Christian History – History Moments

Highlights of the History of Christianity

Readings in the histories of the Catholic Church, the Protestant Denominations, the Orthodox Church, and the Christian Religion as a whole by some of the greatest writers.

Some Years listed below are approximate.

Year	Title	Author(s)
c. 30 AD	The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ	Frederic William Farrar
33	Christianity Appears	J. Ernest Renan, Isaac M. Wise, and \|John Cardinal Newman
64-68 AD	Nero Persecutes the Christians	Frederic William Farrar
155	Early Christian Martyrs	Homersham Cox
177	Christians Persecuted in Gaul	François P. G. Guizot
312	Roman Emperor Constantine Converted	Johann L. Von Mosheim
325	Arianism and the First Nicene Council	Johann L. Von Mosheim\| \|Arthur P. Stanley
597 AD	Augustine’s Missionary Work in England	The Venerable Bede\| \|John R. Green
772-814	Charlemagne	François P.G. Guizot
827 AD	Egbert Becomes King of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy	David Hume
988	Czar Vladimir Converts to Christianity	Andrew N. Mouravieff
1000	Chivalry	Léon Gautier
1048	Holy Roman Emperor Takes Control of the Papacy	Ferdinand Gregorovius\| \|Joseph Darras
1054	Orthodox, Catholics Split	Henry F. Tozer\| \|Joseph Deharbe
1077	Hildebrand’s Papal Triumph	Arthur Robert Pennington\| \|Artaud De Montor
1095	Pope Launches Crusade	Jack Le Moine
1096-1099	The First Crusade	Sir George W. Cox
1118	Knights Templar Founded	Charles G. Addison
1155	Arnold of Brescia Versus Saint Bernard	Johann A. W. Neander
1170	Becket’s Murder	Father John Lingard
1187	Saladin Takes Jerusalem From the Christians	Sir George W. Cox
1189-1194	The Third Crusade	Henry Von Sybel
1190-1809	The Teutonic Knights	Frederick C. Woodhouse

Year	Title	Author(s)
1204	Constantinople Taken by the Western Crusaders	Edwin Pears
1208	Zenith of Papal Power	Thomas F. Tout
1270	Louis IX Leads The Last Crusade	Joseph François Michaud
1290	England Expels the Jews	Henry Hart Milman
1300	First Great Jubilee of the Roman Catholic Church	Ferdinand Gregorovius
1314	End of the Knights Templars	Frederick C. Woodhouse\| \|Henry Hart Milman
1378	Great Pope/Anti-Pope Schism Begins	Henry Hart Milman
1382	Wycliffe Translates The Bible Into English	J. Paterson Smyth
1414	Council of Constance 1414	Richard Lodge
1415	The Trial and Burning of John Huss	Richard Chenevix Trench
1429	Joan of Arc at Orleans	Sir Edward S. Creasy
1431	Joan of Arc’s Trial and Execution	Jules Michelet
1438	Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges	William H. Jervis and Réné François Rohrbacher
1447-1455	Nicholas V Rebuilds Rome	Mrs. Margaret Oliphant
1478	Spanish Inquisition Established	William H. Rule\| \|James Balmes
1490-1498	Savonarola’s Career	Pasquale Villari\| \|Jean C. L. Sismondi
1502	The Rise And Fall Of The Borgias	Niccolo Machiavelli
1508	Painting the Sistine Chapel	Charles Clement
1517	Luther Begins the Reformation in Germany	Julius Koestlin\| \|Jean-M.-Vincent Audin
1527	Charles V Sacks Rome	Benvenuto Cellini\| \|T. Adolphus Trollope
1529	The English Reformation and Wolsey’s Fall	John Richard Green
1533	Calvin Driven From Paris to Geneva	A. M. Fairbairn\| \|Jean M. V. Audin
1540	Jesuits Founded	Isaac Taylor
1543	Henry VIII Makes Himself Head of the Church of England	John R. Green
1545	The Council of Trent and the Counter-Reformation	Sir Adolphus W. Ward

Year	Title	Author(s)
1546	Protestant Struggle Against Charles V – The Smalkaldic War	Edward Armstrong
1549	Christianity Introduced Into Japan	John H. Gubbins
1555	The Peace of Augsburg and the Abdication of Charles V	William Robertson
1572	John Knox and Scotland’s Reformation	Thomas Carlyle
1572	The Saint Bartholomew Day Massacre	Henry White\| \|Isaac d’Israeli
1572	Scotland’s Presbyterian Reformation	Peter Hume Brown
1593	Henry of Navarre Ends French Religeous Wars	Maximilien De Béthune, Duc De Sully
1620	The Pilgrims Settle Plymouth, Massachusets	John S. Barry
1630	Puritan’s Great Migration to New England	John G. Palfrey
1633	Galileo Versus Inquisition	Sir Oliver Lodge
1633	Galileo Recants	Sir Oliver Lodge
1643	Westminister Assembly Establishes Presbyterianism in England	David Masson
1685	The Edict of Nantes Revoked	Bon Louis Henri Martin
1692	Salem Witchcraft Trials	Richard Hildreth

Year	Title	Author(s)
1738	Wesley Begins Methodism	William E.H. Lecky
1829	Catholic Emancipation in Ireland	William E. Gladstone\| \|William E.H. Lecky\| \|Daniel O’Connell
1848	Pius IX Flees Rome	Francis Bowen
1906	France Separates Church and State	Émile Combes\| \|\| John Ireland\| \| Henry H. Sparling
1959	Loretta Young’s Crisis	Jack Le Moine

Analytical Articles

Title	Author(s)
History and God	Jack Le Moine
Christianity Comes to Scandinavia	Samuel Astley (SA) Dunham

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