| Year AD | |
| 33 | Day of Pentecost |
| 48 | Council of Jerusalem |
| 64 | Persecution of church by Nero / Peter marytred. |
| 68 | Paul martyred |
| 70 | Fall of Jerusalem |
| 100 | Death of John |
| 100-165 | Justin Martyr, Philosopher turned Christian. (martyred) |
| d. 110 | Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop in Antioch who Stressed the Eucherist and the diety of Jesus. |
| 111-113 | Christianity outlawed in Rome. |
| 130-200 | Irenaesus, Bishop of Lyons, theologian, charismatic. |
| 119 | Tertullian, Christian author to write in Latin. |
| d. 156? | Polycarp (martyred) |
| 161-180 | Persecution and execution of Christians by Aurelius. |
| 185-254 | Origen, Early church scholar, writer. |
| 249-251 | Persecution of the church by Decius. |
| d. 258 | Cyprian, Catholic theologian, Bishop. (martyred) |
| 200-258 | Novation, Caused split in Rome over what to do with Christians who avoided persecution. (martyred) |
| 251-356 | Antony of Egypt, Earliest hermit monk, founder of monasticism. |
| 260-340 | Eusebius, Early church historian, writer. |
| 303 | Severe persecution of the church by Diocletian. |
| 320 | Pachomius, Hermit who started communal monasticism. |
| 293-373 | Athanasius, Bishop in Egypt, Defender of Christian Orthodoxy against Arianism. |
| 280-337 | Constantine the Great, Roman emperor who became a Christian. |
| 313 | Christianity becomes official religion of Roman Empire. |
| 325 | Council of Nicea, Creed of Christian faith and doctrine of the Trinity composed. |
| 313-355 | Donatus, Bishop who was strict on Christians, started protest movement requiring purity. |
| 315-367 | Hilary, Bishop of Poiters, spoke of spiritual gifts. |
| 315-403 | Epiphanius of Salamis, Argued against the Montanists. |
| 315-387 | Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem, believed in gifts. |
| 329-379 | Basil, Bishop of Caesarea, defended the orthodox faith against Arianism, created set of rules for those in monastic life. |
| 347-395 | Theodosius I, Roman emperor of the East who vigorously suppressed Paganism and Arianism. |
| 392 | Pagan worship outlawed throughout Roman empire. |
| d. 397 | Martin, Bishop of Tours, preached to the barbarians. |
| 354-430 | Augustine of Hippo, Christian philosopher, preacher, pastor and minister of the sacraments. Influenced the western Roman catholic church for many years. |
| 389-461 | Patrick, Missionary to Ireland, encouraged asceticism. |
| 476 | Fall of Rome |
| 465-538 | Severus, Patriarch of Antioch, wrote about healings. |
| 480-550 | Benedict, Father of Benedictine monasticism. |
| 540-604 | Gregory the Great, Monk who became Pope. |
| d. 605 | Augustine, Missionary to Celtic England, sent by pope. |
| d. 651 | Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, charismatic. |
| d. 687 | Cuthbert, Priest, charismatic. |
| 675-754 | Boniface, English missionary to Germany. (martyred) |
| b. 710 | Joseph Hazzaya |
| 890-973 | Ulrich of Augsburg, German miricle worker. |
| 1054 | Great Schism which divided Rome from the Eastern Orthodox church. |
| 1033-1109 | Anselm, bishop of Canterbury, Scholastic theologian. |
| 1140-1200 | Hugh of Lincoln, Charismatic preacher. |
| 1079-1142 | Peter Abelard, Major Christian thinker. |
| 1090-1153 | Bernard of Clairveaux, Monk, mystic. |
| 1162-1170 | Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, stood up against the King. (martyred) |
| 1204 | Constantinople sacked in Crusades. |
| 1182-1226 | Francis of Assisi, Founder of the Franciscian order. |
| 1225-1274 | Thomas Aquinas, Roman Catholic who was the greatest scholastic theologian of the middle ages. |
| 1347-1380 | Catherine of Siena, Worked miricles. |
| 1329-1384 | John Wyclif, English church reformer and writer, initiated the first translation of the bible into English. |
| 1374-1415 | Jan Hus, Church reformer. (martyred) |
| 1453 | Constantinople overrun by the Turks, Byzantine empire ends. |
| 1489-1556 | Thomas Cranmer (martyred) |
| 1483-1546 | Martin Luther, Church reformer, founder of Protestant Church. |
| 1509-1504 | John Calvin, Protestant reformer, bible interpreter. |
| 1490-1536 | William Tyndale, English biblical scholar who translated the bible into English. (martyred) |
| 1611 | King James Version of the bible first published. |
| 1624-1691 | George Fox, Founded the Quaker church. |
| 1628-1688 | John Bunyan, English minister and preacher. |
| 1703-1791 | John Wesley, Founded the Methodist movement. |
| 1700-1760 | Nikolaus Von Zinzendorf, established the Moravian Brethren. |
| 1792 | William Carey |
| 1792-1834 | Edward Irving |
| 1792-1875 | Charles Finney, The first evangelist. |
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