Early Christianity (0-597)
?-99
Aristobulus - First 'Bishop of Britain'
?-304
St. Alban - Protomartyr of Britain
500-589
St. David - Patron of Wales
521-597
St. Columba - Champion of Faith in Ireland and Scotland
534-604
St. Augustine of Canterbury - Founder of the English Church
560-616
St. Ethelbert of Kent - First English Christian King
590-651
St. Aidan of Lindisfarne - Apostle of Northumbria
Celtic Christianity & Golden Age (597-1170)
597
Gregorian Mission - St Augustine arrives in Kent, reintroduces Christianity to Britain
664
Synod of Whitby - Unites the Celtic and Roman traditions
634-687
St. Cuthbert - Hermit, Bishop of Lindisfarne
674
Foundation of Bede's Monastery - At Monkwearmouth by St Benedict Biscop
673-735
St. Bede the Venerable - Doctor of the Church
1061
Apparition of Our Lady at Walsingham
1118-1170
St. Thomas Becket - Bishop and Martyr, murdered in his cathedral
Medieval Mysticism (1342-1416)
1342-1416
St. Julian of Norwich - Mystic and anchoress
English Reformation (1469-1679)
1469-1535
St. John Fisher - Bishop and Martyr
1478-1535
St. Thomas More - Chancellor and Martyr
1534
Acts of Supremacy - King Henry VIII breaks from Rome
1535
Fisher and More executed
1536-1541
Dissolution of the Monasteries
1540-1581
St. Edmund Campion - Jesuit Martyr
1569
English College established - At Douai, France for Catholics
1585-1645
Venerable Mary Ward - Foundress and educator
1605
Gunpowder Plot
Catholic Revival & Modern Era (1792-1979)
1792-1849
Blessed Dominic Barberi - Passionist missionary
1829
Roman Catholic Relief Act - Allows Catholics to sit in Parliament
1845
Newman's Conversion - Barberi receives Newman into the Catholic Church
1801-1890
Blessed John Henry Newman - Cardinal and theologian
1874-1936
Gilbert Keith Chesterton - Writer and apologist
1909
Mary Ward recognized - As foundress by Pope Pius X
1921-1979
John Bradburne - Poet, hermit, and martyr in Zimbabwe