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This page gives keydates for Christian events
to stand alongside the main TBC Multimedia History.
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| 5 BC | (approx) Jesus born in Nazareth
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| 28 AD | (approx) Jesus crucified and rose again
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| 1610 | Thomas Helwys (an early Baptist) published defence of religious toleration
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| 1611 | (approx) Spitalfields General Baptist Church formed under Thomas Helwys
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| 1616 | (approx) Thomas Helwys died in Newgate Prison
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| 1633 | First Particular Baptist Church formed in London
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| 1689 | Act of Toleration allowed freedom of worship
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| 1689 | London Baptist Confession
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London Baptist Confession
The London Baptist Confession was agreed by a Baptist "messengers" meeting in London in 1689.
It set out Baptist Principles.
A copy can be found on a number of web sites including GraceNet where the London Baptist Confession is listed among a number of reformed evangelical statements of faith.
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| 1738 | John Wesley found Christian assurance
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| 1770 | "New Connexion" group of General Baptist Churches formed
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| 1792 | Baptist Missionary Society founded (for overseas mission)
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| 1797 | Baptist Home Missionary Society founded
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| 1812 | First General Meeting of the Particular Baptist Denomination (in 1873 named the Baptist Union)
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| 1834 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon born
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 Rev Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Spurgeon was the most famous Baptist preacher of the nineteenth century and became known as the "Prince of Preachers".
He was born in Essex in 1834 and died in 1892 after a long and fruitful ministry.
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| 1846 | Evangelical Alliance founded
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| 1856 | Spurgeon's College founded as "Pastor's College"
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| 1861 | Metropolitan Tabernacle opened for Spurgeon
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| 1865 | London Baptist Association (LBA) founded
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| 1867 | Stockwell Orphanage founded by Spurgeon (now Spurgeon's Homes)
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| 1869-70 | First Vatican Council
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| 1873 | Baptist Union of Great Britain and Northern Ireland adopted that name
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| 1875 | William Booth founded Salvation Army
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| 1883 | Boys Brigade founded
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| 1890 | William Booth published In Darkest England
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| 1891 | General Baptists of New Connexion amalgamated with Baptist Union
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| 1892 | Rev Charles Haddon Spurgeon died
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| 1893 | Girls' Brigade founded
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| 1899 | Baptist Times founded
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| 1905 | Baptist World Alliance formed
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| 1910 | World Missionary Conference (Edinburgh)
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| 1941 | Free Church Federal Council founded
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| 1942 | British Council of Churches founded
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| 1945 | Christian Aid founded
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| 1948 | World Council of Churches founded
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| 1954 | Billy Graham Harringay Crusade
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| 1955 | Billy Graham Wembley Crusade
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| 1960 | Billy Graham North of England Crusade relayed to centres all around the country
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| 1962-65 | Second Vatican Council
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| 1963 | John Robinson published Honest to God
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| 1965 | Centenary of London Baptist Association
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| 1968 | Tearfund founded (as The Evangelical Alliance Relief Fund)
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| 1974 | International Congress on World Evangelisation (Lausanne)
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| 1984-85 | Mission to London (Luis Palau)
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| 1988 | Swanwick Declaration
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| 1988 | Baptist Union and Baptist Missionary Society moved to new shared offices in Didcot, Oxfordshire
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| 1990 |
Council of Churches for Britain and Ireland replaced British Council of Churches
Churches Together in England founded
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| 1991 | Bicentenary of Baptist Missionary Society
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| 1994 | Toronto Blessing influenced many churches worldwide
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| 1995 | LBA October Month of Mission
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| 2000 | Millennium Celebrations of the birth of Jesus Christ
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