Editing Timeline of Christian missions (section)

==Era of the seven Ecumenical Councils==
{{Main|Rise of Christianity during the Fall of Rome|First seven Ecumenical Councils}}
{{See also|Timeline of Christianity#First Seven Ecumenical Councils}}
* 327 – [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] King [[Mirian III of Iberia]] converted by [[Saint Nino|Nino]]<ref>Fortescue, Adrian. ''The Eastern Churches Trilogy'', Gorgias Press LLC, 2001, p. 17</ref>
* 330 – Ethiopian King [[Ezana of Axum]] makes Christianity an official religion
* 332 – Two young Roman Christians, [[Saint Frumentius|Frumentius]] and Aedesius, are the sole survivors of a ship destroyed in the [[Red Sea]] due to tensions between Rome and [[Kingdom of Aksum|Aksum]]. They are taken as slaves to the Ethiopian capital of [[Axum]] to serve in the royal court.<ref name=barrettp24/>
* 334 – The first bishop is ordained for [[Merv]] / [[Transoxiana]] (area of modern-day Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and southwest Kazakhstan)<ref>Korolevsky, Cyril. ''Living Languages in Catholic Worship: An Historical Inquiry'', Longmans, Green, 1957, p. 14</ref>
* 337 – Emperor [[Constantine I (emperor)|Constantine]] baptized shortly before his death<ref>Anderson, p. 149</ref>
* 341 – [[Ulfilas]] begins work with the [[Goths]] in present-day Romania<ref name="Neill, p. 48">Neill, p. 48</ref>
* 343 – The [[Council of Serdica]], or Synod of Serdica{{sfn|Denzinger|Hünermann|2012|p=54}} (also '''Sardica'''), was a [[synod]] convened in 343 at [[Serdica]] in the civil [[diocese of Dacia]], by [[Dominate|Roman dominate]] [[Roman Emperor (Dominate)|Emperor]]s [[Constans I]], [[Augustus (honorific)|augustus]] in the West, and [[Constantius II]], augustus in the East. It attempted to resolve the Arian controversy, and was attended by about 170 bishops. It was convened by the two augusti at the request of Pope Julius I. 
* 350 – Bible is translated into the Sahidic dialect of the Egyptian [[Coptic language]].<ref>Latourette, 1941, vol. I, p. 257</ref>
* 354 – Theophilus "the Indian" reports visiting Christians in India;<ref name="oxuscom.com"/> [[Philostorgius]] mentions a community of Christians on the [[Socotra]] islands, south of Yemen in the [[Arabian Sea]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianchristianity.com/html/chap4/chapter4c.htm |title=Indian Christianity |publisher=Indian Christianity |access-date=2010-07-10}}</ref>
* 364 – Conversion of [[Vandals]] to Christianity begins during reign of Emperor [[Valens]]<ref>Herbermann, p. 268</ref>
* 370 – [[Ulfilas|Wulfila]] translates the Bible into [[Gothic language|Gothic]], the first [[Bible translations|Bible translation]] done specifically for missionary purposes
* 378 – [[Jerome]] writes, "From India to Britain, all nations resound with the death and resurrection of Christ"<ref name=barrettp24/>
* 380 – Roman Emperor [[Theodosius I]] makes Christianity the official state religion<ref>Walker, pp. 117-118</ref>
* 382 – [[Jerome]] is commissioned to translate the Gospels (and subsequently the whole Bible) into Latin.<ref>Price, p. 78</ref>
* 386 – [[Augustine of Hippo]] converted<ref>Latourette, 1953, p. 97</ref>
* 397 – [[Saint Ninian|Ninian]] evangelizes the Southern [[Picts]] of Scotland; three missionaries sent to the mountaineers in the [[Trento]] region of northern Italy are martyred<ref>Latourette, 1941, vol. I, p. 199</ref>
* 400 – Hayyan begins proclaiming gospel in [[Yemen]] after having been converted in Hirta on the Persian border; in starting a school for native Gothic evangelists, John Chrysostom writes, "'Go and make disciples of all nations' was not said for the Apostles only, but for us also"<ref name=barrettp24/>
{{See also|Christianity in the 5th century}}
* 410 – New Testament translated into [[Armenian language|Armenian]]<ref name="Neill, p. 48"/>
* 420 – A Pre-[[Islam]] Arabian [[Bedouin]] tribe under sheikh Peter-Aspebet is converted<ref>{{cite journal|last=Brunot|first=Amédée|title=Aspebet-Peter…The Bedouin Bishop|journal=Catholic Near East Magazine|date=Spring 1978|url=http://www.cnewa.org/default.aspx?ID=124&pagetypeID=4&sitecode=US&pageno=1|access-date=16 May 2012}}</ref> 
* 425 – The first bishops are ordained for [[Herat]] (Afghanistan) and [[Samarkand]] (Uzbekistan)
* 432 – [[Saint Patrick|Patrick]] goes to Ireland as missionary<ref>Neill, p. 49</ref>
* 450 – First Christians reported in [[Liechtenstein]]<ref name=barrettp24/>
* 496 – Conversion of [[Clovis I]], king of [[Franks]] in [[Gaul]], along with 3,000 warriors<ref>Neill, pp. 51, 95</ref>
* 499 – Persian king [[Kavadh I]], fleeing his country, meets a group of Christian missionaries going to Central Asia to preach to the Turks
* 500 – First Christians reported in [[History of Yemen|North Yemen]]; Nairam becomes Christian center
{{See also|Christianity in the 6th century}}
* 508 – Philoxenus of [[Mabug]] begins translation of the Bible into [[Syriac language|Syriac]]<ref>Price, Ira Maurice. ''The Ancestry of Our English Bible''. Harper, 1956, p. 193.</ref>
* 529 – [[Benedict of Nursia]] destroys a pagan temple at [[Monte Cassino]] (Italy) and builds a monastery<ref>Latourette, 1953, p. 333</ref>
* 535 – The [[Hephthalite]] Huns – [[nomad]]s living in northern China and [[Central Asia]], who were also known as the White Huns – are taught to read and write by [[Church of the East]] missionaries.
* 542 – Julian (or Julianus) from [[Constantinople]] begins evangelizing [[Nubia]], accompanied by an Egyptian named Theodore<ref>Anderson, p. 347</ref>
* 563 – [[Columba]] sails from Ireland to Scotland where he founds an evangelistic training center on [[Iona]]<ref>Gailey, p. 41</ref>
* 569 – [[Longinus (missionary)|Longinus]], church leader in [[Nobatia]], evangelizes [[Alodia]] (in what is now [[Sudan]])
* 578 – Conversion to Christianity of [[Al-Nu'man III ibn al-Mundhir|An-numan III]], last of Lakhmids (Pre Islam Arab prince)
* 585 – Irish missionary [[Columbanus]] arrives with twelve fellow missionaries in [[Brittany]], France
* 592 – Death of Celtic/Irish missionary [[Moluag]] (Old Irish: Mo-Luóc)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cushnieent.force9.co.uk/CelticEra/Saints/saints_moluag.htm |title=St Moluag of Lismore |work=Cushnieent.force9.co.uk |access-date=2010-07-10}}</ref>
* 596 – [[Gregory the Great]] sends [[Augustine of Canterbury|Augustine]] and a team of missionaries to (what is now) England to reintroduce the Gospel. The missionaries settle in [[Canterbury]] and within a year baptize 10,000 people<ref>Neill, pp. 58-59; Tucker, p. 46 {{verify source|date=August 2013}}</ref>
* 600 – First Christian settlers in [[Andorra]] (between France and Spain)
{{See also|Christianity in the 7th century}}
* 604 – A church is reportedly planted on [[Thorney Island (London)|Thorney Island]] (where [[Westminster Abbey]] now stands)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roperld.com/RoperLord.htm |title=Lord Roper of Thorney Island |work=Roperld.com |date=1935-09-10 |access-date=2010-07-10}}</ref>
* 610 – [[Saint Columbanus]] and [[Saint Gall]] flee from [[Luxeuil]] (France) to Alemannia and preach the Gospel in [[Tuggen]] and [[Bregenz]]
* 627 – Conversion of King [[Edwin of Northumbria]]<ref name="ecole.evansville.edu">{{cite web|url=http://ecole.evansville.edu/timeline/index.html |title=The Ecole Chronology Project |work=Ecole.evansville.edu |access-date=2010-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616031732/http://ecole.evansville.edu/timeline/index.html |archive-date=2010-06-16 }}</ref>
* 629 – [[Saint Amand|Amandus of Elnon]] is consecrated a missionary bishop. He evangelized the region around [[Ghent]] and went on missions to Slavs along the [[Danube]] and to [[Basque people|Basques]] in [[Navarre]]<ref>Anderson, p. 16</ref>
* 630 – Conversion of the East [[Angles (tribe)|Angles]] (one of the seven kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon [[Heptarchy]])<ref name="ecole.evansville.edu"/>
* 635 –  First Christian missionaries ([[Church of the East in China|Church of the East]] monks, including [[Alopen]], from [[Asia Minor]] and [[Iran|Persia]] arrive in China;<ref>Neill, p. 81</ref> [[Aidan of Lindisfarne]] begins evangelizing in the heart of [[Northumbria]] (England)<ref>Anderson, p. 8</ref>
* 637 – [[Lombards]], a German people living in northern Italy, become Christians
* 638 – A church building is erected in [[Chang'an]], then perhaps the largest city in the world (see [[Daqin Pagoda]])
* 647 – Amadeus, [[bishop of Maastricht]], carries out missionary work in [[Frisia]] (Netherlands) and among the [[Slavic peoples|Slavs]]
* 650 – First church organized in Netherlands<ref name=barrettp24/>
* 673 – [[Irish people|Irish]] monk [[Maol Rubha]] founds a training center at [[Applecross|Aprochrosan]] that would serve as a base for missionary outreach into Scotland<ref>Gaelic Society of Inverness. ''Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness'', The Society, 1985, p. 161</ref>
* 680 – First translation of Christian scriptures into Arabic
* 687 – Conversion of Sussex<ref name="ecole.evansville.edu"/>
* 689 – Pagans kill Irish missionary [[Saint Kilian|Kilian]] near [[Würzburg]] in what is now Germany.<ref>Herbermann, p. 639</ref>
* 692 – [[Willibrord]] and 11 companions cross the [[North Sea]] to become missionaries to the [[Frisia]]ns (modern-day Netherlands)<ref name=kanep41>Kane, p. 41</ref>
* 697 – Muslims overrun [[Carthage]], capital of [[North Africa]]<ref>Gailey, p. 43</ref>
{{See also|Christianity in the 8th century}}
* 720 – Caliph [[Umar II]] puts heavy pressure on the Christian Berbers to convert to Islam
* 716 – [[Boniface]] begins missionary work among [[Germanic tribes]]<ref name="Tucker, 2004, p. 55">{{harvnb|Tucker|2004|p=55}}</ref>
* 724 – Boniface fells pagan sacred oak of [[Thor]] at [[Geismar]] in [[Hesse]] (Germany)<ref>Neill, p. 64</ref>
* 732 – Muslim advance from Spain and southern France stopped by [[Charles Martel]] at the [[Battle of Tours]] and Poitiers
* 740 – Irish monks reach Iceland<ref>Moreau, p. 467</ref>
* 771 – [[Charlemagne]] becomes king and decree that sermons will be given in the [[vernacular]]. He also commissioned Bible translations.<ref>Herzog, p. 351</ref>
* 781 – [[Xi'an Stele]] erected near [[Xi'an]] (China) to commemorate the propagation in China of the [[Luminous Religion]], thus providing a written record of a Christian presence in China<ref>Neill, p. 82</ref>
* 787 – [[Ludger|Liudger]] begins missionary work among the pagans near the mouth of the [[Ems (river)|Ems river]] (in Germany)<ref>Herbermann, p. 415</ref>