# The timeline

## Living traditions (1945–today)

Living communities, worldwide fellowship, and the histories still being gathered.

- Ongoing: [Anabaptist history is still being written](/events/anabaptism-today/)

## Across the world (1800–1944)

Migration, new fellowships, mission, and the challenges of a changing world.

- 1860: [The Mennonite Brethren emerge](/events/mennonite-brethren-1860/)
- 1874: [Hutterite migration to North America](/events/hutterite-migration-1874/)
- 1920: [The beginnings of the Bruderhof](/events/bruderhof-1920/)
- 1925: [A worldwide gathering](/events/mwc-1925/)

## Confession & migration (1600–1799)

Written confessions, the preservation of memory, new branches, and journeys across borders.

- 1614: [Hans Landis and the Swiss persecution](/events/hans-landis-1614/)
- 1660: [Preserving the memory: Martyrs’ Mirror](/events/martyrs-mirror-1660/)
- 1693: [The Amish division](/events/amish-division-1693/)
- 1708: [The Schwarzenau Brethren](/events/schwarzenau-1708/)

## Radical Reformation (1500–1599)

Believers’ baptism, gathered churches, persecution, and the emergence of distinct Anabaptist streams.

- 1525: [The Zürich baptisms](/events/zurich-baptisms-1525/)
- 1527: [Felix Manz and the cost of conviction](/events/felix-manz-execution/)
- 1527: [The Schleitheim Articles](/events/schleitheim-articles/)
- 1528: [Community of goods in Moravia](/events/community-of-goods/)
- 1536: [Jakob Hutter’s witness](/events/jakob-hutter-execution/)
- 1569: [Dirk Willems saves his pursuer](/events/dirk-willems-rescue/)

## Medieval witness (500–1499)

The medieval accounts remembered by Martyrs’ Mirror, read in their historical and literary context.



## Acts & the early church (30–499)

The Christian beginnings and early witnesses to whom later Anabaptists looked for inspiration.

- Ongoing: [Christian beginnings: Acts and the early witnesses](/events/christian-beginnings/)

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Page: http://history.truechristian.church/timeline/

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