Editing Timeline of Christian missions (section)

==Early Christianity==
{{Main|Ante-Nicene Period}}
{{See also|Timeline of Christianity#Ante-Nicene Period}}
{{See also|Early history of Christianity#Post-apostolic period}}
{{See also|Christianity in the 2nd century}}
* 100 – First Christians are reported in Monaco, Algeria; a missionary goes to [[Erbil|Arbela]], a sacred city of the [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]] that the Christian church is ''katholikos'' ("universal")
* 112 – [[Pliny the Younger]] reports rapid growth of Christianity in [[Bithynia]]<ref>Neill, p. 28</ref>
* 140 – Hermas writes:  "The [[Son of God]] ... has been preached to the ends of the earth"<ref name=barrettp23/>
* 150 – Gospel reaches [[Portugal]] and [[Morocco]]<ref name=barrettp23/>
* 166 – [[Pope Soter|Bishop Soter]] writes that the number of Christians has surpassed the [[Jews]]<ref>Neill, p. 30</ref>
* 174 – First Christians reported in Austria<ref name=barrettp23/>
* 177 – Churches in [[Lyon]] and [[Vienne, Isère|Vienne]] (southern France) report being persecuted<ref>Neill, p. 24</ref>
* 190 – Pataenus of Alexandria goes to India in response to an appeal for Christian teachers<ref>Glover, p. 20</ref>
* 196 – In [[Assuristan]] ([[Parthian Empire|Parthian]] ruled [[Assyria]]) [[Bar Daisan]] writes of Christians among the [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]], [[Parthia]]ns, [[Bactria]]ns (Kushans), and other peoples in the [[Persian Empire]]<ref name="oxuscom.com">{{cite web |author=Mark & Ruth Dickens |url=http://www.oxuscom.com/timeline.htm |title=Church of the East Timeline |work=Oxuscom.com |access-date=2010-07-10 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180011/http://www.oxuscom.com/timeline.htm }}</ref>
* 197 – [[Tertullian]] writes that Christianity had penetrated all ranks of society in North Africa<ref name="Herbermann, p. 385">Herbermann, p. 385</ref>
* 200 – First Christians are reported in Switzerland and Belgium<ref name=barrettp23/>
* 206 – [[Abgar]], the [[Assyrian people|Syriac]] King of [[Osroene|Edessa]], embraces the Christian faith<ref>Herbermann, p. 282</ref>
* 208 – [[Tertullian]] writes that Christ has followers on the far side of the [[Hadrian's Wall|Roman wall in Britain]] where Roman legions have not yet penetrated<ref>Neill, p. 31</ref>
* 250 – [[Saint Denis of Paris|Denis]] (or Denys or Dionysius) is sent from Rome along with six other missionaries to establish the church in Paris<ref>Herbermann, p. 481</ref>
* 270 – Death of [[Gregory Thaumaturgus]], Christian leader in Pontus. It was said that when Gregory became "bishop" there were only 17 Christians in Pontus while at his death thirty years later there were only 17 non-Christians.<ref>Latourette, 1941, vol. I, p. 89</ref>
* 280 – First rural churches emerge in northern Italy; Christianity is no longer exclusively in urban areas
* 287 – [[Saint Maurice|Maurice]] from [[Egypt]] is killed at Agauno, Switzerland for refusing to sacrifice to pagan divinities<ref>Walsh, Martin de Porres. ''The Ancient Black Christians'', Julian Richardson Associates, 1969, p. 5</ref>
* 300 – First Christians reported in [[Greater Khorasan]]; an estimated 10% of the world's population is now Christian; parts of the [[Bible]] are available in 10 different languages<ref name=barrettp24>Barrett, p. 24</ref>
{{See also|Christianity in the 4th century}}
* 304 – [[Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)|Armenia]] accepts Christianity as state religion<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abqarts.org/cultural/survey/armenian-cs.htm |title=The Armenian Community in Albuquerque, New Mexico |access-date=2007-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930004448/http://www.abqarts.org/cultural/survey/armenian-cs.htm |archive-date=2007-09-30 }}</ref>
* 306 – The first bishop of [[Nisibis]] is ordained<ref>Barrett, David B.,  Todd M. Johnson, Christopher R. Guidry, and Peter F. Crossing. ''World Christian Trends, AD 30-AD 2200'', William Carey Library Publishers, 2001, p. 115</ref>
* 311 – The [[Edict of Serdica]] was issued in [[Serdica]] by the Roman emperor [[Galerius]], officially ending the [[Diocletian persecution]] of Christianity in the East.
* 313 – Emperor [[Constantine I (emperor)|Constantine]] issues [[Edict of Milan]], legalizing Christianity in the [[Roman Empire]]<ref name=kanep33>Kane, p. 33</ref>
* 314 – [[Tiridates III of Armenia]] and King Urnayr of [[Caucasian Albania]] converted by [[Gregory the Illuminator]]