Western Religions Timeline

  • 2000 BCE

    Date Judaism was founded

    Judaism and was founded over 3500 years ago in the Middle East. and is one of the oldest monotheistic religions. Jews thought that God chose some Jews to be his chosen people in order to set an example of what people should be like world wide.
    https://www.quora.com/When-was-Judaism-founded-as-a-religion
  • 1813 BCE

    Abraham born

    Abraham born
  • 1312 BCE

    When Torah was written

    When Torah was written
  • 4 BCE

    Year Jesus was born

    Year Jesus was born
  • 30

    Day Jesus died

    Day Jesus died
  • 66

    The Jews revolt against Roman rule

    The Jewish rebellion was against Roman rule in Judea. The First Jewish Revolt was the because of a long series of clashes in which small groups of Jews had resistance to the Romans, who responded with severe countermeasures. In the fall of AD 66 the Jews combined in revolt and expelled the Romans from Jerusalem.
    https://www.britannica.com/event/First-Jewish-Revolt
  • 70

    Fall of the temple in Jerusalem

    The Romans Destroyed the Temple at Jerusalem in 70 AD. In the year 66 AD the Jews of Judea rebelled against the Roman.In return , the Emperor Nero dispatched an army under the generalship of Vespasian to restore the order.
    www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/jewishtemple.htm
  • 324

    Year Christianity was founded

  • 380

    Christianity becomes the official religion of the roman empire

    When Theodosius came to power, Christianityat a starge where it was the most popular religion. On Februrary 27 380 AD he passed the law "Cunctos populos", also called Edict of Thessalonica, which declared that Trinitarian Christianity as defined by the Nicene Creed was the only legitimate religion in the Roman Empire.
    https://www.quora.com/Who-made-Christianity-the-official-religion-of-the-Roman-Empire-Theodosius-or-Constantine
  • 570

    Day Muhammad was born

    Day Muhammad was born
  • 610

    Quran revealed to Muhammad in vision

  • 632

    Day Islam split into: Sunni and Shia

    Islam split between Sunnis and Shiites occurred after the the Prophet Muhammad died, in the year 632. Most of his followers wanted the community of Muslims to determine who would succeed him. A smaller group thought that someone from his family should take up his mantle. They favored Ali, who was married to Muhammad's daughter, Fatimah." https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2007/02/12/7332087/the-origins-of-the-shiite-sunni-split
  • 1000

    Islam Founded

    Islam can be traced back to 7th century Saudi Arabia. Islam is so far the youngest of the great world religions. The prophet Muhammad introduced Islam in 610 A.D. after seeing what he said was an angelic visitation. Muhammad dictated the Qur'an, the holy book of Islam, which Muslims believe to be the preexistence, perfect words of Allah."
    https://www.allaboutreligion.org/origin-of-islam.htm
  • 1096

    European massacre Jews in the first crusade

    The First Crusades - Kiddush ha-Shem , martyrdom for the glory of God, this far has became the perfect answer of Jews threatened in their life and faith by the crusaders. On the 23rd of Iyyar (May 18, 1096) Worms suffered a similar fate. The crusaders massacred the Jews who had remained in their houses first.
    www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-crusades
  • First bible published

    First bible published