The History of Russian Christianity: Christian History Timeline
April 1, 1988
General World History
Before 1000 800 Charlemagne is crowned Holy Roman Emperor 935 Wang Chien establishes central monarchy in China 954–55 Norman invasions of France 963–1025 Basil II is Byzantine emperor 981 Eric the Red visits Greenland 988 Vikings attack England 1000 1000 Leif Ericsson reaches America 1054 The Great Separation between Eastern and Western Churches takes place, and largely remains to this day 1066 The Normans conquer England 1071 Byzantine Empire is defeated by Turks at Manzikert 1096–99 First Crusade: to Jerusalem 1100 1100–1135 The first of the Henrys rules in England 1113–1115 Bernard joins the Christian Order, becomes first abbot of Clairvaux 1170 Thomas Becket is murdered 1182–1226 St. Francis of Assisi lives 1187 Saladin captures Jerusalem 1200 1200 Islam begins to replace Indian religions 1215 King John signs Magna Carta 1228-29 Sixth Crusade: Jerusalem regained 1244–1917 Jerusalem in Muslim hands 1260–94 Kublai Khan is emperor of China 1270 Eighth Crusade: to Tunis 1271–95 Marco Polo journeys to China 1273 Rise of Hapsburg family begins 1274 Thomas Aquinas dies 1275 The earliest recorded human dissection takes place 1280–1368 Yuan Dynasty rules China 1300 1305–76 Popes reside at Avignon 1327 Aztecs establish Mexico City 1328–1384 John Wycliffe lives 1348–1453 Hundred Years’ War 1348–50 Black Death ravages Europe 1368–1644 Ming Dynasty in China 1378–1417 The Great schism divides the papacy 1400 1415 Jan Hus is martyred 1420–33 Hussite Wars 1431 Joan of Arc burned 1479–1516 Ferdinand and Isabella rule in Spain 1485–1509 Henry VII, the first Tudor king of 1492–1504 Christopher Columbus discovers America, recrosses Atlantic four times 1490 The first orphanages are established in Italy and Holland 1500 1500 In Europe, the end of the ...
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