Reformation: 1309 - 1638
...2 rev 16th century Religion Christianity Germany 1524 1524 William Tyndale studies in the university at Wittenberg and plans to translate the Bible into English Tyndale, William ( c. 1494–1536) A Dictionary of British History 1 rev 16th century Literature English literature Literature in English German literature Religion Christianity British Isles Europe Germany Britain 1525 1525 Luther, a former friar, marries Catherine von Bora, a former nun who has just emerged from her convent Luther, Martin (1483–1546) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian...
Christianity: c. 6 BCE - 2006
...northeast America, inspired by the earlier example of Jonathan Edwards Great Awakening, The The Oxford Companion to American Literature 6 18th century Religion North America United States 1795 1795 Thomas Paine publishes his completed Age of Reason , an attack on conventional Christianity Age of Reason, The The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 18th century Britain 1750-1900 Literature English literature Literature in English Religion Great Britain - from 1707 British Isles Europe Britain 1795 1795 A secret Protestant group, the Orange...
Religion: c. 4000 BCE - 2005
...northeast America, inspired by the earlier example of Jonathan Edwards Great Awakening, The The Oxford Companion to American Literature 6 18th century Christianity North America United States 1795 1795 Thomas Paine publishes his completed Age of Reason , an attack on conventional Christianity Age of Reason, The The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 18th century Britain 1750-1900 Literature English literature Literature in English Christianity Great Britain - from 1707 British Isles Europe Britain 1795 1795 A secret Protestant group, the Orange...
Monasticism: c. 420 BCE - 1814
...British History 1 rev 7th century Religion Christianity Scotland British Isles Europe Ireland Britain c. 698 698 The Lindisfarne Gospels are written and illuminated by Celtic monks on the Scottish island of Lindisfarne Lindisfarne Gospels The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 7th century Celts Arts Painting British painting Religion Christianity Scotland British Isles Europe Society Britain 845 845 On the orders of the T'ang emperor, 4000 monasteries are destroyed in China and 250,000 monks and nuns forced into secular life T'ang dynasty A...
Papacy: c. 60 - 2006
...vein of mock-heroic in English poetry Pope, Alexander (1688–1744) A Dictionary of British History 1 rev 18th century Literature English literature Literature in English Poetry Great Britain - from 1707 British Isles Europe Britain 1796 1796 Napoleon creates in northern Italy the Cisalpine Republic, formed from occupied territores including the papal states of Bologna and Ferrara Repubblica Cisalpina The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature 1 18th century French Revolution French Revolutionary Wars War Italy Wars and Revolutions 1797 1797 Pope Pius VI is...
Caliphs: 632 - 1517-1920
...royalty Muslim empires Mesopotamia Asia West Asia Iraq Empires c. 800 800 The luxury of Baghdad, under the caliph Harun al-Rashid, is evident in the Thousand and One Nights Arabian Nights Entertainments, or The Thousand and One Nights The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature 3 8th century 9th century Social and domestic Mesopotamia Asia West Asia Iraq Society c. 850 850 The caliphs in Baghdad begin to employ Turkish slaves, or Mamelukes, in their armies Mamelukes The Oxford Companion to Military History 1 9th century Politics Dynasties and royalty...
Judaism: 3761 BCE - c. 1947
...of Judaea by the senate in Rome, establishes his rule over Palestine Herod ( c. 73 bc –4 bc ) The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature 3 1st century BCE Politics Dynasties and royalty Asia West Asia Palestine and Israel 20 BCE 20 BCE Herod the Great, king of Judaea, begins to build a spectacular new Temple for the Jews on the sacred mount in Jerusalem Herod ( c. 73 bc –4 bc ) The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature 3 1st century BCE Roman empire Religion Jerusalem Asia West Asia Palestine and Israel Empires c. 20 20 Saul of Tarsus, later known...
Islam: c. 100 - 2005
...Protest and rebellion Terrorism and assassination Religion Asia West Asia Palestine and Israel 1988 1988 Ayatollah Khomeini declares a fatwa against Salman Rushdie for his Satanic Verses Rushdie Affair The Oxford Dictionary of Islam 1 1980s 20th century Literature English literature Literature in English Fiction Religion Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Asia Central Asia Iran (Persia) Europe Britain c. 1988 1988 Osama bin Laden's involvement in the fight against Soviet forces in Afghanistan leads to his development of...
