30 CE: Jesus is crucified
36 CE - c.40 CE: Paul the Apostle is struck blind and called to Christianity while travelling here
50 CE – 52 CE: Paul preaches in the European mainland for the first time
248 CE: Cyprian elected bishop of Carthage
301 CE: This country becomes the first in the world to adopt Christianity as a state religion
313-23 CE: Constantine the Great makes Christianity the official religion of his empire
354 CE: Augustine of Hippo is born in Tagaste
367 CE: Athanasius codifies the New Testament
451 CE: The Council of Chalcedon convened here affirms the nature of Christ
731: Bede’s Ecclesiastical History is published
732: Charles Martel wins the Battle of Tours and limits Islamic expansion in Western Europe
966: Mieszko I is baptised and converts his new country to Christianity
1139: This new western European nation proclaims Christianity as its religion
1192: The Crusaders install Guy of Lusignan, deposed King of Jerusalem, as Lord of this island
1289: Mamluks retake the Crusader held city of Tripoli here
1387: This country becomes the last in Europe to convert to Christianity
1389: Ottoman invaders move into the central Balkans after a bloody battle against Serbia here
1412: Jan Hus delivers his address Quaestio magistri Johannis Hus de indulgentiis
1448: Religious leaders in this Orthodox country break with Constantinople
1457-1504: Stephen the Great (Stefan Cel Mare) wins many victories against the Ottomans, but ultimately his land is occupied by the Ottomans until 1878
1478: The Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition is established here
1517: Martin Luther publishes the Ninety Five Theses
1526: The Ottomans win the Battle of Mohács and take control of this country
1541-49: John Calvin leads religious reformation in this country
1566: William the Silent, a convert to Calvinism, starts the Eighty Years' War to liberate this country from Spain
1649–1653: Oliver Cromwell leads a brutal conquest of this country, crushing the Catholic majority
1683: A Christian Coalition repels the Ottomans here and marks the limit of their European expansion
1878: This Christian southern European country becomes independent of Ottoman rule, merging with Eastern Rumelia seven years later
1910: Mother Teresa is born in this country within the Ottoman Empire
1962: A Papal Council here establishes a more tolerant approach to Protestantism
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