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c. 73 BCE - 4 BCE

Life of Herod the Great, king of Judea.
c. 6 BCE - c. 30 CE

Life of Jesus Christ.
26 CE - 36 CE

Jesus of Nazareth is crucified during the reign of Pontius Pilate in Judea.
c. 36 CE - c. 40 CE

Call of Paul, the apostle.
42 CE - 62 CE

Paul the Apostle goes on missionary journeys across Asia Minor, Greece, and Rome.
c. 49 CE

Paul the Apostle visits Philippi in Macedon.
c. 50 CE - c. 60 CE

Letters of Paul.
c. 50 CE - c. 60 CE

Establishment of various Christian communities in the Eastern Mediterranean, Greece, Egypt, and at least the city of Rome.
c. 50 CE - c. 70 CE

The early Christian document the Didache is composed. .
60 CE

An early Christian community is established at Gortyn, Crete.
64 CE

Unofficial persecution of Christians in Rome.
64 CE

The great fire in Rome.
c. 65 CE - c. 100 CE

The tales of the life and work of Jesus (gospels) composed.
66 CE - 73 CE

The Jewish Revolt against Rome.
c. 69 CE - c. 70 CE

The Gospel of Mark.
70 CE

The city of Jerusalem is besieged and captured by Rome; the Second Temple destroyed.
c. 85 CE

The Gospel of Matthew.
c. 95 CE

The Gospel of Luke and Acts of the Apostles.
202 CE

The earliest record of a Christian church at Edessa.
c. 239 CE - c. 330 CE

Life of Saint Gregory the Illuminator who is credited with bringing Christianity to Armenia (dates disputed).
249 CE

10 Christians are famously martyred at Gortyn in a wild animal hunt.
c. 300 CE - c. 400 CE

Christianization of Lutetia.
c. 300 CE - c. 350 CE

Christian Basilica built at Nemea.
313 CE

Roman emperor Constantine I tolerates Christianity.
c. 314 CE

Armenia adopts Christianity as the state religion.
330 CE

Death of Constantine; he is baptized on his deathbed.
c. 330 CE - c. 379 CE

Life of Basil Great, one of the founding fathers of the Eastern Christian Church and Byzantine Monasteries.
391 CE

Emperor Theodosius I closes pagan temples.
c. 397 CE

Saint Ninian brings Christianity to Scotland, rise of literacy and written history.
418 CE

Completion of Orosius' famous work Seven Books of History Against the Pagans.
8 Oct 451 CE - 1 Nov 451 CE

Fourth Ecumenical Council takes place in Chalcedon, determining that Jesus Christ had two distinct natures and wills, perfectly united.
500 CE

Amphipolis becomes an important Christian centre and has four basilicas.
503 CE

Clovis converts to Christianity.
506 CE

First Council of Dvin establishes that the Armenian Church did not recognize the Fourth Ecumenical Council.
532 CE - 537 CE

Hagia Sophia is built anew in Constantinople.
608 CE

The Pantheon in Rome is converted into a Christian church.
691 CE - 692 CE

Byzantine emperor Justinian II convenes the Council in Trullo to decide on rules for Christians.
862 CE

Council of Sirakawan between the Armenian and Byzantine Orthodox Churches discuss Christological issues in an effort to reunify, although ultimately unsuccessful.