.
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405
St. Jerome completes his translation of the Old Testament.
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410
The Visigoths destroy the city of Rome
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410
St. Augustine begins writing "The City of God"
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431
Council of Ephesus
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432
St. Patrick sets out to spread the Gospel in Ireland.
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451
Council of Chalcedon
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476
The Western Roman Empire collapses.
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480
Birth of St. Benedict
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496
Clovis, the King of the Franks, converts to Catholicism.
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Period: 500 to 1000
AD 500-1000
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507
Clovis's army drives Visigoths out of France
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527
Justinian I becomes emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire
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529
St. Benedict founds the first monastery
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529
St. Benedict founds his first monastery
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537
Construction of Hagia Sophia (current structure) begins in Constantinople.
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590
St. Gregory the Great becomes pope
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596
Pope St. Gregory the Great sends St. Augustine of Canterbury to England to evangelize the Anglo-Saxons
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597
St. Augustine baptizes the King of Kent
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632
Death of Mohammad
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637
Muslims attack Constantinople
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638
Muslims capture Jerusalem
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698
Muslims take Carthage
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711
Muslims invade and occupy Spain.
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716
St. Boniface leaves England to evangelize Germania
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732
France halts Muslim invasion
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754
With St. Boniface's help, the pope allies with the Kings of the Franks
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793
Vikings attack England
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800
Charlemagne is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III
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800
Gunpowder invented
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885
Vikings attack Paris
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997
Muslims occupy Santiago de Compostela in Spain, burial place of St. James the Apostle.
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1000
Muslims control two thirds of the ancient Christian world
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1054
The Great Schism
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1073
St. Gregory VII elected pope
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1073
Pope St. Gregory VII excommunicates the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV
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1088
First universities founded
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1094
The Byzantine emperor in Constantinople asks the West for aid against Muslim armies
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1095
Pope Urban II calls for a Crusade, and Christians temporarily capture Jerusalem
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1144
First Gothic cathedral completed
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1147
Second Crusade
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1192
Third Crusade
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1204
Crusaders from the Fourth Crusade sack Constantinople
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1209
Franciscan Order is founded by St. Francis of Assisi
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1216
Dominican Order founded by St. Dominic
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1229
The Inquisition is founded
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1274
St. Thomas Aquinas writes the Summa Theologica
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1300
The Renaissance begins
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1347
Bubonic plague arrives in Europe
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1386
St. Catherine of Siena cares for the sick and buries the dead when the plague strikes Siena.
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1440
Printing Press invented
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1492
Christopher Columbus sails for North America
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1513
Ponce De Leon of Spain founds St. Augustine, Florida
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1517
Martin Luther presents the 95 Theses
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1520
Luther denies the authority of the pope to interpret Scripture
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1521
Luther is excommunicated
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1522
Luther translates the Bible into German
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1526
Franciscan missionaries arrive in what is now Florida
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1534
St. Ignatius of Loyola founds the Society of Jesus (Jesuits)
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1534
King Henry VII of England breaks England from the Catholic Church after the pope refuses to allow him a divorce
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1535
St. Thomas More is executed by Henry VIII
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1536
Henry VIII dissolves all monasteries and convents in England and Ireland
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1541
First Franciscan explorations in what is now California
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Period: 1545 to
The Council of Trent
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1549
Jesuit missionaries arrive in the Far East
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Period: 1562 to 1582
St. Teresa of Avila founds Discalced Carmelite convents throughout Spain
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The King James Bible becomes the Bible of the Church of England
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St. Peter Claver arrives in Columbia
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The Mayflower sets sail from England to North America
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The Colony of Maryland is established
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England overthrows its Catholic king and bans any future Catholic monarchs
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Maryland outlaws the public practice of Catholicism in the colony
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Period: to
The Enlightenment
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British colonies in North America declare their independence
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The French Revolution begins
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The US Constitution prevents religious tests for national office
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The First Amendment protects free religious exercise in the US and prevents the national government from establishing a religion
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Karl Marx writes the Communist Manifesto
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Period: to
Ecumenical Council of the Vatican
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Bolshevik party formed in Russia
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World War I begins
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St. Maximillian Kolbe is killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz
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Mexico outlaws Catholicism
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Three children at Fatima, Portugal are granted visions of the Virgin Mary
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Soviet Union is formed
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Servant of God Dorothy Day converts to Catholicism
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The first Catholic bishops in China are ordained
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Bl. Miguel Pro is killed by the Mexican government
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Day founds the Catholic Worker newspaper
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Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany; first Nazi concentration camp is opened
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World War II begins
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Communist governments begin persecutions and mass murder across Europe and Asia
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Pope St. John XXIII calls the Church council that will become known as Vatican II
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Period: to
Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican
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The US Supreme Court rules that the Constitution protects the right of an abortion
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Pope St. John Paul II survives an assassination attempt ordered by the KGB
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The Soviet Union begins to fall