| Date |
1st |
Place |
Event |
| 108 |
|
|
Ignatius,
Bishop of Antioch, thrown to the beasts. |
| 111 |
|
|
Pliney
writes to emperor Trajan. |
| 115 |
|
|
Second
Jewish War. |
| 117 |
|
|
Polycarp
becomes bishop of Smyrna. |
| 117 |
|
|
Tacitus writes "Historiae" |
| 122 |
|
Britain |
Hadrian visits and
begins building wall across Britain |
| 132 |
|
|
Bar-Kokhba
Rebellion. |
| 135 |
|
|
Death of
Bar-Kokhba and Akiba. |
| 140 |
|
|
First attempt to create a Christian canon (New Testament) by
Marcion.
Only has one Gospel (Luke) and Paul's writings.
|
| 140 |
|
|
Justin Martyr begins
writing. |
| 140 |
|
|
Hermas writes
"The Shepherd." |
| 150 |
y |
India |
Earliest know Sanskrit
inscriptions. |
| 153 |
|
|
Polycarp,
Bishop of Smyrna, tries to convince the Roman bishop Anicetus to accept
the Asian traditional date for Passover. |
| 170 |
|
|
Ptolemy draws 26 maps of
various countries. |
| 177 |
|
|
Irenaeus,
Bishop of Lyon, declares that the Jews were "disinherited from the
grace of God" and that they "would never have hesitated to
burn their own Jewish Scriptures." |
| 180 |
|
Scotland |
Romans defeated and
retreat to Hadrian's Wall. |
| 185 |
|
|
Origen begins writing
"Hexapla" (Old Testament in six Hebrew and Greek texts).
Completes in 254. |
| 187 |
|
|
Ireneaus reports a list of books for the Christian canon (not exactly the
same as modern New Testament) and the existence of over 20 different types of
Christianity. |
| 190 |
|
|
Galen extracts plant
juices for medicinal purposes. |
| 200 |
|
|
Tertullian
writes about the authority of the Roman Church, "that from the
Church of Rome come into our hands the very authority of the apostles
themselves." |
| 200 |
|
Rome |
Bishop of Rome becomes
pope. |
| 200 |
y |
China |
Silkworms arrive from
Korea. Subsequently move into Japan. |
| 248 |
|
Rome |
Celebrates 1,000th
anniversary. |
| 220 |
|
|
Tertullian's
death (prior to his death he left the Church and became a Montanist). |
| 250 |
|
|
Christian persecution
increases. Martyrs revered as saints. |
| 250 |
y |
Alexandria |
Diophantus produces the
first book on algebra. |
| 276 |
|
|
Crucifixion of Mani (b.
215), founder of Manichaean sect in Persia. |
| 285 |
|
|
Roman Empire partitioned
into eastern and western empires. |
| 300 |
y |
Armenia |
Christianity introduced. |
| 300 |
|
China |
Growing influence of
Buddhists. |
| 300 |
|
Germany |
Bowling is considered
part of religious rituals in monastaries. |
| 303 |
|
Rome |
(to 311) Last
persecution of Christians. |
| 306 |
|
|
Emperor Constantius
Chlorus dies. Succeeded by his son, Constantine the Great (-337). |
| 312 |
|
|
Emperor
Constantine's vision and association with Christianity. |
| 313 |
|
|
Edict of Milan:
Constantine establishes toleration of Christianity. |
| 317 |
|
|
Emperor
Constantine orders that his coins drop their pagan effigies one by one. |
| 321 |
|
|
Emperor
Constantine closes law courts on Sunday, except for the "pious
purpose of freeing slaves," and depreciated Sunday labor except
where necessary on farms. |
| 324 |
|
|
Constantine
becomes the sole ruler of the Roman Empire. |
| 325 |
|
|
Council of Nicea and the formation of what would become the Roman Catholic
Church by Emperor Constantine. Eusebius list of canonized books. |
| 325 |
y |
Bethlehem |
Erection of first Church
of the Nativity. Destroyed by fire in 529. |
| 330 |
y |
Rome |
Basilican Church of St.
Peter's is erected. It is pulled down in 1506 to make room for the
present cathedral. |
| 331 |
|
|
Seat of Roman Empire
moved to Constantinople. |
| 337 |
|
|
Constantine the Great is
baptized on his deathbed. He is succeeded by his three sons,
Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans |
| 338 |
|
|
Jews improve their
calender by introducing different lengths of years. |
| 340 |
|
|
Roman Empire again
splits with Constans as Western and Constantius II as Eastern Emperor. |
| 350 |
y |
Abyssinia |
Christianity introduced. |
| 351 |
|
|
|
| 363 |
|
|
Athanasius list of canonical books of the New Testament. First list
that has the same books as today's New Testament. |
| 383 |
|
Britain |
Roman legions begin to
evacuate. |
| 390 |
|
|
Jerome's Latin Vulgate Manuscripts Produced which contain All 80 Books (39
Old Test. + 14 Apocrypha + 27 New Test). |
| 450 |
|
|
Fall of the Roman Empire. |
| 600 |
|
|
LATIN is the
only language allowed for Scripture. |
| 687 |
|
|
Lindisfarne Gospels translated in an interlinear gloss form. |
| 700 |
|
|
Psalms translated by
Caedmon. |
| 735 |
|
|
Gospel of John translated by
Bede, the monk of Yarrow. |
| 850 |
|
|
British Museum Codex of the Torah copy made. |
| 900 |
|
|
Exodus and Acts translated by King Alfred the Great. |
| 916 |
|
|
The Liningrad Codex (Hebrew) made. |
| 930 |
|
|
The Aleppo Codex of the Tanakh (Hebrew) made. |
| 1054 |
|
|
The
Great Schism - Eastern Orthodox Church formed when they split from the
Roman Catholic Church. |
| 1099 |
|
|
Crusaders take
Jerusalem. |
