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100
Origins
Christianity began in the mid-1st century AD (30AD) in Levant(now Palestine and Israel) -
354
Christianity in India
Theophilus reports visiting Christians in India; Philostorgius mentions a community of Christians on the Socotra islands -
432
Silk Road
Around 432 AD Christianity makes an appearance on the Silk Road -
535
The Huns!
The Hephthalite Huns and the White Huns are taught to read and write by Nestorian missionaries. -
Jul 22, 1266
Mongol
Mongol leader Khan sends Niccolo and Matteo Polo, back to Europe with a request to the Pope to send 100 Christian missionaries back. -
Apr 22, 1549
Beginning of Christianity in Japan
Introduction of Catholicism, the first contact of Christianity in Japan -
Jun 2, 1575
Christianity in Japan
A Japanese style church building is constructed in Kyoto. -
Christianity in Vietnam
Vietnam expels Christian missionaries -
Christianity in Cambodia
Christianity is introduced into Cambodia -
Translation
New Testament is translated into the Malay language (the first time the Bible was translated into a language of southeast Asia) -
Christianity in China
Chinese Kangxi Emperor allows the Jesuits to freely preach the Christian message, converting anyone they want to -
Chen Mao's request (China)
Chen Mao writes to the Chinese Emperor about his concerns over Catholic missionaries and Western traders. He requested a prohibition of Catholic missionaries in the Qing provinces -
Christianity in Japan
The first 7 Protestant missionaries arrived in Japan. -
Christianity in Vietnam
Christian and Missionary Alliance arrive in Vietnam -
Chinese Missions Overseas
Wu Yung and others form the Chinese Missions Overseas -
World Evangelization
Around 1600 Chinese congregate in Hong Kong for the Chinese Congress on World Evangelization -
Christianity in China, T'ang Dynasty
The first documented introduction of Christianity was during the T'ang Dynasty (618-907) -
Saint Pantaenus
Pantaenus preaches in India -
Christianity in China
A large church building is erected in Chang'an, China. -
Evidence of Christianity in China
Nestorian Stele erected to celebrate the propagation in China of the Luminous Religion, providing a written record of a Christian presence in China during the T'ang Dynasty
