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CALENDAR OF RELIGIOUS EVENTS
CALENDAR OF
RELIGIOUS EVENTSBelow are dates of events relative to thehistor
of Christendo!" The are not
#lai!ed to $e a##%rate" The are ta&enfro! vario%s re#orded
histori#al events"
The exact birth place and birth date of biblicalJesus is one
example of the difficulty in exact
dating.
Calendars in different regions varied and
many have changed over the millenniums,adding to the difficulty
for scholarsdetermining dates of events. There are many
anachronisms.
BCE 'BEFORE C(RISTIANERA )
1023 Saul became first king ofIsrael.1000 David b.-c.1040,
d.-c.9 0,became second king of
Israel. Davidmade !erusalem "is ca#ital after defeating
t"e!ebusite in"abitants.9$3 Solomon, a son of Davidbecame king for
fort%%ears.9&0 Solomon built a 'em#le in!erusalem.933 Solomon
died, "is 12 tribes s#litinto t(o grou#s, ten as a breaka(a%
#ol%t"eistgrou# and t(o ("o remained as )ebre(s.$22 Sargon ended
t"e kingdom of Israel
de#orts in"abitants.$&3 *ome establis"ed circa $&3
&+$or &+ , or &+3, !erusalem attackedand destro%ed b%
king /ebuc"adne ar ("otook t"ousands of ca#tive )ebre(s back to
ab%lon.&39 ab%lonia fell to ersiansled b% %rus.&3$ %rus
'"e reat, b. - d. &29,
1&49- rancis 5avier first missionar% to!a#an. irst #ra%er
book of 6ing d(ard 7Ia##roved.1&&3 8ar% ueen of Scots
#ersecutes"eretics. - :a( concerning religion #assedduring 6ing
d(ard;s reign annulled in
arliament.1&&4- ects from t"eir allegiance.
1&$1 uritans in arliament #ro#osedalterations in "ristian
religion.1&$1 )ol% :eague formed b% 7enice.1&$1 a#ac%
counter 'urkis" ?8uslim@su#remac% in t"e ast
8editerranean.1&$1- !o"n of
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6ing of ersia, &&9 &29 conAuered ab%lonc.&3+.
%rus allo(ed )ebre(s "eld in
ab%lon since c.&+3 to return to !erusalemc.&3$.'"ree
%ears later %rus ordered t"e rebuildingof t"e )ebre( 'em#le in
!erusalem. '"ere is
some sc"olarl% doubt about "is ordering t"isevent.
&9+ /ebuc"adne arconAuered !erusalem.334
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44 aesar assassinated.3$ *omans occu#% !erusalem -became #art of
*oman em#ire.31 )erod a##ointed vassal kingof !udea.30
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saved from "ell. *oman c"urc" becamecat"olic ?universal - not
onl% for ;c"osen fe(;- !e(s onl%@.&& '"e '"omas or
Did%mus?t(in@ gos#el (ritten c.&& a##eared as (ell assome
ot"er gos#el stories ("ic" ma% "avebeen (ritten earlier, #ossibl%
c.30 .
1 *oman conAuest ofDruids of 8ona
2 orit% returned.1+23 In Ireland, t"e at"olic
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1&0 /e( 'estament scri#turesa##ear su##orting oral
traditionG t"e (ritten(ord is establis"ed as t"e foundation of
"ristianit%.1 1 Increased #ersecution of
"ristians under t"e rule of 8arcus ected b% :ords,t"e Duke of
Eork o##osed it.
1+2& Sout" Seas om#an% cras" - greatmone% #anic in ritis"
m#ire.1+2 Sultan 8u"ammad II sla%s "isguards.1+2+ Ireland,
at"olic
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3&4 St
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1094 '"e irst rusade began,ending in 1099.1204 '"e ourt" rusade
began.121 '"e ift" rusade began endingin 1220.
ust ast"e "ristians "ave not. '"ere (as t"eim#ortant sea battle
(on b% "ristians inBctober 1&$1, ("ic" occurred at :e#anto
int"e ulf of atros reece. '"is "eld back t"eadvance of 8uslims in
uro#e.
COMMENT J C"en t"ese internecine religiousconflicts are
anal%sed, t"ere is al(a%s t"e"idden agenda. It usuall% involves
strategicterritor% for a militar% advantage, and t"egaining of
resources and trade for t"e #ur#ose(ealt" and #o(er. conomic
com#etition is aeu#"emism for economic (ars ("ic" lead to#"%sical
(ars. 8one% and #o(er su##orting greed #la% t"ema>or role, no
matter "o( obfuscated it is int"e "istorical accounts of so-called
religious(ars.
'"ere is no need for conflicts bet(een #eo#leincluding religious
#eo#le. *ational reason,
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1&22 Sultan Sule%man, '"e8agnificent, b.1490-d.1& , (as
overt"ro(n.8ost of uro#e saved from Islamic conAuest.1&2 8uslim
Sule%man defeated t"e)ungarians. Sule%man attacked 7ienna butdid
not conAuer it. 8uslims continuedattacking 7ienna.1&2 Sultan
Sule%man killed :ouis of)ungar% and most of )ungar% >oined
t"eBttoman m#ire.1&29 Sultan Sule%man (as defeated at7ienna and
"ristian uro#e is saved from
Islam rule.1&32 ranmer became
