Events

Early modern, continued c. 1500 CE – 1800 CE 96 events

• Christianity Great Moscow Synod 1666 CE – 1667 CE Pan-Orthodox synod in Moscow in 1666, convened by Tsar Alexis; deposed Patriarch Nikon of Moscow
• Christianity 1667 conclave 1667 CE Conclave
• Christianity 1669–70 papal conclave 1669 CE – 1670 CE Religious conclave
• Christianity Synod of Jerusalem (1672) 1672 CE Eastern Orthodox synod (1672)
• Christianity 1676 papal conclave 1676 CE Conclave
• Northern Moravia witch trials 1678 CE – 1696 CE 17th century Czech witch trials
• Christianity Nonjuring schism 1688 CE – 1788 CE Split in the Anglican church of the 17th and 18th centuries over whether William III and Mary II could legally be recognised as sovereigns
• Christianity 1689 papal conclave 1689 CE Following the death of Pope Innocent XI
• Christianity 1691 papal conclave 1691 CE Following the death of Pope Alexander VIII
• Salem Witch Trials 1692 CE – 1693 CE Series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts
• Christianity Alba Iulia Synod 1698 CE 1698 convention of Transylvanian Orthodox clergy
• Christianity 1700 papal conclave 1700 CE Conclave
• Christianity Synod of Zamość 1720 CE It is considered a crucial event
• Institution · Christianity Most Holy Synod 1721 CE – 1918 CE Highest governing body of the Russian Orthodox Church starting in 1721; abolished in 1917 when the Patriarchate was reinstated
• Christianity 1721 papal conclave 1721 CE Election of Pope Innocent XIII
• Christianity 1724 papal conclave 1724 CE Conclave
• Christianity Our Lady of Piné Reported 1729 CE – 1730 CE Marian apparitions happened in Montagnaga
• Christianity 1730 papal conclave 1730 CE Election of Pope Clement XII
• Christianity Lebanese Council of 1736 1736 CE Maronite Synod in 1736
• Christianity 1740 papal conclave 1740 CE Conclave
• Christianity 1758 papal conclave 1758 CE Election
• Christianity Our Lady of Ortiga Reported c. 1758 CE Title of Mary, mother of Jesus, related to her alleged apparitions in Ortiga, Portugal
• Christianity 1769 papal conclave 1769 CE Papal conclave
• Christianity 1774–75 papal conclave 1774 CE – 1775 CE Election of Pope Pius VI
• Christianity Synod of Pistoia 1786 CE Synod
• Christianity 1799–1800 papal conclave 1799 CE – 1800 CE Election of Pope Pius VII

Modern c. 1800 CE – present 73 events

• Tradition · Christianity Petite Église From 1801 CE People and congregations who split from the Catholic Church in France following the Concordat of 1801
• Christianity Synod of Qarqafe 1806 CE
• Christianity Council of Paris in 1811 1811 CE Council hold in Paris in 1811
• Christianity 1823 papal conclave 1823 CE Election
• Christianity 1829 papal conclave 1829 CE Election of Pope Pius VIII
• Christianity 1830–31 conclave 1830 CE – 1831 CE Election of Pope Gregory XVI
• Christianity Marian apparitions of Rue du Bac Reported 1830 CE
• Christianity Our Lady of Grace (Miraculous Medal) Reported 1830 CE
• Christianity Secession of 1834 1834 CE
• Christianity Goan Schism 1838 CE – 1886 CE Conflict about Catholic religious jurisdiction in Goa between the Holy See and the Portuguese Crown
• Christianity Synod of Polotsk 1839 CE
• Christianity Disruption of 1843 1843 CE Divergence of the Free Church of Scotland from the Church of Scotland
• LDS succession crisis 1844 CE – 1845 CE Event in Latter Day Saint history after the death of Joseph Smith in 1844
• Christianity 1846 conclave 1846 CE Election of Pope Pius IX
• Christianity Apparition mariale de La Salette Reported 1846 CE
• Holy War of the Seven Khojas 1847 CE Revolt against the Qing dynasty of China
• Christianity Lourdes apparitions Reported 1858 CE Marian apparitions recognized by the Catholic church
• Christianity First Vatican Council 1869 CE – 1871 CE Synod of the Catholic church (1869–1870)
• Christianity Our Lady of Pontmain Reported 1871 CE 1871 Marian apparition
• Christianity Greco-Bulgarian Schism 1872 CE – 1945 CE Schism of the Eastern Orthodox Church
• Christianity Council of Constantinople (1872) 1872 CE 1872 Eastern Orthodox Church council
• Christianity Our Lady of Pellevoisin Reported from 1876 CE Series of Marian apparitions in France
• Christianity Marpingen apparitions Reported 1876 CE – 1877 CE 1876–1877 Marian apparitions in Germany
• Christianity Marian apparitions of Gietrzwałd Reported 1877 CE Marian apparitions in Gietrzwałd in 1877
• Christianity 1878 papal conclave 1878 CE Conclave
• Christianity Our Lady of Trà Kiệu Reported 1885 CE Marian apparition in Trà Kiệu village, Duy Sơn commune, Duy Xuyên district, Quảng Nam province, Vietnam
• Christianity Doleantie 1886 CE Schism in the Dutch Reformed Church (Nederlands Hervormde Kerk) in 1886 led by Abraham Kuyper
• Christianity Saint Mary of Sorrows of Castelpetroso Reported 1888 CE
• Christianity 1903 conclave 1903 CE Election of Pope Pius X
• Christianity 1914 conclave 1914 CE Conclave
• Christianity Marian Apparitions in Fátima Reported 1917 CE Marian apparitions in Fátima, Portugal, in 1917
• Christianity 1922 conclave 1922 CE Conclave
• Christianity Council of Constantinople (1923) 1923 CE Meeting of Eastern Orthodox leaders in Constantinople
• Christianity Pontevedra apparitions Reported 1925 CE – 1926 CE Marian apparition to Sister Lucie, in 1925 in Pontevedra, Spain
• Christianity Synod of Assen 1926 CE
• Christianity Our Lady of Tears Reported from 1930 CE Title of the Marian apparition occurred in Campinas, Brazil, in the 1930s.
• Christianity Religious persecution in Spain during the Second Republic and the Spanish Civil War 1931 CE – 1939 CE (1931-1939)
• Christianity Historical images of Ezkio-Itsaso Reported 1931 CE
• Christianity Marian apparitions of Banneux Reported 1933 CE Marian apparitions in Belgium
• Christianity Barmer Bekenntnissynode 1934 CE First 'Bekenntnissynode', 29–31 May 1934, Nazi Germany
• Christianity 1939 conclave 1939 CE Conclave
• Christianity The Lady of All Nations Reported 1945 CE – 1959 CE Marian apparitions in Amsterdam (1945-1959)
• Christianity Rosa Mystica Reported 1947 CE Title of the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, based on Montichiari and Fontanelle apparitions
• Christianity Our Lady Mediatrix of All Graces Reported 1948 CE Marian Apparition in the Philippines
• Christianity Sixth Buddhist council 1954 CE – 1956 CE Buddhist Council
• Christianity 1955 Madaba riot 1955 CE Anti-Christian riot in Jordan
• Christianity 1958 conclave 1958 CE Conclave
• Christianity Garabandal apparitions Reported 1961 CE – 1965 CE Apparitions of Michael the Archangel and the Virgin Mary from 1961 to 1965 in northern Spain
• Christianity Second Vatican Council 1962 CE – 1965 CE Roman Catholic council, met 1962 to 1965
• Christianity 1963 conclave 1963 CE Conclave
• Schism of Montaner 1967 CE – 1969 CE Conversion of an Italian village to the Orthodox church
• Christianity Our Lady of Zeitoun Reported 1968 CE – 1971 CE Marian apparition that occurred in Zeitoun, a district of Cairo, Egypt, beginning 1968
• Christianity Bayside Marian apparitions Reported 1970 CE – 1995 CE Marian apparitions reported by Veronica Lueken in Bayside, New York, USA, not approved by the Roman Catholic Church
• Christianity Our virgen de katy Reported from 1973 CE Marian apparitions
• Christianity Marian apparitions of Betania Reported 1976 CE – 1989 CE Marian apparitions in Venezuela
• Christianity August 1978 conclave 1978 CE 1978 Conclave
• Christianity October 1978 conclave 1978 CE Conclave
• Christianity Synod of 1980 1980 CE
• Christianity Our Lady of Kibeho Reported 1981 CE – 1989 CE Marian apparition in Rwanda, Africa
• Christianity persecution of Christians in the post–Cold War era From 1989 CE Overview of current status
• Christianity Marian apparitions in Litmanová Reported 1990 CE – 1995 CE
• Christianity Moscow–Constantinople schism 1996 CE Schism between the Eastern Orthodox Churches of the Moscow Patriarchate and the Ecumenical Patriarchate
• Christianity Diocesan Synod Nivariense 1998 CE – 1999 CE
• Christianity 2005 conclave 2005 CE Conclave
• Christianity Our Lady of Warraq Reported 2009 CE Believed, by some, to be a mass apparition of the Virgin Mary
• Christianity 2013 conclave 2013 CE Conclave convened to elect a pope to succeed Benedict XVI
• Christianity Pan-Orthodox Council 2016 CE Synod (19–26 June 2016) of set representative bishops of the universally recognised autocephalous local churches of Eastern Orthodox Christianity held in Kolymvari, Crete
• Christianity 2018 Moscow–Constantinople schism 2018 CE Ongoing split between the Eastern Orthodox patriarchates of Moscow and Constantinople
• Christianity Unification council of the Eastern Orthodox churches of Ukraine 2018 CE Council to unite the three main Eastern Orthodox churches of Ukraine (UOC-KP, UAOC, UOC-MP)
• Christianity Fifteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops 2018 CE Catholic committee
• Christianity Council of Kyiv (2023) From 2023 CE Local Council of 2023
• Christianity 2025 conclave 2025 CE Election of the sucessor of Pope Francis in 2025
• 2026 Écône consecrations 2026 CE Consecration of bishops by the SSPX

Undated 54 events

• Diwali Hindu, Jain, Sikh, Buddhist and South Asian festival of lights
• Northern Crusades 12th/13th century crusades around the Baltic Sea
• South Asian traditions Dashavatara Ten major incarnations of Vishnu, the Hindu god of preservation and life
• Christianity English Reformation 16th-century separation of the Church of England from the Pope of Rome
• Sed festival Ancient Egyptian feast, jubilee of the pharaoh
• Passover Seder Ritual feast that marks the beginning of Passover
• Saint Stephen's Day Holiday occurring on 26 December
• Christmas and holiday season Christmas period with related and unrelated holidays between the end of November until the first days of January
• Ferragosto Holiday celebrated on the 15th August
• Christianity Our Lady of Coromoto Marian apparition
• Christianity Raskol 1650s–1660s Russian Orthodox schism creating the Old Believers
• Buddhist traditions First Buddhist council Gathering of senior monks of the Buddhist order convened just after the Buddha's death
• Buddhist traditions Second Buddhist council Council, said to have taken place 70 years after the Buddha’s death, which resulted in the first schism in the Sangha between the Sthaviras and the Mahāsāṃghikas
• Buddhist traditions Third Buddhist council
• Buddhist traditions Fourth Buddhist council Two separate Buddhist council meetings
• Christianity Photian schism 9th-century schism between Rome and Constantinople
• Tihar Festival of lights in Nepal
• Vessantara Jataka Story of one of Gautama Buddha's past lives
• Bumba Meu Boi Type of festival and music genre
• Disputation of Paris Disputation over the Talmud at the court of French King Louis IX (1240)
• Pendle witches English witch hunt and trial