A Brief Chronology of World Religions

App 1850 BC	Abraham	Monotheism
App 1250 BC	Moses	Judaism
650 – 583 BC	Zoroaster	Zoroastrism
605 – 520 BC	Lao Zi	Taoism
563 – 483 BC	Buddha	Buddhism
551 – 479 BC	Confucius	Confucianism
540 – 46_ BC	Mahariva	Jainism
-4 – 30	Jesus Christ	Christianity
App 570 – 632	Muhammad	Islam
1222 – 1282	Nichiren	Japanese Buddhism
1469 – 1539	Nanak	Sikhism
1483 – 1546	Martin Luther	Lutheranism, Protestant reform
1491 – 1547	Henri VIII	Anglicanism
1509 1564	Calvin	Calvinism
1605 – 1612	John Smith	Baptists
1805 – 1844	Joseph Smith	Mormons
1819 – 1850	Mizra Ali Muhammad	Bahaïsm
1852 – 1916	Charles Russel	Witnesses of Jéhovah