Important dates and events of the ancient world

1. Important dates and events of the ancient world

33 A.D. Foundation of the Church, Ascension and Pentecost

42 Council of Jerusalem: split from the Synagogue

64-67 First Roman persecution by Emperor Nero

70 Destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple

212 Emperor Caracalla grants universal citizenship

284-304 Diocletian: reform & persecution. Armenia 1^st Christian country

313 Constantine’s edict of toleration at Milan

330 Foundation of Constantinople

380 Edict of Thessalonica (Theodosius) makes the Christian faith the official religion of the Empire.

410 Rome sacked by the Roman army with Alaric as its Magister militum.

451 Huns defeated at Châlons.

476 End of Western Roman Empire

496 Conversion of Clovis king of the Franks

529 Justinian’s closes down Plato’s Academy in Athens and issues Institutions of Civil Law

St Benedict founds Montecassino

532 Denis the Little dates history from the Incarnation

2. Important dates and events of the High Middle Ages

622 Muhammad’s Hejira

638 Jerusalem falls to Islam

674 & 718 Islam checked at Constantinople by Greek fire

692 Trullan Council first symptom of Christian disunity (priestly celibacy)

711 Islam conquers Iberia (Spain & Portugal)

732 Islam checked by Charles Martel at Tours

741 Conversion of the Khazars to Judaism

756 Pepin’s donation of land starts off the Papal States

787 Iconoclastic controversy & Second Council of Nicea

800 Charlemagne first Emperor of Holy Roman Empire

846 Islamic sack of Rome

861-9 Schism of Photius

1054 Schism of Kerularios. Orthodox Church breaks with Rome

3. Important dates and events of the Low Middle Ages

1071 Double Byzantine defeat at Bari and Manzikert

1073-85 Pontificate of Gregory VII – Spanish Campaign of the Cid

1099-1187 Jerusalem in Christian hands

1138 Council of Étampes restores order after the antipontificate of Jew Pierleoni (Anacletus II)

1204 IV Crusade. Sack of Constantinople

1200-05 Foundation of Bologna and Paris Universities

1213 Battle of Muret ends Cathar danger. Infiltration of sects however continues.

1215 Magna Charta deals first blow to feudal system

1231 Roman Inquisition by Gregory IX

1291 End of Christian presence in Holy Land

1305-78 Popes in Avignon

1347-50 Black Death (& gunpowder) deals second blow to feudalism

1356 The Golden Bull establishes electors for Holy Roman Emperor

1378-1415 Schism of the West. Council of Constance

1453 End of Eastern Roman Empire to Islam. Spice and silk routes blocked

1456 Gutenberg Bible printed at Mainz

1497 Portuguese bypass Islam via the Cape route

4. Important dates and events of the Modern Age

1492 Islamic Kingdom of Granada comes to an end

Spain expels the Jews, who regroup at Constantinople, Amsterdam and Venice.

Columbus lands in America, unaware of earlier landings (Vikings, Chinese)

1511-17 Beginning of the Protestant Reformation

1519-21 Conquest of Mexico

1533-1603 Defection of England from Catholic unity

1546-64 Council of Trent

1565 Islam checked at Malta

1571 Islam checked at Lepanto

1582 Reform of the calendar

1609 Bank of Amsterdam institutes modern usury

1618-48 Thirty Years War. Treaty of Westphalia sanctions divided Europe

1683 Islam checked at Vienna

1694 Bank of England and beginning of National Debt

1717 Freemasonry goes public two years after Louis XIV’s death

1751-80 The Encyclopédie intellectually attacks Christian civilization

1789 Revolution strikes France. Vandean genocide

5. Important dates and events of the Contemporary Age

1806 End of Holy Roman Empire

1815 Napoleon defeated at Waterloo by the forces of usury and by treason

1815 Congress of Vienna. Impotent potentates try in vain to restore order

1819 The Haute Banque usurps monetary sovereignty

1848 Communist Manifesto. Failure of revolutionary attack. Preparations for WWI begin

1861-65 American Civil War

1869-70 First Vatican Council. End of the Papal States

1908 Donmeh coup in Ottoman Empire.

1914-18 First World (Great) War. Armenian genocide (1915)

1917-20 Khazar takeover of Russia. Failure in Bavaria, Hungary and Italy

1920 League of Nations

1929 Papal States restored as Vatican City

1930s Economic crisis and depression

1936-39 Spanish Civil War checks Bolshevik attempt at takeover

1939-45 Second World War succeeds in founding the UN.

1948 State of Israel

1962-65 Second Vatican Council

1989 Apparent collapse of Communism. The baton passes to the same crowd but in the White House. Russia recovers its cultural identity.

1994 Providential advent of Internet

2001 911 marks the beginning of a global attack on civil liberties.

2008 Global financial collapse. Global elite accelerates takeover tempo.

2012 Widespread waking up of people the world over thanks to the Net.