Events — Christianity

Medieval, continued c. 500 CE – 1500 CE 202 events

• 1471 papal conclave 1471 CE Conclave
• Council of Aranda 1473 CE Catholic council held in 1473 in Spain
• 1484 papal conclave 1484 CE Election of Pope Innocent VIII
• Synod of Constantinople (1484) 1484 CE Local synod of the Eastern Orthodox Church, first synod to condemn the Council of Florence
• 1492 papal conclave 1492 CE Conclave

Early modern c. 1500 CE – 1800 CE 71 events

• October 1503 papal conclave 1503 CE Conclave
• September 1503 papal conclave 1503 CE Election of Pope Pius III
• Fifth Council of the Lateran 1512 CE – 1517 CE Synod
• 1513 papal conclave 1513 CE Election of Pope Leo X
• Protestant Reformation 1517 CE – 1648 CE 16th-century movement in Western Christianity
• Reformation in the Kingdom of Hungary From 1520 CE Religious conversion of Hungarians
• 1521–22 papal conclave 1521 CE – 1522 CE Conclave
• Knights' War 1522 CE – 1523 CE 16th-century conflict in the Holy Roman Empire
• 1523 papal conclave 1523 CE Election of Pope Clement VII
• Martyrs' Synod 1527 CE 1527 synod in Germany
• Bern Disputation 1528 CE Event establishing the Protestant Reformation in Bern, Switzerland
• The apparition of the Virgin Mary in Tepeyac Reported 1531 CE Marian apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe in 1531 in Mexico (New Spain), Tepeyac Hill
• Synod of Chanforan 1532 CE
• 1534 papal conclave 1534 CE 1534 gathering of cardinals to choose a new pope
• Reformation in Denmark–Norway and Holstein 1536 CE The 16th century transition to Lutheranism in the realms ruled by the Copenhagen-based House of Oldenburg
• Icelandic Reformation 1538 CE – 1550 CE Religious schism in the middle of the 16th century, when King Christian III of Denmark imposed Lutheranism on the Icelanders
• Council of Trent 1545 CE – 1563 CE 19th Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church
• 1549–50 papal conclave 1549 CE – 1550 CE 1549-1550 election of the Catholic pope
• Stoglav synod 1551 CE Church council held in Moscow in 1551
• Schism of 1552 1552 CE Schism of the Church of the East that divided into into one faction in communion with Rome and the other remaining independent until the 19th century
• April 1555 papal conclave 1555 CE Election
• May 1555 papal conclave 1555 CE Conclave
• 1559 papal conclave 1559 CE Conclave
• 1565–66 papal conclave 1565 CE – 1566 CE Election of Pope Pius V
• Synod of Emden 1571 CE Religious event in Germany (1571)
• 1572 papal conclave 1572 CE Papal conclave convoked after the death of Pius V
• Third Council of Lima 1582 CE – 1583 CE Catholic doctrinal meeting in Peru
• 1585 papal conclave 1585 CE Election of Pope Sixtus V
• September 1590 papal conclave 1590 CE Election of Pope Urban VII
• October–December 1590 papal conclave 1590 CE October – December 1590
• 1591 papal conclave 1591 CE Election of Pope Innocent IX
• 1592 papal conclave 1592 CE Election of Pope Clement VIII
• Uppsala Synod 1593 CE The most important synod of the Lutheran Church of Sweden
• Synod of Diamper 1599 CE Synod
• May 1605 papal conclave 1605 CE Election
• March 1605 papal conclave 1605 CE One of two papal conclaves in 1605
• Lutheran Synod in Žilina 1610 CE
• Synod of Dort 1618 CE – 1619 CE International Synod held in Dordrecht in 1618–1619, by the Dutch Reformed Church
• 1621 papal conclave 1621 CE Choice
• Great Genna Martyrdom 1622 CE 1622 execution of 55 Christians in Nagasaki
• 1623 papal conclave 1623 CE Conclave
• Yaeyama Kirishitan Incident 1624 CE
• Synod of Jassy 1642 CE Synod (25 Sept.–27 Oct. 1642) convened in Iași by Patriarch Parthenius I of Constantinople to counter the Protestant Reformation; condemned teachings ascribed to Cyril Lucaris; ratified Peter Mogila's Expositio fidei
• Westminster Assembly 1643 CE – the 1650s CE Seventeenth-century council for reforms within the English Church
• 1644 papal conclave 1644 CE Conclave
• Marian apparitions of Querrien Reported from 1652 CE 1652 apparitions to Jeanne Courtel
• 1655 papal conclave 1655 CE Religious conclave
• Great Moscow Synod 1666 CE – 1667 CE Pan-Orthodox synod in Moscow in 1666, convened by Tsar Alexis; deposed Patriarch Nikon of Moscow
• 1667 conclave 1667 CE Conclave
• 1669–70 papal conclave 1669 CE – 1670 CE Religious conclave
• Synod of Jerusalem (1672) 1672 CE Eastern Orthodox synod (1672)
• 1676 papal conclave 1676 CE Conclave
• 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
• 1689 papal conclave 1689 CE Following the death of Pope Innocent XI
• 1691 papal conclave 1691 CE Following the death of Pope Alexander VIII
• Alba Iulia Synod 1698 CE 1698 convention of Transylvanian Orthodox clergy
• 1700 papal conclave 1700 CE Conclave
• Synod of Zamość 1720 CE It is considered a crucial event
• Institution 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
• 1721 papal conclave 1721 CE Election of Pope Innocent XIII
• 1724 papal conclave 1724 CE Conclave
• Our Lady of Piné Reported 1729 CE – 1730 CE Marian apparitions happened in Montagnaga
• 1730 papal conclave 1730 CE Election of Pope Clement XII
• Lebanese Council of 1736 1736 CE Maronite Synod in 1736
• 1740 papal conclave 1740 CE Conclave
• 1758 papal conclave 1758 CE Election
• Our Lady of Ortiga Reported c. 1758 CE Title of Mary, mother of Jesus, related to her alleged apparitions in Ortiga, Portugal
• 1769 papal conclave 1769 CE Papal conclave
• 1774–75 papal conclave 1774 CE – 1775 CE Election of Pope Pius VI
• Synod of Pistoia 1786 CE Synod
• 1799–1800 papal conclave 1799 CE – 1800 CE Election of Pope Pius VII

Modern c. 1800 CE – present 69 events

• Tradition Petite Église From 1801 CE People and congregations who split from the Catholic Church in France following the Concordat of 1801
• Synod of Qarqafe 1806 CE
• Council of Paris in 1811 1811 CE Council hold in Paris in 1811
• 1823 papal conclave 1823 CE Election
• 1829 papal conclave 1829 CE Election of Pope Pius VIII
• 1830–31 conclave 1830 CE – 1831 CE Election of Pope Gregory XVI
• Marian apparitions of Rue du Bac Reported 1830 CE
• Our Lady of Grace (Miraculous Medal) Reported 1830 CE
• Secession of 1834 1834 CE
• Goan Schism 1838 CE – 1886 CE Conflict about Catholic religious jurisdiction in Goa between the Holy See and the Portuguese Crown
• Synod of Polotsk 1839 CE
• Disruption of 1843 1843 CE Divergence of the Free Church of Scotland from the Church of Scotland
• 1846 conclave 1846 CE Election of Pope Pius IX
• Apparition mariale de La Salette Reported 1846 CE
• Lourdes apparitions Reported 1858 CE Marian apparitions recognized by the Catholic church
• First Vatican Council 1869 CE – 1871 CE Synod of the Catholic church (1869–1870)
• Our Lady of Pontmain Reported 1871 CE 1871 Marian apparition
• Greco-Bulgarian Schism 1872 CE – 1945 CE Schism of the Eastern Orthodox Church
• Council of Constantinople (1872) 1872 CE 1872 Eastern Orthodox Church council
• Our Lady of Pellevoisin Reported from 1876 CE Series of Marian apparitions in France
• Marpingen apparitions Reported 1876 CE – 1877 CE 1876–1877 Marian apparitions in Germany
• Marian apparitions of Gietrzwałd Reported 1877 CE Marian apparitions in Gietrzwałd in 1877
• 1878 papal conclave 1878 CE Conclave
• Our Lady of Trà Kiệu Reported 1885 CE Marian apparition in Trà Kiệu village, Duy Sơn commune, Duy Xuyên district, Quảng Nam province, Vietnam
• Doleantie 1886 CE Schism in the Dutch Reformed Church (Nederlands Hervormde Kerk) in 1886 led by Abraham Kuyper
• Saint Mary of Sorrows of Castelpetroso Reported 1888 CE
• 1903 conclave 1903 CE Election of Pope Pius X
• 1914 conclave 1914 CE Conclave
• Marian Apparitions in Fátima Reported 1917 CE Marian apparitions in Fátima, Portugal, in 1917
• 1922 conclave 1922 CE Conclave
• Council of Constantinople (1923) 1923 CE Meeting of Eastern Orthodox leaders in Constantinople
• Pontevedra apparitions Reported 1925 CE – 1926 CE Marian apparition to Sister Lucie, in 1925 in Pontevedra, Spain
• Synod of Assen 1926 CE
• Our Lady of Tears Reported from 1930 CE Title of the Marian apparition occurred in Campinas, Brazil, in the 1930s.
• Religious persecution in Spain during the Second Republic and the Spanish Civil War 1931 CE – 1939 CE (1931-1939)
• Historical images of Ezkio-Itsaso Reported 1931 CE
• Marian apparitions of Banneux Reported 1933 CE Marian apparitions in Belgium
• Barmer Bekenntnissynode 1934 CE First 'Bekenntnissynode', 29–31 May 1934, Nazi Germany
• 1939 conclave 1939 CE Conclave
• The Lady of All Nations Reported 1945 CE – 1959 CE Marian apparitions in Amsterdam (1945-1959)
• Rosa Mystica Reported 1947 CE Title of the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, based on Montichiari and Fontanelle apparitions
• Our Lady Mediatrix of All Graces Reported 1948 CE Marian Apparition in the Philippines
• Sixth Buddhist council 1954 CE – 1956 CE Buddhist Council
• 1955 Madaba riot 1955 CE Anti-Christian riot in Jordan