The Timeline of U.S. Church History

The purpose of this site is to outline the growth and development of Christianty in what is today the United States. There are several timelines of Christian history on the net.
The Ecole Chronology Project
This very large hyperdocument ends at 1500 and is apparently a work in progress (aren't we all).
Two Thousand Years of Catholic Writings
Also a very large site, this hyperlinked bibliography is arranged in chronological order.
Chronology of Early Byzantine History
This one is informative and scholarly
Facts About Israeli History
This site is maintained by the Israeli government and is an easy to use reference to BCE events in the Holy Land as well as more recent history.
"Timeline" How We Got Our Present Bible
This very useful page is part of a wonderful space called The Amazing Grace Web Site.
An Anglican Timeline
This scholarly effort runs from Golgotha to the present
A Century of Mennonite Church Programs in Context
This timeline has Mennonite and secular events on it - very interesting
Wm. Murray's Time Page
While not a timeline of church history per se, Mr. Murray's effort is just too good not to include, and does, of course, contain many links about the church


The timeline is divided into three catagories.

Schism & Propagation (in blue)
This part of the timeline deals with the propagation of the Christian faith and the breaking of it into the various denominations and their spread. Also included are references to the growth of the United States.

Books & Speech (in red)
This section deals mostly with people, since they are, after all, remembered for what they said and what they wrote (of couse, those famous more for what they did, like Fra. Serra, also had to do a certain amount of talking).

Right & Wrong (in green)
In this part of the timeline are included people and events marking both the moral progress and backsliding of society.


1607

Jamestown

1607

Santa Fe

1611

King James Bible

1619

African Slaves Arrive in VA

1620

Pilgrims land at Plymouth

1626

New Amsterdam

1629

Fr. Salas

1630

Boston

1635

Harvard

1639

First Lutheran Church

1635

Roger Williams

1640

Puritans

Bay Psalm Book

1664

John Elliot

1671

George Fox Arrives in America

1675

King Philip's War

1678

Pilgrim's Progress

1682

Philadelphia

1690

1st Spanish Missions

1691

William & Mary College

1692

Salem Witch Trials

1700

Yale

1701

Detroit

1706

First Presbytery (Philadelphia)

1711

Slave Revolt in NY

1718

San Antonio

1730

The Amish

1735

The Great Awakening Begins

Jonathan Edwards

1742

Henry Melchior Muhlenberg

1745

College of New Jersey (Princeton)

1750

Great Increase of Slave Trade

1754

King's College (Columbia)

1755

French & Indian War Begins

1758

The Falls Church

1764

St. Louis

1769

California Missions Begin

Junipero Serra

1775

The Shakers

1776

Revolutionary War Begins

1777

Declaration of Independance

1788

The U.S. Constitution

1795

Orthodox Mission to Alaska

1800

Second Great Awakening

1801

Trans- Appalachian Church Planting

1803

Louisiana Purchase

1812

War of 1812 Begins

1816

American Bible Society

Richard Allen

1821

Charles Finney

1825

The Trail of Tears

1831

Slave Revolt in VA

1841

Women Granted College Degrees (Oberlin)

1845

Texas and Florida Admitted

Oregon Territory Annexed

1846

US-Mexican War Begins

1847

Salt Lake City

C.F.W. Walther

1848

Northern Mexico Annexed

1851

Sojourner Truth

1859

Fulton St. Revival

1861

US Civil War Begins

1866

Slavery Abolished

1867

Alaska Purchased

1868

Ku Klux Klan Founded

1869

Trans-Continental Railroad

1880

Salvation Army Arrives in U.S.

1881

Revised Version

1891

Billy Sunday

1892

Ellen G. White

1898

Spanish- American War Begins

Hawaii Annexed

1906

Radio

1908

Japanese Immigration Restricted

1909

NAACP

1914

Ludlow Massacre

1915

The Fundamentals

1917

US Enters World War

1920

Women's Sufferage

1924

Height of KKK

1929

Global Economic Depression Begins

1933

Prohibition Repealed

1938

Child Labor Banned

1941

US Enters WW2

1942

Uncle Bud Dies

1946

United Nations

1947

Dead Sea Scrolls Found

1948

World Council of Churches

1949

Billy Graham

1950

Ralph Bunche

National Council of Churches

Korean War Begins

1952

Oral Contraceptive Developed

1954

Desegregation of Schools Begins

1955

Montgomery Bus Boycott

1956

Soldiers Enforce School Desegregation

1963

James Meredith

1964

Martin Luther King Jr.

Vatican II

U.S. Enters Viet Nam Wars

Race Riots

1965

Last State Poll Tax Repealed

Race Riots

1966

Race Riots

1967

Race Riots

1968

Race Riots

Anti-Draft Riots

1969

Arthur Blessitt

First Man on Moon

1970

Kent State

1974

Nixon Resigns

Seminex

1976

Ron Kovic

1977

Carter Pardons Draft Evaders

1978

Pope John Paul II

1980

Race Riots

1987

Senate Iran - Contra Report

1988

ELCA

1989

Fall of Soviet Union


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