Events

Antiquity c. 1200 BCE – 500 CE 46 events

• Christianity Council of Jerusalem 49 CE First Christian synod (c. 48–50 AD)
• East Asian traditions Yellow Turban Rebellion 184 CE – 205 CE Rebellion against corruption of the Imperial Court rooted in Taoist religious principles
• Christianity Synod of Gangra 3rd century CE Synod held between 340 and 357
• Decian persecution 249 CE – 250 CE Christian persecution resulting from Roman edict (249–251)
• Christianity Council of Carthage of 251 251 CE Church council
• Diocletianic Persecution 303 CE – 313 CE (303-313) last and most severe persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire
• Christianity First Council of Cirta The 300s CE Secundus of Tigisis
• Christianity Synod of Elvira c. 306 CE Christian ecclesiastical synod held at Elvira in the Roman province of Hispania Baetica
• Christianity Synod of Rome of 313 313 CE Synod held in Rome in 313; reinstated Caecilianus as the bishop of Carthage, after he had been deposed by Donatists in 312
• Christianity Synod of Ancyra 314 CE An ecclesiastical council, or synod, convened in modern-day Ankara in 314
• Christianity Synod of Arles 314 CE Council in 314
• Christianity Synod of Neo-Caesarea 314 CE
• Christianity First Council of Nicaea 325 CE Council of Christian bishops in Nicaea, 325
• Christianity First Synod of Tyre 335 CE Synod in 335 CE by Emperor Constantine I to evaluate charges against Athanasius; it condemned Athanasius, and he was exiled to Trier
• Christianity Council of Philippopolis The 340s CE Synod held in 343, 344 or 347
• Christianity Synod of Antioch 341 CE Synod held in 341
• Christianity Council of Sardica 343 CE Synod
• Christianity Council of Rimini The 350s CE Synod held in 359
• Christianity Synod of Mediolanum (355) 355 CE Synod in Milan in 355 CE; dealt with the dispute between Athanasius and the Arian bishops of the court of Constantius II; ended supporting Arian statements
• Christianity Council of Seleucia 359 CE Synod held in 359
• Christianity Council of Constantinople 360 CE Synod held in 360
• Christianity Council of Paris 361 CE Council in 360/361
• Christianity Council of Laodicea 363 CE – 364 CE Synod held between 363 and 365
• Christianity Council of Caesaraugusta (380) 380 CE 380 A.D.
• Christianity First Council of Constantinople 381 CE 381 AD council of Christian bishops
• Christianity Council of Aquileia, 381 381 CE Synod
• Christianity Council of Rome 382 CE 382 Christian synod
• Christianity Synod of Hippo 393 CE 4th-century church council
• Christianity Third Synod of Carthage 397 CE Church council
• Christianity First Council of Toledo 400 CE Synod
• Christianity Synod of the Oak 403 CE Provincial synod, held in Constantinople in July of 403, which condemned and deposed John Chrysostom as Patriarch of Constantinople
• Christianity Council of Seleucia-Ctesiphon 410 CE Council that legalized the Christian Church in Sassanid Empire (410)
• Christianity Carthage Conference 411 CE Church council
• Christianity Second Council of Cirta 412 CE
• Christianity Council of Carthage of 418 418 CE Church council
• Christianity Council of Carthage of 419 419 CE Church council
• Christianity First Council of Ephesus 431 CE Ecumenical council in Ephesus in June–July 431, convened by Emperor Theodosius II
• Christianity Nestorian Schism 431 CE Schism between the Christian churches of Sassanid Persia affiliated with Nestorius and churches that rejected him, arising out of a Christological dispute, caused by the Council of Ephesus (431)
• Christianity Council of Orange 441 CE Synod dealing with the obligations of the clergy
• Christianity Council of Toledo of 447 447 CE Synod
• Christianity Second Council of Ephesus 449 CE Christian synod in 449 CE
• Christianity Council of Chalcedon 451 CE Synod
• Christianity Chalcedonian Schism 451 CE Break of communion between the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches
• Christianity Council of Vannes The 460s CE
• Christianity Third Council of Ephesus 475 CE Council in Ephesus, 475 CE
• Christianity Acacian schism 484 CE – 519 CE Schism (484–519) between the Pope and the Patriarch of Constantinople

Medieval c. 500 CE – 1500 CE 244 events

• Iranian traditions Manichaean schisms 6th century CE – 10th century CE
• Christianity Council of Agde 506 CE Synod
• Christianity First Council of Dvin 506 CE
• Christianity First Council of Orléans 511 CE Synod
• Christianity Council of Tarragona 516 CE Council of the Roman Catholic Church in 516
• Christianity Council of Epaone 517 CE Synod
• Christianity Second Council of Toledo 527 CE Synod
• Christianity Council of Orange 529 CE Synod condemning Semi-Pelagianism
• Christianity Council of Clermont 535 CE Synod
• Christianity Council of Constantinople 536 CE Council held in 536
• Christianity Council of Jerusalem 536 CE Synod in 536
• Christianity Third Council of Orléans 538 CE Synod of French bishops in 538 AD
• Christianity Fifth Council of Orléans 549 CE Christian council in Gaul
• Christianity Second Council of Constantinople 553 CE Council of the Christian church held from held from 5 May to 2 June 553
• Schism of the Three Chapters 553 CE – 715 CE Schism that affected Chalcedonian Christianity in Northern Italy (553–715)
• Christianity Second Council of Dvin 555 CE
• Christianity Synod of Brefi 560 CE 6th century Welsh church council
• Christianity First Council of Lugo 569 CE Roman Catholic synod
• Christianity Synod of Victory 569 CE
• Christianity Second Council of Braga 572 CE Synod
• Christianity Synod of Grado 579 CE Roman Catholic council held in 579
• Christianity Second synod of Mâcon 585 CE
• Christianity Third Council of Toledo 589 CE Synod
• Christianity Synod of Chester The 600s CE
• succession to Muhammad 7th century CE 7th century CE succession crisis following the death of Muhammad, causing the Sunni–Shia schism in Islam
• Christianity Third Council of Dvin 607 CE Church council
• Christianity Council of Paris (614) 614 CE Christian synod convoked by Chlothar II
• Christianity Second Council of Seville 619 CE Council in 619
• Christianity Fourth Council of Toledo From 633 CE Synod
• Christianity Karin Council 633 CE 633 convention of Armenian Apostolic church
• Christianity Fifth Council of Toledo 636 CE Catholic church council held in Toledo in 636
• Christianity Sixth Council of Toledo 638 CE
• Christianity Seventh Council of Toledo 646 CE
• Christianity Fourth Council of Dvin 648 CE
• Christianity Lateran Council of 649 649 CE Christian synod
• Christianity Council of Chalon (650) 650 CE
• Christianity Synod of Rouen 650 CE
• Christianity Eighth Council of Toledo 653 CE
• Christianity Ninth Council of Toledo 655 CE Synod
• Christianity Tenth Council of Toledo 656 CE Synod
• Christianity Synod of Whitby 664 CE English church synod in 664
• Umayyad campaigns in India c. 664 CE – 740 CE Military campaigns of the Arab Umayyad Caliphate in India
• Christianity Council of Hertford 673 CE
• Christianity Eleventh Council of Toledo 675 CE Synod
• Christianity Third Council of Braga 675 CE
• Christianity Third Council of Constantinople 680 CE – 681 CE Synod
• Christianity Twelfth Council of Toledo 680 CE Synod
• Christianity Council of Hatfield 680 CE Christian conference in 680 CE
• Christianity Thirteenth Council of Toledo 683 CE Synod
• Christianity Fourteenth Council of Toledo 684 CE Synod
• Christianity Fifteenth Council of Toledo 688 CE Synod
• Christianity Quinisext Council 691 CE – 692 CE Synod
• Christianity Council of Cesaracosta (691) 691 CE 691 A.D.
• Christianity Sixteenth Council of Toledo 693 CE Synod
• Christianity Seventeenth Council of Toledo 694 CE Synod
• Christianity Synod of Birr 697 CE
• Christianity Council of Austerfield 702 CE 8th-century church council in Anglo-Saxon England
• Christianity Eighteenth Council of Toledo 703 CE Synod
• Umayyad conquest of Sindh 711 CE – 713 CE Umayyad conquest of Sindh in 711
• Christianity Synod of Rome of 721 721 CE Synod held in St. Peter’s Basilica by Pope Gregory II to establish canons to improve church discipline
• Reconquista 722 CE – 1492 CE Period in the history of the Iberian Peninsula
• Christianity Council of Manzikert 726 CE 8th-century Armenian religious council
• Christianity Synods of Rome of 731 731 CE Two synods held in St. Peter’s Basilica in 731 by Pope Gregory III to defend icon veneration
• Christianity Synod of Rome of 732 732 CE Synod held in Rome in 732 by Pope Gregory III, to prescribe duties of the monks of the three monasteries tasked with singing the Liturgy of the Hours in St. Peter’s Basilica
• Christianity Concilium Germanicum The 740s CE Synod
• Christianity Council of Hieria 754 CE Synod
• Christianity Lateran Council of 769 769 CE Synod held in the Basilica of St. John Lateran in 769; rectified abuses in the papal electoral process which had led to the elevation of the Antipopes Constantine II and Philip; condemned the Council of Hieria (754)
• Christianity Second Council of Nicaea 787 CE Ecumenical council of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church (787 AD)
• Christianity Council of Frankfurt 794 CE Synod (794)
• Christianity Council of Aachen (809) 809 CE
• Christianity Council of Tours#Council of Tours 813 813 CE
• Christianity Council of Constantinople 815 CE Local council that restored Iconoclasm
• Christianity Frankish synods of 829 829 CE
• Christianity Synod of Thionville 835 CE