Church History, 563 BCE

-- 563 BCE
[General Religious History] Gautama Buddha, founder of Buddhism is born. (Wiki-Rel)

-- 551 BCE
[General Religious History] Confucius, founder of Confucianism, is born. (Wiki-Rel)

-- 7-2 BCE
[General Religious History] Jesus Christ is thought to have been born. (Wiki-Rel)

-- 33 A.D.
After his crucifixion and resurrection, Jesus Christ appears in the Americas and preaches to the Nephites. Christ's appearance inaugurates a period of harmony with the Lamanites that lasts 200 years, but eventually the tribes fall into conflict again. (PBS)

-- Before 0100
Josephus writes Wars of the Jews. (Tidd)

-- 250-900
[General Religious History] Classic Mayan civilization, Stepped pyramids are constructed. (Wiki-Rel)

-- 385 A.D.
A Nephite prophet named Mormon has been writing the story of his people. On the eve of a climatic battle with the Lamanites, Mormon turns over the core of what will become known as the Book of Mormon, transcribed on gold plates, to his son Moroni. Mormon is mortally wounded in the battle at a place called Cumorah, and the Nephites are nearly obliterated, but Moroni survives another 36 years and adds material to the Book of Mormon before sealing up the plates in 421. (PBS)

-- 405
[General Religious History] St. Jerome completes the Vulgate, the first latin translation of the bible. (Wiki-Rel)

-- 570-632
[General Religious History] Life of the Prophet Muhammad, the founder of Islam. (Wiki-Rel)

-- 650
[General Religious History] Qur'an is completed. (Wiki-Rel)

-- 712
[General Religious History] Kojiki the oldest surviving book and Shinto texts are written (Wiki-Rel)

-- 1350
[Utah] The Fremont Indians, who had lived in Utahs Range Creek Canyon since about 200, disappeared from the archeological record. (TimelineDB)

-- 1469-1539
[General Religious History] The life of Guru Nanak, founder of Sikhism (Wiki-Rel)

-- 1500
[General Religious History] African religious systems are introduced to the Americas, with the commencement of the trans-Atlantic forced migration. (Wiki-Rel)

-- April 29, 1607
[U.S. Religious History] At Cape Henry, Virginia, the first Anglican (Episcopal) church in the American colonies was established. (USRelHist)

Sources: http://groups.google.com/group/mormon-church-history/web/Source+Information?hl=en
/Mormon Church History Chronology/