Middle Ages
Main article: Medieval history of Christianity See also: Timeline of Christianity#Middle Ages and Middle Ages See also: Christianity in the 9th century- 822 - Mojmír I of Great Moravia, converts to Christianity
- 826 - Ansgar from France is sent by papal authority to Denmark as a royal chaplain and missionary; Harald Klak is baptized along with 400 of his followers at Mainz
- 828 - First Christian church in present-day Slovakia is built in Nitra; First missionaries reach the area that is now the Czech Republic
- 830 - Scotch-born Erluph is evangelizing in (what is now) Germany when he is killed by the Vandals
- 859 - Execution of Eulogius, proponent of confrontational Christian witness in Spain and other Muslim-dominated societies. Opposed to any feeling of affinity with Muslim culture, Eulogius advocated using a missiology of martyrdom to confront Islam.
- 863 - Cyril and Methodius are invited by Rastislav to evangelize in Great Moravia and the Balaton Principality
- 864 - Conversion of Prince Boris of Bulgaria
- 867 - All Serbian tribes are fully Christianized
- 878 - Last definite reference to Christians in China before the Mongol era
- 880 - First Slavic archbishopric established in Great Moravia with Methodius as its head; Bible translated into Slavonic
- 900 - Missionaries from the archdiocese of Bremen-Hamburg reach Norway
- 912 - The Normans become Christian
- 948 - The leader of the Magyars converts to Christianity
- 957 - Princess Olga of Kiev baptized
- 965 - Harold I of Denmark converts to Christianity and smooths the way for the acceptance of Christian faith by the Danish people
- 966 - Mieszko I of Poland converts to Christianity and begins the period of Christian Poland
- 987 - Nestorian monks visiting China find no traces of Christian community left
- 988 - Baptism of Kievan Rus' under Vladimir I
- 995 - Christian missionaries from Norway begin working in Iceland
- 997 - Adalbert of Prague dies as a martyr in Prussia
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