The Muslims

North Africa Falls


1200: The Bible is now available in 22 different languages.
1219: Francis of Assisi presents the Gospel to the Sultan of Egypt.
1253: Franciscan William of Rubruck begins his journey to the Mongols.
1266: Mongol leader Khan sends a request for 100 Christian missionaries to come and teach the Bible (only two responded and one died on the way).
1276: Ramon Llull opens training center to send missionaries to North Africa.
1291: Appointment of first indigeneous bishop in Finland.
1323: Franciscans make contacts on Sumatra, Java, and Borneo.
1329: Nicaea falls to Muslim Ottoman Turks.
1294: Franciscan Giovanni di Monte Corvino arrives in China.
1368: Collapse of the Franciscan mission in China as Ming Dynasty abolishes Christianity.
1382: Bible translated into English from Latin by John Wycliff.
1389: Large numbers of Christians march through the streets of Cairo, denouncing Islam and lamenting that they had abandoned the religion of their fathers from fear of pesecution. They were beheaded, both men and women, and a fresh persecution of Christians followed.
1400: Scriptures translated into Icelandic.
1408: Spanish Dominican Vincent Ferrer begins a ministry in Italy, thousands of Jews and Muslims were won to faith in Christ.
1410: Bible is translated into Hungarian.
1445: First Christians reported in Guinea Bissau.