Editing Timeline of Christian missions (section)

== 1000 to 1499 ==
{{Main|Christianity in the 11th century}}
{{See also|Medieval history of Christianity#East-West Schism}}
{{See also|Timeline of Christianity#Middle Ages}}
* 1000 – Christianity accepted by common consent in Iceland by parliament (Alþingi). [[Leif Eriksson|Leif the Lucky]] introduces the Gospel to [[Greenland]], possibly [[Vinland]] (Newfoundland)<ref>[http://users.adelphia.net/~kmjviking/Historical_Leif_the_Lucky.htm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907081412/http://users.adelphia.net/~kmjviking/Historical_Leif_the_Lucky.htm|date=September 7, 2008}}</ref>
* 1003 – The Hungarian king sends evangelists to Transylvania<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mek.oszk.hu/03400/03407/html/69.html |title=White and Black Hungarians |publisher=Mek.oszk.hu |access-date=2010-07-10}}</ref>
* 1008 – Sigfrid (or Sigurd), English missionary, baptizes King [[Olof Skötkonung|Olof of Sweden]]
* 1009 – [[Bruno of Querfurt]] is beheaded in [[Prussia]] where he had gone as a missionary<ref name="Neill, p. 94"/>
* 1015 – Russia is said to have been "comprehensively" converted to the [[Eastern Orthodox church|Orthodox faith]];<ref>Tillyrides, Makarios. ''Adventures in the Unseen: The Silent Witness'', Orthodox Research Institute Press, 2004, p. 426</ref> Olaf II Haroldsson becomes the first king of the whole of Norway. Over the next 15 years he would organize Norway's final conversion and its integration into Christian Europe.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.bookrags.com/Olaf_II_of_Norway |title=Olaf II of Norway Biography Summary |work=BookRags.com |access-date=2010-07-10}}</ref>
* 1017 – Günther tries to convert the inhabitants of [[Vorpommern]]; the mission is not successful.<ref name=Heitz157>{{cite book|title=Geschichte in Daten. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern|first1=Gerhard|last1=Heitz|first2=Henning|last2=Rischer|publisher=Koehler&Amelang|location=Münster-Berlin|year=1995|isbn=3-7338-0195-4|language=de|page=157}}</ref>
{{See also|Christianity in the 12th century}}
* 1122 – Bernhard, later [[Bishopric of Lebus|bishop of Lebus]] launches an unsuccessful mission in the [[Duchy of Pomerania]]<ref>Jan M Piskorski, Pommern im Wandel der Zeiten, 1999, p. 36, {{ISBN|83-906184-8-6}} {{OCLC|43087092}}</ref>
* 1124–28 – [[Otto von Bamberg]] succeeds in the [[Conversion of Pomerania]]<ref name=Heitz161>{{cite book|title=Geschichte in Daten. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern|first1=Gerhard|last1=Heitz|first2=Henning|last2=Rischer|publisher=Koehler&Amelang|location=Münster-Berlin|year=1995|isbn=3-7338-0195-4|language=de|pages=161–162}}</ref> [[Bishopric of Cammin]] established in Pomerania in 1140.
* 1168 – [[Absalon]] subdues and converts the [[Principality of Rügen]]<ref>Gerhard Krause, Horst Robert Balz, [[Gerhard Müller (Lutheran theologian)|Gerhard Müller]], Theologische Realenzyklopädie, Walter de Gruyter, 1997, p. 40ff, {{ISBN|3-11-015435-8}}</ref>
* 1200 – The Bible is now available in 22 different languages
* 1210 – [[Franciscan]] Order established<ref>Latourette, 1953, p. 430</ref>
{{See also|Christianity in the 13th century}}
* 1216 – [[Dominican Order]] established<ref>Latourette, 1953, p. 438</ref>
* 1219 – [[Francis of Assisi]] presents the Gospel to the [[Sultan]] of Egypt<ref>Neill, p. 99</ref>
* 1225 – [[Pope Honorius III]] issues ''[[Vineae Domini custodes]]'' in which he gives permission to and exhorts the Dominicans and Franciscans to join the [[Catholic_Church_in_Morocco#Middle_Ages|mission to Morocco]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fonnesberg-Schmidt |first1=Iben |title=The Popes and the Baltic Crusades: 1147-1254 |date=2007 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-15502-2 |pages=168–169 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TKCAvDd2JHYC |access-date=5 May 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
* 1227 – Prince Bort converted and baptized in Ukraine<ref>Neill, p. 100</ref>
* 1244 – Christians are reported in [[Lithuania]] with King [[Mindaugas]] being [[baptism|baptized]] in 1251<ref>Neill, p. 95</ref>
* 1253 – Franciscan [[William of Rubruck]] begins his journey to the [[Mongol]]s<ref>Neill, pp. 104-105</ref>
* 1266 – [[Mongol]] leader [[Kublai Khan|Khan]] sends [[Marco Polo]]'s father and uncle, Niccolo and Matteo Polo, back to Europe with a request to the [[Pope]] to send 100 Christian missionaries (only two responded and one died before reaching [[Mongol]] territory)<ref>Neill, p. 107</ref>
* 1276 – [[Ramon Llull]] opens training center to send missionaries to [[North Africa]]<ref>Neill, p. 116</ref>
* 1291 – Appointment of first indigenous bishop in Finland<ref>Neill, p. 93</ref>
* 1294 – Franciscan [[Giovanni di Monte Corvino]] arrives in China<ref>Neill, p. 108</ref>
{{See also|Christianity in the 14th century|Timeline of Christianity#Renaissance}}
* 1303 – Arnold of [[Cologne]] arrives in China to assist [[Giovanni di Monte Corvino]]<ref>Anderson, p. 334</ref>
* 1321 – [[Jordan Catala|Jordanus]], a [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] friar, arrives in India as the first resident [[Roman Catholic]] missionary<ref>Herbermann, p. 683</ref>
* 1322 – [[Odoric of Pordenone]], a Franciscan friar from Italy, arrives in China
* 1323 – Franciscans make contacts on [[Sumatra]], [[Java (island)|Java]], and [[Borneo]]<ref name=barrettp25/>
* 1326 – [[Chagatai Khanate|Chaghatayid Khan Ilchigedai]] grants permission for a church to be built in [[Samarkand]], [[Uzbekistan]]<ref name="oxuscom.com"/>
* 1329 – [[Nicaea]] falls to Muslim [[Ottoman Turks]]<ref>Latourette, 1953, p. 602</ref>
* 1334 – Chaghatayid Khan Buzun allows Christians to rebuild churches and permits Franciscans to establish a missionary episcopate in Almaliq, [[Azerbaijan]]<ref name="oxuscom.com"/>
* 1368 – Collapse of the Franciscan mission in China as [[Ming Dynasty]] abolishes Christianity
* 1379 – Russian Orthodox missionary [[Stephen of Perm]] travels north toward the [[White Sea]] and settles among the [[Komi peoples]] living between [[Pechora River|Pechora]] and [[Vychegda River|Vychegda]] Rivers at Ust-Vim<ref>Anderson, p. 639</ref>
* 1382 – Bible translated into English from [[Latin]] by [[John Wycliff]]<ref>Glazier, p. 82</ref>
* 1386 – [[Jogaila]] (baptized – Wladyslaw II), king of the [[Lithuanians]], is baptized<ref name=barrettp25/>
* 1389 – Large numbers of Christians march through the streets of Cairo, denouncing Islam and lamenting that they had abandoned the religion of their fathers from fear of persecution. They were beheaded, both men and women, and a fresh persecution of Christians followed<ref>Latourette, 1953, p. 611</ref>
* 1400 – Scriptures translated into Icelandic<ref name=barrettp25/>
{{See also|Christianity in the 15th century}}
* 1408 – Spanish Dominican [[Vincent Ferrer]] begins a ministry in Italy in which it is said that thousands of Jews and Muslims were won to faith in Christ<ref>Latourette, 1953, pp. 652-653</ref>
* 1410 – Bible is translated into Hungarian<ref name=barrettp25/>
* 1420 – Franciscan missionaries accompany Portuguese expedition to Madeira<ref name=kanep57>Kane, p. 57</ref>
* 1431 – Franciscan missionaries accompany Portuguese expedition to the Azores<ref name=kanep57/>
* 1435 – Forced conversion of [[Jews]] in [[Palma de Mallorca]], Spain<ref>Kamen, Henry. ''The Spanish Inquisition: A Historical Revision'', Yale University Press, 1999, p. 56</ref>
* 1445 – First Christians reported in [[Guinea-Bissau]]<ref name=barrettp25/>
* 1448 – First Christians reported in [[Mauritania]]
* 1450 – Franciscan missionaries accompany Portuguese expedition to the Cape Verde Islands<ref name=kanep57/>
* 1453 – [[Constantinople]] falls to the Muslim [[Ottoman Turks]] who make it their capital. An Islamic service of thanksgiving is held in the church of Saint Sophia<ref>Latourette, 1953, pp. 613-614</ref>
* 1455 – With the [[papal bull|bull]] [[Romanus Pontifex]] the patronage of missions in new countries behind [[Cape Bojador]] is given to the Portuguese (see "[[Padroado]]").
* 1462 – [[Johannes Gutenberg]] begins printing the Bible with his movable-type printing process; [[Pope Pius II]] assigns the evangelization of the [[Portuguese Guinea]] Coast of Africa to the [[Franciscans]] led by Alfonso de Bolano<ref name="ewtn.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.ewtn.com/new_evangelization/africa/history/continent.htm |title=Evangelization Of The Continent |work=Ewtn.com |date=1986-12-31 |access-date=2010-07-10}}</ref>
* 1485 – After having come into contact with the Portuguese, the King of [[Benin]] requests that a church be planted in his kingdom<ref name="ewtn.com"/>
* 1486 – [[Dominican Order|Dominicans]] become active in [[West Africa]], notably among the [[Wolof people]] in [[Senegambia (geography)|Senegambia]].
* 1489 – [[Baptism]] of [[Wolof people|Wolof]] king Behemoi in [[Senegal]]<ref>De Graft-Johnson. ''African Glory: The Story of Vanished Negro Civilizations'', Praeger, 1954, p. 132</ref>
* 1491 – The [[Kingdom of Kongo|Congo]] sees its first group of missionaries arrive.<ref name=kanep69>Kane, p. 69</ref> Under the ministry of these Franciscan and [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] priests, the king would soon be [[baptism|baptized]] and a church built at the royal capital.
* 1492 – Birth of the [[Mother Church|church]] in [[Angola]]
* 1493 – [[Pope Alexander VI]] [[Inter caetera|allows]] Spain to colonize the New World with Catholic missions; [[Christopher Columbus]] takes Christian priests with him on his second journey to the [[New World]]
* 1494 – First missionaries arrive in [[Dominican Republic]]
* 1495 – The head of a convent in [[Seville, Spain]], [[Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy|Mercedarian]] Jorge, makes a trip to the [[West Indies]].
* 1496 – First Christian [[baptism]]s in the [[New World]] take place when Guaticaba along with other members of his household are [[baptism|baptized]] on the island of [[Hispaniola]]<ref>Pané, Ramón, ''An Account of the Antiquities of the Indians: Chronicles of the New World'', edited by Jose Arrom and translated by Susan C. Griswold. Duke University Press, 1999 p. 32</ref>
* 1497 – Forced conversion of Jews in Portugal<ref name=barrettp26>Barrett, p. 26</ref>
* 1498 – First Christians are reported in [[Kenya]]
* 1499 – Portuguese [[Augustinians|Augustinian]] missionaries arrive at [[Zanzibar]]. Their [[Mission (Christian)|mission]] will end in 1698 due to the [[Oman]]-Arab conquest.