Christianity was introduced to China during 627 AD as recorded on the Bible Timeline. The following article explains how this event occurred. Nestorian Christianity Taught by the Persian monk and former Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius in the fourth century, the doctrine of Nestorianism had long experienced persecution after it was considered a heresy in 431 […]
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Edict of Nantes Revoked 1685
On October 22, 1685, King Louis XIV had the Edict of Nantes revoked and replaced it with the repressive Edict of Fontainebleau. This royal decree made the persecution of Huguenots a state policy and started the decline of Protestantism in France. This event is recorded on the Bible Timeline with World History during that time […]
La Salle Explored the Mississippi River 1682
The French explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, was the first known European to explore the Mississippi River all the way to the Gulf of Mexico in 1682. La Salle’s parents intended him to serve as a Jesuit priest, but his personality made him unsuitable for the job. He left the Jesuits and followed his […]
Dutch Reformed Church 1571
The Catholic tradition dominated the Low Countries from the 3rd century AD up to the reign of the House of Habsburg. The explosion of the Reformation during the early 16th century threatened Catholic power over the Low Countries. Repressions followed the spread of Protestantism, but Rome and the Habsburg rulers found that it could not be […]
Cyprus Ceded to Turkey by Venice
The last Lusignan king of Cyprus, James II, died in Cyprus in 1473. His son by the Venetian Catherine Cornaro died in the following year. Catherine Cornaro ruled the island for some years until the Venetian rulers forced her to relinquish the island to their control. She did so in 1489, and the island belonged to the […]
Constantinople, The First Siege of
The city of Constantinople was built on the shores of the Bosphorus so the enemies of the Byzantine Empire would have a hard time invading it. Many of those enemies tried to invade the city over the years, but none succeeded. It was only breached by the soldiers of the Fourth Crusade in 1204. It […]
Acamapichtli Chosen as King of Aztecs
King Acamapichtli was chosen as the king of the Aztecs (Mexica) in the 1370s where he is recorded on the Bible Timeline with World History. He then started to rule the city of Tenochtitlan around 1375/1376. The Mexicas built the city of Tenochtitlan in 1325. However, they were still far from independent under the powerful […]
Kublai Khan Ruled China
Apart from his grandfather Genghis Khan, no other Mongol ruler matched the accomplishments of Kublai Khan. His branch of the Mongol royal family was not expected to rule. But because of his strength and intelligence, Kublai became the Mongols’ Great Khan. Khublai Khan ruled China as its first Mongol Emperor in 1271 after he defeated […]
China: Political Reforms
Wang Anshi initiated some of China’s first reform programs in the eleventh century. Some of these were continued by the Southern Song emperors well into the twelfth century. Although things did not work out well for him despite his good intentions and radical ideas, Wang Anshi’s reputation recovered. His political reforms were recorded in the […]
Turks 1118, Successful Combat Against the
The Seljuk Turks were a force to be reckoned for much of the tenth and twelfth century. But the Europeans learned that they were not as invincible when they scored three successful combats against the Turks in AD 1118 (this event is recorded on the Bible Timeline with World History during that time). These victories […]