A Chronological History Of Christianity
From 476 A.D. to 1450 A.D.
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Date |
Event |
| 476 AD | Fall of the Roman Empire |
| 483 AD | Medieval Times begin |
| 483 AD | Simplicius died Felix III Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 483 AD | The schism of Patriarch Acacius began lasted for 34 years |
| 492 AD | Felix III died Gelasius Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 496 AD | Gelasius died Anastasius II Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 498 AD | Anastasius II died Symmachus Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 498 AD | Lawrence antipope in 498; 501-05 AD |
| 514 AD | Symmachus died Hormisdas Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 523 AD | Strogoths in Italy |
| 523 AD | Hormisdas died John Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 526 AD | John died Felix IV Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 527 AD | Dionysius Exiguus calculated the Christian era calendar calling them years "of the Lord" ( i.e. "Anno Domini" or "AD") |
| 527 AD | The Beginning of the Byzantine Empire |
| 529 AD | The Council of Orange |
| 530 AD | Felix IV died Boniface II Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 530 AD | Dioscorus antipope |
| 532 AD | Boniface II died |
| 533 AD | John II Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ (first to adopt a new name) |
| 535 AD | John II died Agapitus Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 536 AD | Agapitus died Silverius Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 537 AD | Silverius died Vigilius Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 543 AD | The Synod of Constantinople |
| 550 AD | Crucifix becomes Christian icon |
| 553 AD | The 2nd Ecumenical Council of Constantinople (165 bishops assisted) |
| 555 AD | Vigilius died |
| 556 AD | Pelagius Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 561 AD | The Council of Braga |
| 561 AD | Pelagius died John III Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 568 AD | The Lombards take control of Italy |
| 572 AD | The Lombards found the Kingdom of Lombardy |
| 575 AD | John III died Benedict Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 579 AD | Benedict died Pelagius II Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 590 AD | The "Plague" is in Rome |
| 590 AD | Pelagius II died Gregory (the Great) Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 596 AD | Augustine of Canterbury sent to convert Britain |
| 604 AD | Gregory (the Great) died Sabinian Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 606 AD | Sabinian died |
| 607 AD | Boniface III Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 608 AD | Boniface III died Boniface IV Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 615 AD | Boniface IV died Deusdedit Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 618 AD | Deusdedit died |
| 619 AD | Boniface V Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 622 AD | Muhammad begins to preach Islam in Mecca |
| 625 AD | Boniface V died Hondrius Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 632 AD | Muhammad dies |
| 633 AD | The Council of Toledo IV |
| 637 AD | Jerusalem captured by Islam |
| 638 AD | The Council of Toledo VI |
| 638 AD | Hondrius died |
| 640 AD | Severinus Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 640 AD | Severinus died John IV Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 642 AD | John IV died Theodore Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 649 AD | Theodore died Martin Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 649 AD | The Lateran Council |
| 655 AD | Martin resigned Eugene Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 657 AD | Eugene died Vitalian Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 672 AD | Vitalian died Deusdedit II Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 675 AD | The Council of Toledo XI |
| 676 AD | Deusdedit II died Donus Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 678 AD | Donus died Agatho Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 680-681 AD | The 3rd Ecumenical Council of Constantinople III (monotheism, 174 bishops assisted) |
| 680 AD | Iconoclasm begins disrupting Christians continues through to the 8th century |
| 681 AD | Agatho died Leo II Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 683 AD | Leo II died |
| 684 AD | Benedict II Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 685 AD | Benedict II died John V Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 686 AD | John V died Conon Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 687 AD | Theodore antipope |
| 687 AD | Pascal antipope |
| 687 AD | Conon died Sergius Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ (1st to add Agnus Dei) |
| 693 AD | Toledo XVI |
| 701 AD | Islam preached in Africa |
| 701 AD | Sergius died John VI Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 705 AD | John VI died John VII Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 707 AD | John VII died |
| 708 AD | Sisinnius Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 708 AD | Sisinnius died Constantine Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 715 AD | Constantine died Gregory II Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 731 AD | Gregory II died Gregory III Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 741 AD | Gregory III died Zachary Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 745 AD | The Council of Rome |
| 751 AD | Pepin the Short 1st King of France |
| 752 AD | Zachary died Stephen II Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 757 AD | Stephen II died Paul Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 767 AD | Paul died |
| 767 AD | Constantine antipope till 769 AD |
| 767 AD | Philip antipope |
| 768 AD | Stephen III Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 772 AD | Stephen III died Adrian Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 787 AD | The 2nd Ecumenical Council of Nicaea (veneration of holy images, 300-367 bishops assisted) |
| 795 AD | Adrian died Leo III Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 796 or 97 AD | The Council of Friuli |
| 800 AD | Charlemagne crowned Emperor of the Romans (beginning the "Holy Roman Empire") |
| 816 AD | Leo III died Stephen IV Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 817 AD | Stephen IV died Pascal Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 824 AD | Pascal died Eugene II Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 827 AD | Eugene II died Valentine Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 827 AD | Valentine died Gregory IV Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 828 AD | Egbert 1st King of England |
| 844 AD | John antipope |
| 844 AD | Gregory IV died Sergius II Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 847 AD | Sergius II died Leo IV Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 853 AD | The Council of Quiercy |
| 855 AD | Leo IV died Benedict III Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 855 AD | Anastasius antipope |
| 858 AD | Benedict III died Nicholas Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 867 AD | Nicholas died Adrian II Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 869-870 AD | The 4th Ecumenical Council of Constantinople (102 bishops assisted) |
| 872 AD | Adrian II died John VIII Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 882 AD | John VIII died Marinus Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 884 AD | Marinus died Adrian III Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 885 AD | Adrian III died Stephen V Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 891 AD | Stephen V died Formosus Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 896 AD | Formosus died Boniface VI Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 896 AD | Boniface VI died Stephen VI Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 897 AD | Stephen VI died Romanus Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 897 AD | Romanus died Theodore II Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 897 AD | Theodore II died John IX Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 900 AD | John IX died Benedict IV Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 903 AD | Benedict IV died Leo V Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 903 AD | Leo V died |
| 903 AD | Christopher antipope till 904 AD |
| 904 AD | Sergius III Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 911 AD | Sergius III died Anastasius III Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 913 AD | Anastasius III died Lando Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 914 AD | Lando died John X Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 919 AD | Holy Roman Emperor Henry the Fowler 1st Saxon King of Germany |
| 928 AD | John X died Leo VI Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 928 AD | Leo VI died Stephen VII Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 931AD | Stephen VII died John XI Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 935 AD | John XI died |
| 936 AD | Leo VII Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 939 AD | Leo VII died Stephen VIII Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 942 AD | Stephen VIII died Marinus II Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 946 AD | Marinus II died Agapitus II Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 955 AD | Agapitus II died John XII Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 964 AD | John XII deposed Leo VIII Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 964 AD | John XII died May 14th |
| 965 AD | Leo VIII expelled Benedict V Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 965 AD | Benedict V resigned forcibly by Emperor Otto I |
| 965 AD | Leo VIII died |
| 965 AD | Benedict V died |
| 966 AD | John XIII Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 972 AD | John XIII died |
| 974 AD | Benedict VI Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 974 AD | Boniface VII antipope 974; 984-85 AD |
| 974 AD | Benedict VI died Benedict VII Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 983 AD | Benedict VII died John XIV Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 984 AD | John XIV died |
| 985 AD | John XV Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 993 AD | The formal process of canonization of Saints began |
| 988 AD | The beginning of the Russian Empire |
| 996 AD | John XV died Gregory V Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 996 AD | Christian pilgrimages to the Holy Sepulcher were prohibited by al-Hakam the Mad Caliph |
| 997 AD | John XVI antipope till 998 AD |
| 999 AD | Gregory V died Silvester II Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 11th century AD | The false teaching of Catharism (heresy that caused the Inquisition) |
| 1003 AD | Silvester II died John XVII Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1003 AD | John XVII died |
| 1004 AD | John XVIII Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1009 AD | John XVIII died Sergius IV Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1012 AD | Sergius IV died Benedict VIII Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1012 AD | Gregory antipope |
| 1022 AD | Synod of Pavia Benedict VIII prohibited clerical marriage and concubinage |
| 1024 AD | Benedict VIII died John XIX Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1032 AD | John XIX died Benedict IX Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1044 AD | Benedict IX deposed |
| 1045 AD | Silvester III Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1045 AD | Benedict IX Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ (second time) |
| 1045 AD | Benedict IX deposed |
| 1045 AD | Gregory VI Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1046 AD | Gregory VI resigned Clement II Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1047 AD | Clement II died Benedict IX Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ (3rd time) |
| 1048 AD | Benedict IX resigned Damasus II Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1048 AD | Gregory VI died |
| 1048 AD | Damasus II died |
| 1049 AD | Leo IX Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1053 AD | Michael Caerularius patriarch of Constantinople sent declaration of war to Rome and closed all the Latin churches |
| 1054 AD | Caerularius excommunicated on July 16,1054 |
| 1054 AD | The Great Eastern Schism Began |
| 1054 AD | Leo IX died |
| 1055 AD | Victor II Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1057 AD | Victor II died Stephen IX Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1058 AD | Stephen IX died |
| 1058 AD | Benedict X antipope until 1059 AD |
| 1059 AD | Nicholas II Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1061 AD | Nicholas II died Alexander II Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1061 AD | Honorius II antipope until 1072 AD |
| 1065 AD | Benedict IX died ? |
| 1066 AD | The Middle English Language developed |
| 1073 AD | Alexander II died Gregory VII Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1080 AD | Clement III antipope also 1084-1100 AD |
| 1085 AD | Gregory VII died |
| 1086 AD | Victor III Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1087 AD | Victor III died |
| 1088 AD | Urban II Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1095 AD | The Council of Claremont (Urban II wants to re-conquer Jerusalem) |
| 1096-1099 AD | The 1st Crusade |
| 1099 AD | Urban II died Paschal II Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1099 AD | 20,000 crusaders took Jerusalem |
| 1100 AD | Theodoric antipope |
| 1102 AD | Albert antipope |
| 1105 AD | Silvester IV antipope until 1111 AD |
| 1118 AD | Paschal II died Gelasius II Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1118 AD | Gregory VIII antipope until 1121 AD |
| 1119 AD | Gelasius II died Callistus II Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1123 AD | The Ecumenical Council of the Lateran (900 bishops assisted) |
| 1124 AD | Callistus II died Honorius II Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1124 AD | Celestine II antipope |
| 1130 AD | Honorius II died Innocent II Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1130 AD | Anacletus II antipope until 1138 AD |
| 1138 AD | Victor IV antipope |
| 1139 AD | The 2nd Ecumenical Council of the Lateran (over 1000 bishops assisted) |
| 1143 AD | Innocent II died Celestine II Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1144 AD | Celestine II died Lucius II Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1145 AD | Lucius II died Eugene III Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1147- 49 AD | The 2nd Crusade |
| 1153 AD | Eugene III died Anastasius IV Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1154 AD | Anastasius IV died Adrian IV Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1159 AD | Adrian IV died Alexander III Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1159 AD | Victor IV antipope until 1164 AD |
| 1160 AD | The University of Paris is separated from the cathedral school of Notre Dame. |
| 1164 AD | Paschal III antipope until 1168 AD |
| 1168 AD | Callistus III antipope until 1178 AD |
| 1170 AD | The University of Oxford is founded |
| 1179 AD | Innocent III antipope until 1180 AD |
| 1179 AD | The 3rd Ecumenical Council of the Lateran (302 bishops assisted) |
| 1181 AD | Alexander III died Lucius III Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1185 AD | Lucius III died Urban III Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1187 AD | Urban III died Gregory VIII Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1187 AD | Gregory VIII died Clement III Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1189 AD | Jerusalem was lost to the Muslims |
| 1189 - 92 AD | The 3rd Crusade |
| 1191 AD | Clement III died Celestine III Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1198 AD | Celestine III died Innocent III Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1202 - 04 AD | The 4th Crusade |
| 1209 AD | The University of Cambridge is founded |
| 1215 AD | The 4th Ecumenical Council of the Lateran (most important council of the Middle Ages, 483 bishops assisted) |
| 1216 AD | Innocent III died Honorius III Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1218 - 21 AD | The 5th Crusade |
| 1225 AD | Thomas Aquinas born |
| 1227 AD | Honorius III died Gregory IX Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1228 - 29 AD | The 6th Crusade |
| 1231 AD | The origin of the suppression of heresy by the institution known as "The Inquisition" |
| 1237 AD | The "Mongol Horde" expansion into Russia and Europe |
| 1241 AD | Gregory IX died Celestine IV Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1241 AD | Celestine IV died |
| 1243 AD | Innocent IV Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1245 AD | The Ecumenical Council of Lyons (140 bishops assisted) |
| 1248 - 54 AD | The 7th Crusade |
| 1254 AD | Innocent IV died Alexander IV Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1261 AD | Alexander IV died Urban IV Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1264 AD | Thomas Aquinas wrote "On the Truth of the Catholic Faith" |
| 1264 AD | Urban IV died |
| 1265 AD | Clement IV Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1265-73 AD | Thomas Aquinas wrote "Summa Theologica" |
| 1271 AD | Clement IV died, Gregory X Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1276 AD | Gregory X died, Innocent V Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1276 AD | Innocent V died, Adrian V Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1276 AD | Adrian V died, John XXI Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1277 AD | John XXI died, Nicholas IV Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1294 AD | Nicholas IV died, Celestine V Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1294 AD | Celestine V died, Boniface VIII Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1303 AD | Boniface VIII died, Benedict XI Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1305 AD | Benedict XI died, Clement V Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1316 AD | Clement V died, John XXII Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1321 AD ? | The Divine Comedy, written by Dante Alighieri |
| 1328 AD | Nicholas V antipope |
| 1334 AD | John XXII died, Benedict XII Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1342 AD | Benedict XII died, Clement VI Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |