A Chronological History Of Christianity
From 1750 A.D. to the Present
|
Date |
Event |
| 1750 AD | The Late Modern English Language developed |
| 1750 AD | Douai-Rheims Official Catholic English Translation revised |
| 1758 AD | Benedict XIV died, Clement XIII Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1769 AD | Clement XIII died, Clement XIV Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1774 AD | Clement XIV died |
| 1775 AD | Pius VI Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1776 AD | United States of America declared independent from England on July 4th |
| 1789 AD | The Diocese of Baltimore was established on April 6th |
| 1789 AD | George Washington inaugurated 1st president of U.S. April 30th |
| 1789 AD | Pius VI appointed John Carroll Bishop of the Premier See of Baltimore |
| 1798 AD | Pius VI forcibly taken from Rome by Napoleon |
| 1799 AD | Pius VI died, August 29th in confinement at the citadel in Valence, France |
| 1800 AD | Pius VII Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1823 AD | Pius VII died, Leo XII Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1829 AD | Leo XII died, Pius VIII Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1830 AD | Pius VIII died |
| 1830 AD | Mormons founded by Joseph Smith |
| 1831 AD | Gregory XVI Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1832 AD | Church of Christ (disciples) founded |
| 1839-44 AD | Adventist formed by William Miller |
| 1845 AD | The Southern Baptist Convention formed split from Northern Baptist |
| 1846 AD | Gregory XVI died, Pius IX Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1854 AD | Pius IX pronounced in ex cathedra the definition of the Immaculate Conception (official use of papal personal infallibility) |
| 1861-65 AD | The American Civil War |
| 1869-70 AD | The 1st Ecumenical Council of The Vatican |
| 1878 AD | "Russellites" as known before 1931 after as "Jehovah's Witnesses" founded by Charles Taze Russell |
| 1878 AD | Pius IX died, Leo XIII Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1879 AD | Christian Science founded by Mary Baker Eddy |
| 1902 AD | November 9th Our parish founded, First Mass at St. Casimir Church Celebrated |
| 1903 AD | Leo XIII died, Pius X Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1903 AD | Pentecostal Church formed by A.J. Tomlinson |
| 1905 AD | The false teaching of Modernism |
| 1910-15 AD | The Fundamentals, a 12 volume collection of essays published |
| 1914 AD | Pius X died, Benedict XV Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1914-18 AD | World War I |
| 1919 AD | World's Christian Fundamentals Association founded |
| 1922 AD | Benedict XV died, Pius XI Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1925 AD | The Scopes Trial |
| 1939 AD | Pius XI died, Pius XII Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1939-45 AD | World War II |
| 1945 AD | Gnostic codices of Nag Hammadi, Egypt discovered |
| 1949 AD | Discovery of the "Dead Sea Scrolls" |
| 1950 AD | Pius XII pronounced in ex cathedra the definition of the Assumption of the Virgin (First official use of papal personal infallibility since defined in 1870) |
| 1952 AD | The Revised Standard Version |
| 1957 AD | United Church of Christ founded |
| 1958 AD | Pius XII died, John XXIII Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1958 AD | The "Catholic Patriotic Church" of China completely independent from Rome. Bishops appointed by government not the pope. Roman Catholic Church went "underground". |
| 1962-65 AD | The 2nd Ecumenical Council of The Vatican |
| 1963 AD | John XXIII died, Paul VI Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1965 AD | Mutual excommunications lifted by The Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ and Byzantine patriarch from Great Eastern Schism |
| 1970 AD | The New American Bible |
| 1978 AD | Paul VI died, John Paul Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1978 AD | John Paul died, John Paul II Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
| 1986 AD | Revised New Testament of the New American Bible |
| 1989 AD | The New Revised Standard Version Bible |
| 1994 AD | "Declaration of Cooperation" between Catholics and Evangelicals |
| 1994 AD | "Catechism of the Catholic Church" published |
| 1999 AD | "The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification" signed by Catholic and Lutheran leaders on Oct. 31 |
| 1999 AD | The Great Jubilee of the Year 2000 began on Dec. 24 with the opening of the holy door in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican |
| 2000 AD | The 1st Sunday of Lent, John Paul II solemnly asked forgiveness for the past and present sins of Christians "request for pardon" |
| 2002 AD | November 9th The Faith Community of St. Casimir celebrates its 100th Jubilee |
| 2005 AD | John Paul II died, Benedict XVI Bishop of Rome and Vicar of Jesus Christ |
