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| 865 |
| | | The Bulgarian king Boris I is baptized in the Greek Orthodox faith, bringing his people within the Byzantine fold | |
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| c. 870 |
| | | Cyril and Methodius translate the Gospels and parts of the Old Testament into Slavonic for the Moravians. | |
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| 909 |
| | | Monastic reform, begun at Cluny, is so successful that more than 1000 Benedictine houses eventually follow the Cluniac example | |
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| 929 |
| | | Wenceslas, a prince of the Premsylid family, is murdered on his way into church - and becomes Bohemia's patron saint | |
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| c. 950 |
| | | The Byzantine empire enjoys a revival, bringing the Slavs within the Greek Orthodox fold and winning victories against the Muslims | |
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| c. 960 |
| | | Harald Bluetooth is baptized a Christian and unites the whole of Denmark as a single kingdom. | |
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| 962 |
| | | The imperial coronation of Otto I by Pope John XII in St Peter's puts in place the formal role of a Holy Roman emperor | |
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| 965 |
| | | Mieszko, pagan chieftain of the Poles, marries a Christian Czech princess and brings all his people into the Roman Catholic fold | |
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| 975 |
| | | The Hungarian king Gezá and his family are baptized as Roman Catholics, beginning a long link between Hungary and Rome | |
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| c. 987 |
| | | Vladimir, the prince of Kiev, decides that Greek Orthodoxy is the most suitable religion for the Russian people | |
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