HISTORICAL RELIGIOUS DATES

Historical Religious Dates :

 

By Dr. Pallan Ichaporia, PIchaporia@aol.com

 

Thu, 16 Jan 1997

 

MAJOR HISTORICAL RELIGIOUS DATES - (SPECIFIC TO THE RELIGION OF ZARATHUSHTRA AND MEANINGFUL FOR OUR ZOROASTRIAN CHILDREN) ARE CAPITALIZED.

BCE.
Particulars
1400 ? (1200)
BIRTH OF PROPHET ZARATHUSHTRA, at age 35-40 Zarathushtra received revelation - composition of the Gathas, Yasna Haptanghaiti and other Old Avestan literature
13 century
Moses, the Hebrew Law Giver & Prophet
1100-500
The Rig Ved compiled
563-483
Buddha, the founder of Buddhism
551-479
Confucius, the founder of Confucianism
549-330
THE FIRST ZOROASTRIAN ACHEMENID EMPIRE
540-468
Mahavira, the founder of Jainism
220BCE-227CE
THE SECOND (partial) ZOROASTRIAN ARSACID EMPIRE
200
The Bhagavad Gita (Hindu Text) is written
6 to 4BCE to 30 CE
Jesus Christ, the founder prophet of Christianity

CE.
Particulars
33
Crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ
64
Peter, the first Bishop of Rome & disciple of Jesus, dies
70-100
First four books of the New Testaments are written
220-651
THE THIRD ZOROASTRIAN SASANIAN EMPIRE. THE HOLY ANCIENT ZOROASTRIAN TEXTS FINALLY COMPILED & WRITTEN DOWN.
400
Two Buddhist Sects -- Zen and Amidism established
570-632
Muhammad -- the Prophet of Islam His teachings are recorded in the Quran
622
Prophet Muhammad flees to Yatrib (Medina) the date is known as Hejira, the start of the Muslim era
650
THE DEFEAT OF THE SASANIAN EMPIRE BY THE ARAB MUSLIMS AND COLLAPSE OF ZOROASTRIANISM, AS THE STATE RELIGION -- BEGINNING OF THE SLOW PERSECUTION OF THE ZOROASTRIANS -- PROGRESSIVELY BECOMING MORE & MORE OPPRESSIVE.
910-950
THE TRADITIONAL DATE OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE IRANIAN ZOROASTRIANS -- (PARSIS=PERSIANS) IN INDIA TO ESCAPE THE CRUSHING RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION.
921
THE GREAT ATASH VEHRAN (BAHRAM) -- "IRAN SHAH" -- IS ENTHRONED (now at Udvada).
1054
Pope Leo IX finalizes the split of the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman catholic Church
1224-1274
Thomas Aquinas, Roman Catholic saint and Theologian
1309-1377
The Roman Catholic Papacy moves to Avigon, France
1483-1556
Martin Luther, leader of Protestant reformation -- Germany
1491-1546
Ignatius Loyola establishes the Jesuit Order of Roman Catholic Priests
1765
ATASH BAHRAM AT NAVSARI INSTALLED
1783
DADISETH ATASH BAHRAM INSTALLED (BOMBAY)
1823
MODI ATASH BAHRAM AT SURAT INSTALLED
1823
VAKIL ATASH BAHRAM AT SURAT INSTALLED
1830
WADIAJI ATASH BAHRAM INSTALLED (BOMBAY)
1845
BANAJI ATASH BAHRAM INSTALLED (BOMBAY)
1859
Charles Darwin publishes Origin of Species -- theory of organic evolution -- (animosity with the Christian Church doctrine of "creation")
1897
ANJUMAN ATASH BAHRAM INSTALLED (BOMBAY).
1869-1948
Mohandas K. Gandhi, Indian Political leader (1947) .
1970
SLOW MIGRATION (unlike the first one of 950 CE from Iran) OF THE PARSIS TO THE WESTERN COUNTRIES.
1978-79
Fall of the Shah of Iran and migration of several Iranian Muslims to the west to escape the Islamic Fundamental Regime
1970-96

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HALLS OF WORSHIP AND ZOROASTRIAN ASSOCIATIONS IN SEVERAL US, CANADIAN, AUSTRALIAN/NEW ZEALAND CITIES. FORMATION OF THE FEDERATION OF ZOROASTRIAN ASSOCIATION OF N. AMERICA -- 'FEZANA'.

 

REAL THREAT OF THE WORLDWIDE EXTINCTION OF MICROSCOPIC ZOROASTRIAN COMMUNITY.

(Many other dates though important like the attack on Zoroastrianism by the Christian Priest, Wilson resulting in its renaissance through the efforts of Khurshedji R. Cama and his scholarly team of Priestly disciples, establishment of K.R. Cama Oriental Institute with its world-renown library for Zoroastrian Scholarship. Introduction of the Study of Old Iranian/Avesta/Pahlavi Languages at the University level -- Bombay etc. will be dealt later.)