History of the Church: Early Middle Ages - Notre Dame |
| Date | Events | |
|---|---|---|
| SIXTH CENTURY | ||
| 543 | † Death of St. Benedict. | |
| 553 | Fifth General Council—Second Constantinople—Three Chapters. | |
| 583 | Conversion of Burgundy. | |
| 586 | Conversion of Spain. | |
| 597 | St. Augustine lands in England. † St. Columba. | |
| SEVENTH CENTURY | ||
| 604 | St. Gregory the Great—St. Augustine of Canterbury. | |
| 622 | Hegira, or Flight of Mohammed. | |
| 632 | Death of Mohammed—Spread of Islamism—Jerusalem taken. | |
| 680 | Sixth General Council—Third Constantinople—Monothelites, Assertors of One Will. | |
| EIGHTH CENTURY | ||
| 709 | † St. Wilfrid. | |
| 710 | Spain conquered by the Saracens. | |
| 732 | Defeat of the Saracens by Charles Martel. | |
| 755 | Martyrdom of St. Boniface, Apostle of Germany. | |
| 756 | Patrimony of St. Peter given by Pepin to the Pope. | |
| 768 | Accession of Charlemagne. | |
| 787 | Seventh General Council—Second Nicaea—Iconoclasts or Image-breakers. | |
| NINTH CENTURY | ||
| 800 | Charlemagne, Emperor of the West | |
| 817 | Reform of Monastic Orders. | |
| 826 | Mission of St. Anschar to Denmark, Sweden, and North Germany. | |
| 850 | Completion of Photian Schism in the Eastern Church. | |
| 869 | Eighth General Council—Fourth Constantinople—Photian Schism. | |
| 871 | Alfred and the Danes. | |
| TENTH CENTURY | ||
| 910 | Order of Cluny founded. | |
| 910 | Popes under the power of Italian Nobles and German Emperor. | |
| 910 | Russia and Poland evangelized. | |
| 972 | Conversion of Hungary commenced. | |
| 987 | Hugh Capet, King of France. | |
| 988 | † St. Dunstan. | |
| ELEVENTH CENTURY | ||
| 1000 | Christianity in Iceland and Greenland. | |
| 1016 | Danish dynasty in England. | |
| 1038 | † St. Stephen of Hungary. | |
| 1041 | "Truce of God." | |
| 1050 | Heresy of Berengarius broached. | |
| 1055 | Greek Schism completed. | |
| 1066 | William the Norman conquers England. | |
| 1073 | Accession of Hildebrand as Gregory VII. |