Who, when and where were these religions founded? Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam/Muslim, and Confucianism

Judaism:

Judaism is
one of the oldest religion of the world. The exact time of foundation of this religion
or the identity of the persons responsible for development of the religion is not known
for sure. All we can say is that basic laws and teachings of Judaism are derived from
Torah, the first five book of Hebrew Bible, or the old
Testament.

Buddhism:

The
Buddhist religion originated about 2500 years back out of teachings of Gautama Buddha.
There are differences among scholars regarding time when Buddha lived. Most scholars
believe that Buddha lived from about 563 to 483
B.C.

Gautama Buddha was a prince who got disenchanted from
this world observing its miseries like sickness, old age and death, and became an
ascetic in search of real happiness. After about six years of an arduous life spent in
search of true happiness he attained enlightenment. He then spread his ideas to others,
and this became the starting point for Buddhist
religion.

Christianity:

Christianity
developed around 2000 years back from the life an teachings of Jesus Christ who lived in
Palestine. During his lifetime Jesus preached his ideas about the right way of living
and behaving. After his bodily death, his teachings wee spread by his main
disciples.

Islam/Muslim:

Islam
religion was established by its founder, Prophet Muhammad in the year 600 A.D. Unlike
other major religions of the world, Islam was formally founded as an alternative
religion by its founder, rather than developing gradually out of the teachings and ideas
of the founder.

Prophet Muhammad began preaching his ideas
in Mecca around 610 A.D. In 622, Muhammad was forced to flee to Medina with some
followers, in the face of opposition from people of Mecca. He was able to gain more
power in Medina, and by 630 he was able to return of Mecca and forced his opponents to
surrender. From Mecca and Medina Islam spread to other parts of the
world.

Confucianism:

Confucianism
is more of a philosophy based on the ideas of Chinese philosopher Confucius, that has
deeply influenced the thinking and way of life of the Chinese
people.

Confucius was born about 551 B.C.and died in about
479 B.C. He was not very well known during his life time and his ideas were spread later
by his followers. The two most important followers of Confucius were Mencius (390?-305? 
B.C.) and Xunzi (mid-200's B.C.).