First General Council of Church, at Nice....................... 325

Athanasius Patriarch of Alexandria............................ 326

Death of Arius.............................................. 336

Saxons invade Gaul.......................................... 370

Second General Council of Church, at Constantinople........... 381

Alaric proclaimed King of the Goths.......................... 382

Roman legions withdraw from Britain..........................418

Third General Church Council, at Ephesus...................... 431

Fourth General Church Council, at Chalcedon..................451

Battle of Chalons, the Huns defeated by the Romans........... 451

Event Date, A. D.

Venice founded.............................................. 452

Great fire in Constantinople...................................465

Earthquakes at Constantinople, lasting for forty days........... 480

Conquest of Italy by Theodorus............................489-493

Nestorian Missions began..................................... 500

Paris made the Capital....................................... 510

Benedictine Order founded................................... 528

Plague begins in Persia, its ravages extend for thirty years....... 531

The Gothic War...........................................535-540

Invasion of Roman Empire by Slavs and Huns.................. 550

Fifth General Council, held at Constantinople.................. 553

Conquest of Italy by Lombards............................556-571

Birth of Mohammed....... ..........................570 or 571

Augustine arrives in England (died 605)........................597

Supremacy of Roman Bishop acknowledged.....................602

Mohammed begins to preach at Mecca..........................610

Damascus and Jerusalem taken by the Persians..................614

Flight of Mohammed from Mecca............................. 622

Battle of Beder, first victory of Mohammed.................... 623

Death of Mohammed......................................... 632

Caliph Omar takes Jerusalem and founded Mosque of Omar......637

Invasion of Egypt and capture of Alexandria................639-640

Theodus, Pope of Rome, the first called " Sovereign Pontiff ".....642

First invasion of Africa by Saracens........................... 647

The Colossus of Rhodes destroyed............................ 653

Sixth General Council, at Constantinople....................... 680

Doge of Venice first elected for life............................ 697

Carthage conquered and burned by Saracens.................... 698

Saracens invade Spain....................................... 710

Invasion of France by Saracens................................ 721

Conquest of Sardinia by Saracens.............................. 723

Victory over Saracens by Martel at Tours...................... 732

Death of the Venerable Bcde.................................................. 735

Great Earthquake at Constantinople....................................... 740

The Plague at Constantinople................................................. 747

Merovingian line of French kings ended.................................. 752

Carlovingian line begins, Pepin crowned king............................752

Council at Constantinople condemns worship with pictures, images and crucifix.................................................................. 754

Charlemagne begins to reign in,France..................................... 772

Events Date A. D.

Lombard Kingdom overthrown by Charlemagne................ 774

Seventh general Council at Nice re-established image worship.... 787

Charlemagne crowned Emperor of the West, at Rome........... 800

Charlemagne imposes Athanasian Creed on Church.............. 802

Death of Charlemagne...................................... 814

Kingdom of Navarre founded................... .............. 857

Russian Monarchy founded by Ruric, a Verandian chief......... 8G2

Eighth general Council at Constantinople.....................869-970

Norwegian settlement in Iceland.............................. 874

Arnuph, King of Germany, besieged Rome and is crowned Emperor 894

Tang dynasty in China ends................................... 907

Sung dynasty in China founded............................... 960

Deposition of Pope by Otto I, Emperor of Romans............... 963

Pope Benedict VI Strangled at Rome............................ 979

Edward, King of England martyred.............................. 975

Greenland colonized from Iceland.............................. 983

Hugh Capet, founder of the Capetian line, crowned King of France 987

Greek Ritual introduced into Russia........................... 988

Earliest canonization of a saint................................. 993

Hungary erected by Pope Sylvester II into a Kingdom for Duke

Stephen....................................................1000

First invasion of India by Mahmud............................1001

Submission of all England to Sweyn, King of Denmark......... 1013

Total defeat of Danes at Clontarf. Henry II of Germany crowned..................................................1014

Bulgaria made a province of Roman Empire....................1017

Navarre divided into kingdoms of Castile and Arragon..........1035

Turks conquer Persia and found the Seljukian dynasty..........1038

Pope Leo IX taken prisoner by Robert Guiscard at battle of

Civitello...................................................1053

The Pope and Patriarch at Constantinople excommunicate each other......................................................1054