{"id":2510,"date":"2017-03-19T15:27:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-19T15:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/?page_id=2510"},"modified":"2022-02-20T11:38:13","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T11:38:13","slug":"timeline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/index.php\/timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"

But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.<\/em> \u00a0– 2 Timothy 3:1<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Jean-L\u00e9on_G\u00e9r\u00f4me_-_The_Christian_Martyrs'_Last_Prayer_-_Walters_37113\"\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cThe Christian Martyrs\u2019 Last Prayer\u201d \u00a0 – \u00a0 Jean-Leon Gerome (ca. 1863-1873)<\/p>\n

Click here to read this page in a downloaded and printable PDF format<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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36
\nJudea: Persecution by\u00a0Saul [aka Paul]<\/p>\n

41
\nJudea: Persecution by Herod Agrippa I<\/p>\n

62
\nJudea: Persecution by Annas II<\/p>\n

66 – 68
\nRome: Persecution by Nero<\/p>\n

ca.\u00a095
\nRome: Persecution under\u00a0Domitian<\/p>\n

ca. 107
\nRoman Empire: Persecution under\u00a0Trajan<\/p>\n

132 – 136
\nRoman Empire: Persecution by Jews for refusing to join with them in the Second Jewish Revolt against Rome<\/p>\n

165 – 177
\nRoman Empire: Persecution under\u00a0Marcus Aurelius<\/p>\n

202 – 211
\nRoman Empire: Persecution under Septimius Severus<\/p>\n

235
\nRoman Empire: Persecution under\u00a0Maximinus I<\/p>\n

250
\nRoman Empire: Persecution by Decius<\/p>\n

257 – 260
\nRoman Empire: Persecution by\u00a0Valerian<\/p>\n

303 – 311
\nRoman Empire: Persecution by Diocletian and Galerius, 10,000 – 100,000 killed<\/p>\n

341
\nPersian Empire: 1,150 Christians executed<\/p>\n

361 – 363
\nRoman Empire: Persecution by Julian the Apostate<\/p>\n

375
\nCrimea: Goths kill 308 Christians<\/p>\n

516
\nYemen: The Jewish warlord Dhu Nuwas claimed to have killed 22,000 Christians<\/p>\n

622 – 750
\nMiddle East, North Africa, Spain: Islamic conquest<\/p>\n

960
\nEthiopia: Queen Gudit persecuted the Church<\/p>\n

1281
\nChina: Leaders of the Church of the East arrested<\/p>\n

1338 – 1368
\nChina: Final suppression of the Church of the East<\/p>\n

1370 – 1405
\nAsia and the Middle East: Destruction of the Church of the East in Central Asia by Timur, aka Tamerlane.\u00a0Up to 17 million people of all faiths died. This was likely\u00a0the largest persecution of Christians by non-Christians prior to the 20th century – the exact number of affected Christians is unknown due to the extent of the destruction, but given Timur’s hatred of Christianity it was surely a high percentage of the total causalities<\/em><\/p>\n

1453
\nByzantine Empire: Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks. \u00a0Thousands of Christians were killed and 30,000 deported or sold into slavery<\/p>\n

1470
\nGreece: Fall of Negroponte to the Ottomans, 6,000 Christians killed or enslaved<\/p>\n

1570 – 1573
\nCyprus: Invasion by\u00a0the Ottomans, at least 56,000\u00a0Christians killed or enslaved
\nLepanto, Ionian Sea: The Ottoman navy was defeated and 12,000 Christian galley slaves were freed, at the cost of 7,500 Christian dead<\/p>\n

1587 – 1639
\nJapan: Christianity was outlawed and 37,000 Christians and sympathizers were killed in the Shimabara Rebellion<\/p>\n

1683
\nAustria: Siege and Battle of Vienna claimed over 16,000 Christians but the Ottoman forces were defeated<\/p>\n

1690
\nSerbia: Ottoman atrocities caused 37,000 Christian families to flee to Austria<\/p>\n

1700 – 1900
\nVietnam: More than 20,300 Christians were killed<\/p>\n

1780 – 1784
\nIndia: Tipu Sultan killed nearly 26,000 Christians and forced 30,000 to convert to Islam including some British officers<\/p>\n

1789 – 1799
\nFrance: Revolution and the Vendean Revolt claimed 177,000 – 450,000 Christian lives<\/p>\n

1791 – 1873
\nKorea: Over 10,000 Christians were killed in four major persecutions<\/p>\n

1821 – 1832
\nGreece: Up to 130,000 Christians died in the war for independence from the Ottomans<\/p>\n

1831 – 1861
\nMadagascar: Thousands of actual and suspected Christians died in ritual poisoning ordeals<\/p>\n

1843 – 1909
\nOttoman Empire: Over 380,000 Armenian, Assyrian, and Bulgarian Christians were killed in several waves of persecution<\/p>\n

1869 – 1873
\nJapan: 3,600\u00a0Kakure Kirishitan [‘Hidden Christians’] from Nagasaki were sent into internal exile, 650 died<\/p>\n

1900
\nChina: Almost 33,000 Christians were killed in the Boxer Rebellion<\/p>\n

1912 – present <\/strong><\/a>
\nAcross the entire globe: At least 35 million Christians were killed and many more suffered in the greatest cumulative persecution in history<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Note: This timeline does not include the numerous cases of persecution of Christians by Christians, each of which was a denial of the prayer of Jesus that his followers be one [cf John 17:11], and many of which were\u00a0exploited by non-Christians who desired to injure and wound His Church. \u00a0It is a fact that much Christian suffering has ultimately been due to a lack of Christian unity in the face of persecution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. \u00a0– 2 Timothy 3:1 \u00a0\u201cThe Christian Martyrs\u2019 Last Prayer\u201d \u00a0 – \u00a0 Jean-Leon Gerome (ca. 1863-1873) Click here to read this page in a downloaded and printable PDF format   36 Judea: Persecution by\u00a0Saul [aka Paul] 41 Judea: Persecution by Herod Agrippa I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2510"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2510"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4632,"href":"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2510\/revisions\/4632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/todaysmartyrs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}