WORD SIGHT'S Bible Time-line will give you a quick chart picture of history showing where Biblical people, places, & events fit in. Prominent events & people not mentioned in Bible will also be included to provide a familiar reference point for those more acquainted with non-Biblical history.

Positioned on a timeline this chart will provide a panoramic time perspective from Genesis to Revelation.

• God created this world. Adam & Eve were His finishing touch. Gen.1
• The seven-day weekly cycle was established. Gen. 2:2
• The seventh-day Sabbath (rest) was instated. Gen. 2:1-3
• Evil entered this world. Gen. 3
• A deliverer was promised. Gen. 3:15
• Adam & Eve's first two children, Cain & Abel, were born. Gen. 4:1-2
• The first murder was committed. Cain killed Abel & then moved to eastern land of Nod. Gen. 4:3-16

• Cain's first child, Enoch, was born. Enoch fathered sons & daughters. No dates or years were given in line of Cain. Many discoveries & inventions were ascribed to mental activity of Cain's posterity.
• Seth was born to Adam & Eve. Seth lived 912 years & fathered sons & daughters. Seth carried on Adam's godly family line.
• Cain's first grandchild, Irad, son of Enoch was born.

• Seth's first son, Enos, was born. Enos lived 905 years & fathered sons & daughters. According to Arabian tradition Enos prohibited intermarriages with Cainites (descendants of Cain).
• Cain's great grandchild, Mehujael, son of Irad was born.

• Seth's first grandchild, Cainan, son of Enos was born. Cainan lived 910 years & fathered sons & daughters. (The Arabians have a tradition respecting Cainan that he held universal empire, & was celebrated for his wisdom & miraculous powers.)
• Cain's great-great grandchild, Methusael, son of Mehujael was born.
• Seth's great grandchild, Mahalaleel, son of Cainan was born. Mahalaleel lived 895 years & fathered sons & daughters.

• Cain's great-great-great grandchild, Lamech, son of Methusael was born. (Lamech married two wives making him first polygamist on record.)
• Seth's great-great grandchild, Jared, son of Mahalaleel was born. Jared lived 962 years & fathered sons & daughters. (According to an ancient Arabian tradition Jared was first of line of Seth who broke through command of Enos, which prohibited intermarriage with Cainites that tended greatly to obliteration of every moral & religious principle. Genesis 6:1-2
• Lamech's children were born: Tubal-cain (" He was a furbisher of every cutting instrument of copper & iron." "VULCAN" of Greeks.) Gen. 4:22, Jabal (father of cattle men.) Gen 4:20, Jubal (father of all who handle harp & organ.) Gen. 4:21 & Naamah (a daughter whose name means loveliness.)

• Intermarriage of godly descendants of Seth & ungodly descendants of Cain began. Genesis 6:1-2
• Immorality, violence & godlessness increased.
• Adam, Seth, Enoch, Cainan, Mahalaleel & Jarad continued communicating with their descendants.
• Adam talked with Seth 800 years, with Enos 695 years, Cainan 605 years, Mahalaeel 535 years, Jared 470 years, Enoch 308 years, Methuselah 243 years & with Lamech 56 years.

• Seth's great-great-great grandchild, Enoch, son of Jared was born. Enoch lived 365 years & fathered sons & daughters. ("The Arabian name of Enoch is Edris, & their traditions of him are that he was an eminent astronomer, mathematician & prophet of God.")
• Seth's great-great-great-great grandchild, Methuselah, son of Enoch was born. Methuselah lived 969 years, making him oldest of ancient ones, & oldest man to ever live. (Methuselah's name means, "At his death, it will come." Methuselah died year of flood.) Methuselah fathered sons & daughters.
• After Methuselah's birth, Bible records that Enoch developed an especially close relationship with God leading to his translation to heaven at age of 365. "And Enoch walked with God 365 years & begat sons & daughters," Gen. 5:22 "And he was not for God took him." Gen. 5:24

• The marriage of brother & sister was common until prohibited by Law of Moses in 1491 B.C.
• "It is said of Seth & his posterity that they were very good & virtuous, & very happy, without any considerable misfortunes for seven generations." Josephus
• "Seth & his posterity were inventors of that peculiar sort of wisdom which is concerned with heavenly bodies & their order." Josephus

• The Cainites held greater & greater influence over godly descendants of Seth as intermarriage became more & more pervasive. Gen. 6:1-2
• Violence, debauchery & immorality characterized a growing percentage of human society. Gen. 6:1-2,4-5, 11
• Seth's great-great-great-great-great grandchild, Lamech, son of Methuselah was born. Lamech lived 777 years & fathered sons & daughters. Lamech was first man on record who died a natural death before his father. Lamech was able to talk with Adam 56 years (He learned of Garden of Eden, etc., directly.), his grandsons Japheth, Shem & Ham 98 years, & thus became intervening link that could bring eyewitness history from "Creation" to death of Shem after flood. This was a period of 2158 years.

• Methuselah talked with Seth 355 years, Enos 453 years, Cainan 548 years, Mahalaleel 603 years, Jared 735 years & with Enoch 300 years.
• Adam died at age of 930. (3474 B.C.)
• Enoch was translated in 3017 B.C. at age of 365.

• Seth died at age of 912. (2962 B.C.)
• Seth's great-great-great-great-great-great grandchild, Noah, son of Lamech was born. Noah lived 905 years & fathered three sons.

• Enos died at age of 905. (2864B.C.)
• With intermarriage now common, Cainites held pervasive influence over godly descendants of Seth. High moral, social & religious principles were fast becoming extinct.
• Violence, debauchery & immorality now characterized almost entirety of human society. Gen. 6:11

• Noah talked with Cainan 179 years, Mahalaleel 243 years, Jared 366 years & with Lamech 595 years.
• Cainan died at age of 910. (2769 B.C.)
• Mahalaleel died in 2714 B.C. at age of 895.

• Wickedness continued to increase. great ages of people allowed for an unparalleled pool of united experience, appetite & imagination applied to any given pursuit.

• Jared died at age of 962. (2582 B.C.)
• Society essentially became corrupt. Only a few godly people remained.

• Noah's sons were born. Shem elder son carried on Seth's godly line. Shem lived 600 years & fathered five sons. Shem was 98 at time of flood. Gen. 10:21 Japheth, middle son, fathered seven sons. & Ham, younger son, fathered four sons. Gen. 9:24
• Noah was called to build ark & warn of coming flood. (Circa. 2466 B.C.) Gen. 6
• Noah began 120 years of prophesying about coming flood. God asked him to conduct this warning for humanity.

• Lamech died five years before flood at age of 777. (2353 B.C.)
• Methuselah died shortly before flood at age of 969. (2348 B.C.)
• The ark was completed. (Circa. 2348 B.C.) Gen. 7
• The 120 years of warning came to an end. Gen. 7
• The flood deluged earth. (2348 B.C.) Gen. 7 (Noah & his family were in ark one year & ten days. They entered in 2348 B.C. & exited in 2347 B.C.) Deluge: Different Dates Assigned: Usher & English Bible, 2348 B.C.; Hebrew Bible, 2288 B.C.; Playfair Bible, 2352 B.C.; Clinton Bible, 2482 B.C.; Samaritan Pent, 2998 B.C.; Josephus, 3146 B.C.; Dr. Hales, 3155 B.C.; Septuagint, 3246 B.C.
• Meat, grain & vegetables were given to humanity as food items. Gen 9:2-4
• Murder was forbidden. Gen 9:5
• Death penalty for murder, by either animals or humans, instated. Gen. 9:5-6
• The rainbow covenant was instated. God covenanted with humanity & animal kingdom to never again destroy earth by flood. first rainbow was seen. Gen. 8:21-22 & Gen. 9:8-17
• Noah's three sons, Shem, Japheth & Ham began to repopulate earth.
• Shem had four of his five sons: Arphaxad, who lived 438 years & carried on Seth's godly family line, then Elam, then Asshur "Builder of Nineveh" & finally Lud. Gen. 10:11
• Japheth had three of his seven sons: Comer, Magog & Madai. (No dates or years are given for Japheth's descendants.)
• Ham had four sons: Cush, Mizraim, Phut & Canaan. (No dates or years are given for Ham's descendants.)
• Shem's first grandchild, Salah, son of Arphaxad was born. Salah lived 433 years, & carried on Seth's godly posterity. He fathered a number of sons & daughters.

• Ham's first grandchild, Nimrod (also known as Izdhubar), son of Cush was born. Nimrod founded Babylon (or Chaldea, capital was Ur). Tower of Babel was started. ("The Tower of Babel" probable "Temple of Jupiter Belus" in Babylon was seen & described by Herodotus in 440 B.C. It was a quarter of a mile square at base & in eight stories rose 650 feet high.) Gen.10:10
• Shem's fifth son, Aram, was born. Aram had four sons. Gen. 10:23
• Shem's great grandchild, Eber (or Heber), son of Salah was born. Eber lived 464 years & fathered two sons.
• Ham's second & third grandchildren were born. Sidon founded Sidon (the Sidonians & Ammonites) & Heth, sons of Cannan.
• The destruction of Tower of Babel caused dispersion of Babylon's population, sending it to ends of earth. It was 101 years from flood to "Confusion of Tongues" & "Dispersion." (2247 B.C.) Gen. 11:1-9
• (Exaggerated Chronologies. "Exaggerated chronologies are common to a large number of nations. Critical examination has (in all cases but one) demonstrated their fallacy; & many myriads of years postulated for their past civilization & history by Babylonians, Assyrians, Hindus, Chinese, & others have been shown to be pure fiction, utterly unworthy of belief. Cuneiform scholars confidently place beginning of Babylon about B.C. 2300, of Assyria about B.C. 1500. best Arian scholars place dawn of Iran civilization about B.C. 1500, of India about B.C. 1200. Chinese investigators can find nothing solid or substantial in past of 'Celestials' earlier than B.C. 781, or, at furthest B.C. 1154." Rawlinson (The "Temple of Jupiter Belus" was named by Nebuchadnezzar. "The Temple of Seven Lights of Earth" at Borsippa-Barzipa. ie, Tower of Tongues, located eleven miles from north ruins of Babylon was described thus by Nebuchadnezzar in "Borsippa Inscription." "A former king built it, but he did not complete its head. SINCE A REMOTE TIME PEOPLE HAD ABANDONED IT, WITHOUT ORDER EXPRESSING THEIR WORDS. Since that time earthquake & thunder had dispersed its sun-dried clay; bricks of casing had been split, & ear of interior had been scattered in heaps. Merodach, great lord, excited my mind to repair this building. I did not change site, nor did I take away foundation stone. As it had been in former times, so I founded, I made it as it had been in ancient days, so I exalted its summit." Smith's Bible Dictionary.)
• Shem's great-great grandchild, Peleg, son of Eber was born. Peleg's name means, "division." "During his lifetime people of world were divided into different language groups & dispersed" Gen 10:24 Peleg lived 239 years & fathered sons & daughters. His brother's name was Joktan. Joktan had 13 sons.)
• The descendants of Japheth dispersed, populating Greece, Parthia, Russia & northern Europe.
• Javan, son of Japheth settled Greece or Ionia. (Attica, Arcadia & Sparta) (The Greeks are said to have been descendants of Javan, fourth son of Japheth.)
• The descendants of Ham dispersed, populating Africa & Egypt.
• Mizraim or Egypt began to be established. (First through sixth Dynasties) (Old Empire or Native Dynasties 2450 B.C. or 2250 B.C. to about 1750 B.C.)
• The descendants of Canaan settled Phoenicia or Canaan. (The city of Sidon was early celebrated for its textile fabrics, & Tyre for its commerce in purple. people were most eminent navigators & traders of antiquity. From Phoenicia came original Roman alphabet.)
• The descendants of Shem dispersed forming Semetic people of Middle East, including Arabs & nation of Israel.
• Shem's great-great-great grandchild, Reu, son of Peleg was born. Reu lived 239 years & fathered sons & daughters.
• Fohi (or Yao) founded China. He was supposed to be Noah of Bible. Chinese historians state that Fohi was a divine personage & that he invented a symbolic mode of writing. He also invented music, dressmaking & custom of sacrificing at solstices. First Dynasty, Hiah began. (2240 B.C.)

• Ninth Dynasty of Thebes began. (Date not known)
• Shem's great-great-great-great grandchild, Serug, son of Reu was born. Serug lived 230 years & fathered sons & daughters.
• Shem's great-great-great-great-great grandchild, Nahor, son of Serug was born. Nahor lived 148 years & fathered sons & daughters.
• Shem's great-great-great-great-great-great grandchild, Terah, son of Nahor was born. Terah lived 205 years. Terah had three sons.

• Shem's great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandchildren, Haran & Nahor, sons of Terah were born. Haran &
• Nahor were brothers of Abraham.
• Nahor, son of Serug died at age of 148. (2007 B.C.)
• Peleg died at age of 239. (2008 B.C.)

• Noah died at age of 950. Noah lived after flood 350 years & died two years before Abraham was born. (1998 B.C.)
• Terah's third son, Abraham, was born. Abraham was called "The Father of Faithful" & "The Friend of God."
• Haran's daughter, Milcah, was born.
• Terah's daughter, Sarah, was born.
• Haran's daughter, Iscah, was born.
• Reu died at age of 239 years. (1978 B.C.)
• Haran's son, Lot, was born.
• Nahor & Milcah married. (Milcah was niece & wife to Nahor.)
• Serug died at age of 230. (1955 B.C.)
• Sarah & Abraham married.
• Terah left Ur of Chaldeans to go to Canaan. He stopped short of his goal, however, & settled in village of Haran.
• Nahor's son, Bethule, was born.
• Lot's two daughters are born.
• Terah died at age of 205. (1921 B.C.)
• God called Abraham to leave Ur. He & Lot left & journeyed to Canaan. They settled in Shechem (Sichem). (There are 427 years from flood to "Call of Abraham." In call Abraham was promised descendants, & that though him "all families of earth will be blessed.") Genesis 12:1-3 (1921 B.C.)
• A famine drove Abraham & Lot into Egypt. (1919 B.C.)
• Abraham & Lot returned to Canaan & in 1916 they separated. (1917 B.C.)
• The Elamites invaded Sodom. Chedoralaomer took Lot & all people of Sodom captive. Abraham pursued & recaptured all. He killed four kings. Genesis 14 (1913 B.C.)
• Hagar, Sarah's slave mistress, bore Abraham a son, Ishmael. Ishmael lived 137 years. He fathered 12 sons & became father of Arab nations.
• Arphaxad died at age of 438. (Arphaxad talked with Abraham 88 years.) (1908 B.C.)

• This was beginning of Hykso's (or Shepherd Kings of Egypt) three dynasties. three rulers of this century were: Set (or Saites) for 19 years, Bnon for 40 years & Pacchnan for 36 years. This era was termed "Middle Empire." (1750 B.C. to 1500 B.C.)
• God repeated his promise of a son to be born to Abraham & Sarah. covenant of circumcision was made (the sign & seal). Abraham's name was changed from Abram to Abraham, & Sarah's from Sarai to Sarah. (1898 B.C.)
• Sodom & Gomorrah were destroyed. Lot along with his two daughters & wife were evacuated from city by angels. Lot's wife looked back, in disobedience to an expressed command, & became a pillar of salt. (1898 B.C.)
• Sarah gave birth to Isaac in her nineties.
• Hagar & Ishmael were banished from Abraham's camp & returned to Euphrates River area.
• Ishmael's blood descendants formed Arabs, but all Moslems, including Persians, trace ancestry back to Abraham through Ishmael.
• Lot's two daughters each bore a son by their father. They were Moab, father of Moabites, & Ben-Ammi, father of Ammonites. Gen 19:30-38
• Bethuel, son of Nahor & Milcah, fathered Laban & Rebekah.
• Salah died at age of 433. Salah talked with Abraham 118 years & outlived burning of Sodom by 19 years. (1878 B.C.)
• Sarah died. (1859 B.C.)
• The first immigration into Greece by Inachus began. Greece was already in possession of powerful tribes, called "The Pelasgi" when four immigrations of Inachus, Cecrops, Cadmus & Pelops brought Greece into historic notice. From earliest account of Greece to Trojan War (1184 B.C.) is termed "The Fabulous Age." (1856 B.C.)
• Whang-ti became Emperor of China at 12 years of age. "He spoke as soon as weaned...discovered use of magnet, & made many astonishing inventions." Chinese History (1852B.C.)
• Isaac & Rebekah married. Isaac was 40 at time.
• Assyria, a colony from Babylonia, capital Asshur, became independent under Ismi. Dagan (1852 B.C.)
• Shem died at age of 600. Shem lived after flood 502 years & after Noah 152 years. He talked with Abraham 150 years & with Isaac 50 years. He outlived Lot's wife by 52 years. (1846 B.C.)
• Twin sons, Esau & Jacob, were born to Isaac & Rebekah. Jacob carried on Adam, Seth, Shem & Abraham's godly family line. Esau founded nation of Edom. (1836 B.C.)
• Abraham died at age of 175. (1821 B.C.)
• Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for a bowl of lentils. Gen. 25:29-34
• God passed on Abraham's covenant promise to Isaac. Gen. 26:1-5
• Eber died at age of 464 years. Eber outlived Abraham by four years, & overlapped Isaac 79 years, & Jacob 20 years. (1817 B.C.)

• Egypt's "Middle Empire" continued. This century's rulers were Staan for 50 years, Archles for 49 years, Apepi (or Apophis) last king, for 61 years. Joseph was chief minister of Apepi.
• Jacob moved to Mesopotamia. God passed on covenant promise to him.
• Ishmael died at age of 137. (1773 B.C.)
• The second dynasty, Shang, began in China. (1756 B.C.)
• Jacob married both Leah (by trickery) & Rachel. Leah bore Jacob six sons & one daughter. Her maid, Zilpah, whom she caused to be a surrogate mother for her, bore Jacob two sons. Rachel bore Jacob two sons & her maid, Bilhah, whom she caused to be a surrogate mother for her, bore Jacob two sons. In total Jacob (Israel) had twelve sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph & Benjamin. family tree is traced from Adam to twelve sons of Jacob, from whom sprang "Twelve Tribes" of Israelites. (Circa.1752 B.C.)
• Levi's second son, Kohath, was born. Kohath lived 133 years & was family line through which Levitical priesthood came. He was a direct ancestor of Moses & Aaron. (1735 B.C.)
• Jacob was called by God to move back to Canaan. He began his journey. On way he wrestled with an angel who changed his name to "Israel."
• Rachel died on way back to Canaan. (1732 B.C.)
• Joseph was sent captive to Egypt at age of seventeen. (1728 B.C.)
• Isaac died at age of 180. (1716 B.C.)
• Joseph was made governor of Egypt. (1715 B.C.)
• Jacob, now called Israel, & his family went into Egypt. Of Jacob's children & grandchildren, sixty-six went down to Egypt. These plus nine wives of his sons made 75 people in all. It was 215 years after "Call of Abraham" that Jacob & his family moved to Egypt. Two hundred & fifteen years later Moses led them out of Egypt & received Law on Mt. Sinai. Acts 7:14 & Gal. 3:17 (1706 B.C.)

• Pelasgi, from Ardacia, settled Italy (or Latium). Pelasgi were primitive inhabitants of Greece & Italy & probably belonged to Indo-Germanic race. From Pelasgi came Dorians, Aeolians & Ionians, all three being Heilenes or Greeks. (1694 B.C.)
• Jacob elevated Ephraim & Manasseh to same status as his sons, creating twelve tribes of Israel (Thirteen tribes actually, but Levi was elevated to status of priesthood, leaving twelve to divide up land).
• All Babylonia was permanently united. capital, "Babylon Great," for some 1700 years stood as queen city of world. Pliny says, "It was greatest city sun ever shone upon." "Its walls, 300 feet high & 75 feet wide, enclosed an area of 225 square miles. Its temples, palaces, fortresses, brazen gates, quays, artificial mountains & lakes, made it one of Seven Wonders of World." Strabo.
• Jacob died at age of 147. (1689 B.C.)
• Aahmes became Pharoah of Egypt. He ruled for 25 years, expelling Hyksos & restoring temples. (Circa. 1655 B.C.)
• Kohath's son, Amram, was born. Amram fathered Moses, Aaron & Miriam. (1646 B.C.)
• This was believed to be time of book of Job. Job, of Idumea, an Arabian sage, was supposed by some to be identical with Jobab who was a grandson of Easu. (Circa. 1655 B.C.)
• Levi's daughter, Jochebed, was born. (Jochebed later became wife of Amram & mother of Moses, Aaron & Miriam.)
• Genesis, Bible's first book, came to an end. Genesis embraced 2369 years of history. Bible's second book, Exodus, began.
• Joseph died at age of 110. (1635 B.C.)
• Levi died. (1632 B.C.)
• Krishna flourished about this time in India.
• Amen-Hotep First became Pharaoh of Egypt. He reigned 24 years. Horses & wheeled carts were first represented on monuments.

• Thothmes I became Pharaoh in Egypt & ruled 22 years. He first invaded Asia.
• A little over half of Israel's 215 years in Egypt had passed.
• Amram & Jochebed married. (Circa 1589 B.C.)
• Miriam was born to Amram & Jochebed. (Circa. 1580 B.C.) Miraim became a prophetess & leader in Israelite exodus.
• Thothmes II became Pharaoh of Egypt & reigned 13 years.
• Atlas, Astronomer, came on scene. (1588 B.C.)
• Aaron was born to Amram & Jochebed. (1574 B. C.) Aaron lived 123 years & fathered four children. It was through Aaron's line that Levitical priesthood was founded.
• Hatasu became Queen of Egypt (daughter of Thothmes) & reigned 20 years. (It is said she wore men's clothing).
• Moses was born to Amarm & Jochebed & was adopted into Egyptian royal court. At age of 12 he was taken to live with Egyptian royal family. (Troy, Athens & Thebes were founded during days of Moses.) (1571 B.C.)
• Cecrops, from Egypt, founded Athens. (1556 B.C.)
• Thothmes III, Great, became Pharoah of Egypt & reigned 40 years. As Egypt's greatest conqueror Thothmes III, became known as "The Egyptian Alexander." He adorned Egypt with magnificent temples & works of art & erected New York Obelisk. "Egypt was at her climax, under Thothmes III. His conquests embraced then known world of Arabia, Syria, Assyria, Babylonia, Phoenicia, Armenia, Asia Minor, Isles of Daniai (probably in Archipelago), Cyprus, Ethiopia, Libya & Nubia." Dr. Birch.
• Scamander founded kingdom of Troy. Homer immortalized its history. (1546 B.C.)
• Joshua, son of Nun, of tribe of Ephraim, was born. Joshua lived 110 years & became leader of Israel after Moses' death. (1536 B.C.)
• Moses escaped Egypt & settled in Midian. (Circa.1530 B.C.)
• Moses & Zipporah married.
• Aaron's sons, Nadab, Eleazar, Abihu & Ithamar were born.
• Moses' sons Gershom & Elezer were born.
• Amen-Hotep II became Pharoah of Egypt & reigned 31 years.
• Amram died. (1509 B.C.)
• The institution of Areopagus was founded in Greece. (1504 B.C.)

• Panathenaean games began. (1495 B.C.)
• The Roman alphabet was developed. "Cadmus was said to have brought fifteen Phoenician letters into Greece. They gradually changed in form, until they became ground of Roman letters now used in Europe & America." Arundelian Marbles. "Cadum did first wondrous art devise, of painting thought & speaking to eyes." (1493 B.C.)
• Moses saw burning bush & was called by God to deliver His people from Egypt. Moses arrived in Egypt. ten plagues occurred. Passover was instituted. Israelites left Egypt, loaded with riches given them by Egyptians. Red Sea was crossed. Egyptian army was wiped out. Law was given. tabernacle was made. Aaron became first High Priest. Theocracy, under God, began & lasted 396 years. book of Exodus ended its 145-year history. Book of Leviticus was written in one month. book of Numbers began. census was taken. camp was organized. Canaan was reached. 12 spies were sent out. people murmured & were turned back into wilderness for 40 years. journey in wilderness began. Aaron died on Mt. Hor. Eleazar succeeded Aaron as High Priest. Numbers 20:28 (1491 B.C.)
• Lacadaemmon married Sparta. City of Sparta was founded. (1490 B.C.)
• Helen came to power in Greece. (The mythical ancestor of all Greeks.) (1459 B.C.)
• The book of Numbers ended its 39-year history of wanderings of Israelites. (Circa. 1452 B.C.)
• The twelve tribes of Israel reached Promised Land. book of Deuteronomy was written in five weeks. Joshua was made leader of Israelites. Moses died on Mt. Nebo at age of 120. (Moses was taken to heaven. Jude 1:9 & Luke 9:28-33.) Israel entered Canaan 41 years after Exodus from Egypt. Jericho was taken & invasion of Palestine began. Joshua defeated five kings of Canaan. (Joshua 10) book of Joshua was begun. Palestine became home of both Canaanites & Children of Israel. (1451 B.C.)
• The Book of Joshua concluded its 25-year history. Joshua died at age of 110. (1426 B.C.)
• This was time of Elders. From death of Joshua there was a span of 17 years before first Judge appeared. Elders who outlived Joshua filled role of leadership to Israel for a portion of these years. Israel "served Lord" during this time. Once these Elders died nation began to abandon Theocracy. Leadership was weak & for most part people did "every man what is right in his own eyes." Judges 2:7,10, Judges 2:10-13 & Judges 21:25
• The Israelite's first servitude to Mesopotamia (Syria). It lasted for eight years. Judges 3:1-8 (1417 B.C.)
• The first judge, Othnel, ruled for 40 years. Judges 3:9-11 (The chronology of Judges is very uncertain because we are not told where overlapping occurs. This is one possible alignment.) (1409 B.C.)

• Nineteenth Dynasty of Thebes. Ramesses I ruled for one year in Egypt. (Circa. 1399 B.C.)
• Seti I (or Sesostris), Ramesses' son, began his 25-year rule of Egypt. Seti I built "Grand Hall of Columns" at Karnak, began Belzoni's tomb, dug canal from Nile to Red Sea & made "Great Table of Abydos." (Circa.1398 B.C.)
• Troas came to power in Troy. He founded city of Troy. (1373 B.C.)
• Ramseese II, Great, son of Seti I, began his 61-year rule of Egypt. Ramseese II was most famous of Egyptian kings. He was termed King of Persecution. He built cities & magnificent temples, one of which is Rock Temple of Ipsambul with its four Colossi, 70 feet high. He also built great wall, 30 miles long, Raameseum at Thebes & introduced polygamy in Egypt. He was father of 59 sons & 60 daughters. (Circa.1373 B.C.)
• Israel's second servitude by Elgon, king of Moab, lasted 18 years. (1369 B.C.)
• Israel's second judge was Ehud. Judges 3:30 states that land was at rest for 80 years after he started to rule. (Usher, however, allowed Ehud only a 13-year span of leadership.) Judges 3:12-30. third judge was Shamgar. His length of service was not recorded. Judges 3:31 (1356 B.C.)
• Israel's fourth servitude under Jaben & Sisera lasted 20 years.
• Israel's fourth period of Judges was under leadership of Deborah & Barak & lasted for 40 years. Judges 4 & 5 (1338 B.C.)
• Israel's fifth servitude to Midian lasted for seven years.
• The Institution of Isthmian Games by Sisyphus was established. (1326 B.C.)
• Menepthah, son of Ramesses II came to power in Egypt. He ruled 10 years. (Circa.1310 B.C.)

• Siculi, from Italy, settled Sicily. (Circa. 1293 B.C.)
• Israel's fifth Judge, Gideon, ruled for 40 years. Judges 6 - 8 (1291 B.C.)
• This was beginning of Twentieth Dynasty of Thebes. Set-Net was ruler for about 3 years. He restored order. Ramesses III, his son, who ruled for about 35 years, succeeded him. Ramesses III is known as "Egyptian Solomon." He "built Temple of Ammon at Meoinet-Abou. He was last of heroic Kings of Egypt, uniting valor of David with luxury of Solomon." D. S. Birch. (1280 B.C.)
• Assyria & Babylon united under Tiglathninip I, son of Shalmaneser I. He was first to assume title, "King of Nations" as king of Sumir & Akkad. (1271 B.C.)
• Tyndareus, father of Helen, became ruler of Sparta. (Greece) (1266 B.C.)
• Temple of Apollo at Delphi was built. Argonautic Expedition, under Jason, to Colchia was accomplished. (First Naval Expedition on record.) (1263 B.C.)
• Palamedes invented dice. (1244 B.C.)
• Hercules (or Heracles) became ruler in Mycenae. (1240 B.C.)
• The time of Book of Ruth was in progress. Ruth married Boaz, a relative of her mother-in-law. (1256 B.C.)
• Israel's sixth Judge, Abimelech, one of Gideon's sons, killed his brothers & appointed himself as Judge. His term lasted 3 years.
• Israel's seventh Judge, Tola, ruled for 23 years. Judges 10:1-2 (1251 B.C.)
• Troy was captured by Argonauts. (1239 B.C.)
• Theseus, King in Attica, gathered his people into one city, which he named Athens. (1234 B.C.)
• Rimmon became king of Babylon beginning its separation from Assyria. (1230 B.C.)
• Israel's eighth Judge, Jair, ruled for 22 years. Judges 10:3-5
• King Theseus of Attica carried off Helen, daughter of Tyndareus, King of Sparta. (She was rescued by Castor & Pollux, & married to Menelaus, who succeeded Tyndareus as King of Sparta.) (1228 B.C.)
• Philistine & Ammonite oppression of Israel lasted for 18 years.
• The decline of Egypt began. Art almost disappeared & literature was wanting. (1225 B.C.)
• Priam, father of Paris, became ruler of Troy. Babylon & Assyria became separate nations again. (1220 B.C.)
• Israel's ninth Judge, Jephthah, ruled for six years. Judges 10:6 -12:7 (1206 B.C.)
• Israel's tenth Judge, Ibzan, ruled for seven years. Judges 12:8-10 (1200 B.C.)

• Third Dynasty, Tchou, of China began. first sovereign was Ven Vang (Circa. 1132 B.C.)
• Paris, son of Priam, visited Greece & carried away Helen, wife of Menelaus, King of Sparta. Menelaus assembled princes of Greece with their forces, under command of Agamemnon, brother of Menaiaus, & with a large armament sailed to Troy. (1194 B.C.)
• After a siege of ten years, known as Trojan War, Greeks, under Agamemnon, took city of Troy by stratagem & destroyed it. (The Trojan horse entered history.) (1184 B.C.)
• Israel's eleventh Judge, Elon, ruled for 10 years. Judges 12:11-12 (1193 B.C.)
• Israel's twelfth Judge, Abdon, ruled for 8 years. Judges 12:13-15 (1183 B.C.)
• The seventh servitude of Israel, under Philistines, lasted for 40 years.
• Israel's thirteenth Judge, Samson, ruled for 20 years. Judges 13 - 16 (1175 B.C.)
• The Book of First Samuel began its 115-year record of history. (1171 B.C.)
• Israel's fourteenth Judge (and Priest), Eli, ruled for 40 years. 1 Samuel 1:3 & 4:18
• The Book of Judges concluded its 271-year history. (1155 B.C.)
• Israel's eighth servitude, under Philistines, lasted 20 years.
• Israel's fifteenth Judge, Samuel Prophet, ruled for 20 years. 1 Samuel 3:19-21 & 4:1 (1115 B.C.)

• Sadua (or Simmas-Sipak) became King of Babylon. He ruled for 17 years. A break of 220 years began in Babylonian history. biarchy of Sparta began at death of Aristodemus, in 1100 B.C. His twin sons succeeded him. Twenty-first Dynasty of Tanis began in Egypt. (????Usurpation of High Priests. Hur-Nor, High Priest of Amnon, first ruler, 26 years.????) Egyptian history was a blank. A Chinese dictionary containing 40,000 characters was completed by Pa-out-she. ? (1100 B.C.)
• The Theocracy ended & Jewish Monarchy began. Saul, son of Kish, of tribe of Benjamin, became first King of Israel. From crossing of Jordan River & entrance into Canaan in 1451 B.C., to King Saul in 1065 B.C., was a period of 365 years. (1095 B.C.)
• Beginning with 1080 B.C. few Assyrian inscriptions were known for about 150 years. Hebrew kings, David & Solomon, became strong as Assyria became weak.
• David began writing his Psalms.
• David, son of Jesse, of tribe of Judah, became king of Israel. book of First Samuel ends its 115-year history. Book of Second Samuel was begun. (1055 B.C.)
• David defeated Jebusites & Jerusalem became capital of Israel. (1048 B.C.)
• Solomon, David's son by Bathsheba, was born. (1033 B.C.)
• Absolom revolted, was defeated & died. (1023 B.C.)
• The book of Second Samuel was concluded. Second Samuel covered 38 years of history. First Kings, eleventh book of Bible, began its 119-year history.
• Solomon, son of David, became King of Israel. His reign is called "The Glorious Kingdom." These were Israel's greatest years. (1015 B.C.)
• Solomon's Temple was built.

• Solomon's books, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes & Song of Solomon were written.
• Syria lost to Israel in 980 B.C. Hadad (or Benhadad) was ruler of Syria. He was hired by Asa, King of Judah, to make war on Bassha, King of Israel.
• Solomon died. fight for his throne resulted in twelve tribes of Israel dividing, creating Great Schism. two southern tribes, Benjamin & Judah, maintained Jerusalem as their capital & became Kingdom of Judah under ruler ship of Rehoboam. He reigned 17 years. Kingdom of Judah continued, with 20 kings from reign of Solomon, for 387 years. ten northern tribes of Israel revolted & became kingdom of Israel under ruler ship of Jeroboam. He reigned 21 years. Israel continued, with 19 kings from reign of Solomon, for 254 years. Israel made Samaria its capitol. (975 B.C.)
• Abijah became king of Judah. (958 B.C.)
• Asa became king of Judah. Asa reigned 41 years & was noted as a good & godly king. (955 B.C.)
• Nadab became king of Israel. (954 B.C.)
• Baasha became king of Israel. Baasha reigned 23 years. ("There was war between Asa & Baasha all their days.") 1 Kings 15:32 (952 B.C.)
• Elah became king of Israel. He reigned 10 years. Asshur-Dayan II became king of Assyria. (930 B.C.)
• Benhadad, son of Hadad, became king of Syria. He was at war with King Ahab of Israel for two years. (Circa. 925 B.C.)
• Zimri made himself king of Israel. He reigned for seven days. (920 B.C.)
• Omri became king of Israel. He reigned for 10 years. (920 B.C.)
• Ahab became king of Israel. He married Jezebel & reigned for 21 years. During this time, Elijah was prophet in Israel. (918 B.C.)
• Jehoshaphat, son of Asa, became king of Judah. He reigned for 25 years. Jehoshaphat was noted as a good king. (914 B.C.)

• Benhadad besieged Samaria. A severe famine resulted. Miraculously Syrian army panicked & fled, producing a great plenty. Ahaziah became king of Israel. He reigned one year & was noted as an evil king. (891 B.C.)
• The book of Second Kings began its 308-year record of history. (890 B.C.)
• First & Second Chronicles appeared in this century. First Chronicles was written in entirety, providing a genealogical history from Creation to death of David in 1015 B.C. Second Chronicles began its 427-year history, spanning from death of David to captivity by Nebuchadnezzar in 588 B.C.
• Joram became king of Israel. He reigned 12 years. (892 B.C.)
• Jehoram became king of Judah. He reigned four years. (889 B.C.)
• Ahaziah became king of Judah. He reigned one year. (885 B.C.)
• Hazael became king of Syria. He reigned 40 years.
• Jehu became king of Israel, reigning 27 years & Athaliah became queen of Judah, reigning 6 years. (984 B.C.)
• Nebo-Baladan became king of Babylon. A boundary was fixed by treaty with Assyria. (880 B.C.)
• Joash became king of Judah at seven years of age, under guidance of Jehoiadah High Priest. Joash reigned 39 years. While Jehoiadah lived Joash was noted as a good king. At Jehoiadah's death Joash turned evil. He was finally slain. (878 B.C.)
• Dido, from Tyre, sister of Pygmhlion, founded Carthage. ("Dido purchased, for her city, as much land as a bullock's hide would enclose; then cutting it into a very fine string made it enclose a large space.") (869 B.C.)
• Jehoahaz became king of Israel. He reigned 16 years. (857 B.C.)
• During this time Elisha Tishbite was a prophet in Israel. He served for about 55 years.
• Jehoash became king of Israel. He reigned 16 years. (841 B.C.)
• Amaziah became king of Judah. He reigned 29 years. (839 B.C.)
• Jeroboam II became king of Israel. He reigned 41 years. (825 B.C.)
• Caranus founded Macedon. (813 B.C.)
• Uzziah, became king of Israel. He reigned 52 years. (810 B.C.)

• Jonah was called to preach to Nineveh. book of Jonah was written. (785 B.C.)
• Amos prophesied. book of Amos was written. At this time, according to Archbishop Usher, there was an inter-regnum of 11 years in Israel. During this period Zechariah reigned for one year & Shallum for one month. (784 B.C.)
• The first Olympiad was held. (July 1, 776 B.C.)
• Romulus, founder of Rome, was born. (770 B.C.)
• Menahem became king of Israel. He reigned for 11 years.
• A remarkable eclipse of sun was noted in Assyrian Chronological Canon. date proved correct. (763 B.C.)
• Pekahiah became king of Israel. He reigned two years. (761 B.C.)
• Isaiah became a prophet in Israel. book of Isaiah started. Isaiah prophesied for about 62 years. (760 B.C.)
• Pekah became king of Israel. He reigned 20 years. (759 B.C.)
• Joel prophesied. book of Joel was written. (758 B.C.)
• Rome was founded by Romulus. He ruled 38 years. (April 21, 753 B.C.)
• Jotham became king of Judah. He ruled for 16 years & "did right." (758 B.C.)
• Tiglathpileser II became king of Assyria. He conquered Babylon. (745 B.C.)
• Ahaz became king of Judah. He ruled for 16 years & "did not right." (742 B.C.)
• Anarchy reigned in Israel. (739 B.C.)
• Babylon & Assyria became one nation under Assyria. Shalmaneser IV was king. (731 B.C.)
• Hoshea became king of Israel. (730 B.C.)
• Hezekiah became king of Judah. He reigned 23 years & was noted as "good." Shalmaneaser invaded Israel. Israel, under King Hoshea, became a tributary to Assyria. (728 B.C.)
• Hosea prophesied. He was called to reprove Israel for their sins & idolatry & warn Judah. Hosea prophesied for 60 years. Hoshea revolted against Assyrian domination. (725 B.C.)
• Assrya invaded Israel. (724 B.C.)
• The Ethiopian twenty-fifth Dynasty began in Egypt. Shabak was ruler for 12 years. (723 B.C.)
• The kingdom of Israel came to an end. Samaria was taken & Israel, comprised of 10 northern tribes of "Children of Israel," was carried away into Assrya, never to return. (They disappeared into lands across north, vanishing from worldview. Hence they are called "The Lost Tribes.") (721 B.C.)
• Micah prophesied. book of Micah was written. (710 B.C.)
• Media revolted against Assrya. Deioces became king of Media & Persia. He ruled for 53 years. (705 B.C.)

• Bablyon was destroyed & Jerusalem besieged by Sennacherib, king of Assryia. Nahum prophesied. book of
• Nahum was written. (700 B.C.)
• Manasseh became king of Judah. He reigned 55 years & was noted as most wicked of Judah's kings. During a short captivity Manasseh repented of his wickedness. He was restored to his kingdom & sought to reverse effects of his earlier evil actions. (698 B.C.)
• Esarhaddon restored Babylon. (681 B.C.)
• Chinese historian, Sematsin, affixed first dates to Chinese history. King-Vang I was ruler of China. (651 B.C.)
• Amon became king of Judah. He ruled two years & "did evil." (643 B.C.)
• Josiah became king of Judah. He ruled 31 years & is noted as a "noble king." (641 B.C.)
• Zephaniah prophesied. book of Zephaniah was written. (630 B.C.)
• Jeremiah's prophesying began. He continued for 41 years. book of Jeremiah started. (629 B.C.)
• Nabopolassar became king of Babylon. Uniting with Necho of Egypt & Cyaxares of Media, he took Nineveh & ended Assyrian Empire. Thales, first of seven sages, or wise men of Greece, suggested that earth was round. (626 B.C.)
• Aesop was born. He lived 56 years. (620 B.C.)
• Rome flourished under Tarquin. (616 B.C.)
• Jehoahaz became king of Judah. He ruled for three months. Pharoah Neco of Egypt then deposed & imprisoned him, installing his son, Jehoiakim as king. Jehoahaz was taken prisoner to Egypt where he died. Jehoiakim became king of Judah. He ruled for 11 years. Habakkuk prophesied. book of Habakkuk was written. This is time of Sappho, Greek poetess. (610 B.C.)
• Babylon invaded Judah. Daniel & his fellows, & "all princes & all mighty men of valor & all craftsmen & smiths were carried away into Babylon." Daniel arose on prophetic scene. His lived 72 years. book of Daniel was started. 2 Kings 24:10-17 (606 B.C.)
• Nebuchadnezzar became king of Babylon. He ruled 43 years. Chaldee-Babylonian Empire extended from Tigris River to Nile River. Daniel 11:38 (605 B.C.)

• Babylon again invaded Judah & took captives. (595 B.C.)
• Ezekiel prophesied. book of Ezekiel started. (595 B.C.)
• Babylon invaded Jerusalem & brought Jewish independence to an end. From this time on Jews are under Babylon, Persia, Egypt, Syria & Rome until 70 A.D. when they were scattered around world. On tenth of Loos, Solomon's temple burned. kingdom of Judah existed 133 years after ten tribes, comprising Kingdom of Israel, were carried away into Assyria. (588 B.C.)
• Obadiah written. (587 B.C.)
• Cyrus became ruler of Media. Confucius was born in China. He lived 88 years. (559 B.C.)
• Daniel was cast into Lion's den. (554 B.C.)
• The Temple of Diana, third wonder of world, was built at Ephesus. (552 B.C.)
• Cyrus conquered Asia Minor. A republic was established in Carthage. (550 B.C.)
• Thespis, Greek poet & tragedian. What about him? Born? (Circa. 549 B.C.)
• Pisistratus founded first public library at Athens & collected poems of Homer. (544 B.C.)
• Cyrus conquered Babylon, setting Darius on throne as an under-king. city of Babylon was 15 miles square. It had walls 350 feet high & 87 feet thick which incorporated 25 brass gates on each side. (538 B.C.)
• Zerubbabel was sent up to Judah with 42,360 people to rebuild Temple. Zerubbabel was governor of Jerusalem. book of Ezra started its 80-year history. Pythagora, of Magna-Graecia visited Egypt. Pythagoras discovered forty-seventh problem, multiplication table & suggested ideas of which Copernican system was full development. (536 B.C.)
• Cambyses became king of Persia. (529 B.C.)
• The dynasty of Pharaohs ended & Egypt became a Persian Province. (527 B.C.)
• Confucius remodeled sacred books of Chinese. books of Haggai & Zechariah were written. (520 B.C.)
• Darius I became king of Persian Empire. (521 B.C.)
• Jeshua became High Priest in Jerusalem. (515 B.C.)
• The ruler of Carthage made first alliance with Rome. (503 B.C.)

• Sophocles, dramatist was born. He lived 90 years & wrote 113 plays. Only 7 are existent today. (495 B.C.)
• Xerxes became king of Persia. He ruled 21 years & was succeeded by Artabanus for 1 year. (485 B.C.)
• Herodotus was born. Herodotus was called father of history. He lived 84 years. (484 B.C.)
• Joiakim became High Priest in Jerusalem.
• Artaxerxes I Longimanus, (Long-hands) (also known as Xerxes or Ahashuerus) became king of Persia. He ruled 40 years. story of Esther occurred during his rule. Artaxerxes I was succeeded by Sogdianus for 1 year. (483 B.C.)
• Euripides was born. He lived 74 years. (Oct 20, 480 B.C.)
• Socrates was born. He lived 70 years. (469 B.C.)
• Hypocrites known as "The Father of Medicine" was born. (460 B.C.)
• Ezra was sent to govern Jerusalem. (458 B.C.)
• Nehemiah was sent to "restore & rebuild" walls of Jerusalem. Nehemiah 2:5-8. book of Nehemiah started. (445 B.C.)
• Eliashib was high priest in Jerusalem. (433 B.C.)
• Plato was born. He lived 82 years. (429 B.C.)
• The book of Malachi began in 420 B.C. (Malachi was completed in 397 B.C.)
• Egypt became free of Persian rule. Egyptian freedom lasted 63 years. Joiada was High Priest in Jerusalem. (413 B.C.)
• Soldiers were first paid in Rome. (406 B.C,)
• Artaxerxes II Mnemon (Memory) became king of Persia. (405 B.C.)

• Delhi founded in India. (400 B.C.)
• The 39 books of Old Testament ended. Four hundred years of Biblical silence started. (397 B.C.)
• Aristotle was born. He lived 62 years. (384 B.C.)
• John was High Priest in Jerusalem. (373 B.C.)
• Philip II became king of Macedon. He first married Olympias, then Cleopatra. (359 B.C.)
• Alexander III, Great, succeeded his father at age of 20, as king of Macedon. He swept across then known world creating Macedonian Empire & after conquering "world" died at age of 33. (336 B.C.)
• Alexander Great defeated city of Tyre. Alexandria, in Egypt, walls of which were six miles in circumference was built by Alexander Great. It became residence of Ptolemies, Greek sovereigns of Egypt. (332 B.C.)
• Persia fell to Alexander Great. (330 B.C.)
• The Macedonian empire divided into: Egypt under Ptolemy I Lagus (Reputed son of Philip, half brother of Alexander); Syria, under King of Phrygia, Anticonus; Cappadocia, Asia Minor, under Eumenes; Bithynia, under Bas; Pergamus, under Lysimachus; Greece, under Cassander; Thrace, under Lysimachus; & Macedon under, Philip Aridaeus III. (323 B.C.)
• Alexander was buried in Alexandria. (322 B.C.)
• Rome waged war & made conquests everywhere.
• Onias became High Priest in Jerusalem. (321 B.C.)
• Appius Claudius constructed first Roman military road, 350 miles long & called "Appian Way." (312 B.C.)

• Time was first divided into hours by a sundial of L. Papirius, Cursor at Rome. (293 B.C)
• The sixth wonder of world, Brass Colossus of Rhodes, was built. (290 B.C.)
• Archimedes was born. He invented, among other things, screw & lever. (287 B.C.)
• The Alexandrian Library was built by Plolemy-Philadelpohus. It contained 700,000 volumes. (284 B.C.)
• The Pharos of Alexandria, seventh wonder of world was built by Plolemy-Philadelphus. It was 550 feet high. (280 B.C.)
• The Forth Dynasty, Tsin, began in China. Chi-Hoang-Ti was first Emperor. "Great Wall " of China was started by Chihoang-Ti. (263 B.C.)
• The first Roman fleet was built. (260 B.C.)
• The Parthian Empire is started. Arsaces was first ruler. "There was always a second power in world, civilized or semi-civilized, that in a true sense balanced Rome, acted as a counterpoise & check, & had to be consulted or considered. That power for nearly 300 years (64 B.C. to 225 A.D.) was Parthia." Rawlinson (250 B.C.)
• The "Great Wall" of China was completed. wall was 1,500 miles long, averaging a height of 20 feet, with a tower every 300 feet. It crossed mountains 5,000 feet high. (236 B.C.)
• Hannibal became ruler of Carthage. He ruled for 37 years. (220 B.C.)
• Hannibal defeated Romans. (221 B.C.)
• Simon became High Priest in Jerusalem. (217 B.C.)

• The Jewish Sanhedrin was first mentioned. ? (198 B.C.)
• The Greek Bible (Septuagint) was translated at Alexandria, in Egypt by 70 Hebrew scholars. This translation was authorized by Sanhedrin in Jerusalem in order to give Jewish exiles a scripture in language of their exile. (? B.C.)
• Onias became High Priest in Jerusalem. Rosetta stone was created. Britain appeared with Caswallon as king. (195 B.C.)
• Jason became High Priest in Jerusalem. (175 B.C.)
• The streets of Rome were paved. (174 B.C.)
• The first public bakery was started in Rome. (170 B.C.)
• Macedon was conquered by Rome. (168 B.C.)
• Jud was vaascant ???in Jerusalem. (165 B.C.)
• The Jews signed a treaty with Romans. first treaty with Jews on record. (161 B.C.)
• Hipparchus of Nice, Bithynia, laid foundations of Geographical & Astronomical Science. Elder Pliny called him "the confidant of nature" & "Patriarch of Astronomy." He flourished between 160 B.C. & 125 B.C.
• Simon became High Priest & governor in Jerusalem. (150 B.C.)
• Greece became a Roman province under name of Athens. Carthiage was taken by Scipio & became a part of Rome. (146 B.C.)
• Hyrcanus became High Priest in Jerusalem. (136 B.C.)
• Spain became a Roman province. Pergamus became a Roman province. (133 B.C.)
• John Hyrcanus destroyed temple on Mount Gerizim. (130 B.C.)
• Hyrcanus, High Priest of Jerusalem, took title "King of Jews." (107 B.C.)
• Cicero, Roman orator & philosopher was born. He lived 63 years.
• The government of Maccabees began in Palestine. (The priest Mattathias took refuge in Modin with his five sons, Maccabees. Mattathias gave signal for attack. Hassidaeans joined him. Judas Maccabaeus led revolt after Mattathias died.) Janneus became King of Jews. (106 B.C.)

• Britain was first known to be an island by Romans who sailed around it. (84 B.C.)
• Alexandra, Janneus' widow, became Queen of Jews. 79 B.C.
• The poet Virgil was born. He lived 51 years. Odin settled Scandinavia. (70 B.C.)
• Hyrcanus became ruler of Jews. (69 B.C.)
• Horace, poet was born. He lived 57 years. (65 B.C.)
• The first Triumvirate of Julius Caesar, Crassus & Pompey were formed. (60 B.C.)
• Crasus invaded Parthia & was destroyed. (53 B.C.)
• The Sanhedrin took over ruler ship of Jews. Pompey of Rome conquered Jerusalem. (57 B.C.)
• Pompey was defeated at Pharsatia. Syria became a part of Rome. (August 9, 48 B.C.)
• Antipater ruled Jews. (47 B.C.)
• Ovid, "the love-poet of Romans" was born. He lived 61 years & authored over 54 books. (46 B.C.)
• Caesar, then dictator for four years, was slain in Senate House by Brutus & Cassius, & fell at Pompey's statue, He sustained 23 wounds. He was known as a great general, statesman & warrior. (March 15, 44 B.C.)
• Octavius, Lepidus & Mark Antony formed second Triumvirate. (43 B.C.)
• The Roman Senate appointed Herod, an Idumean Arab, King of Judea. He ruled for 34 years. Herod began construction of great Jewish Temple on Mt. Moriah in Jerusalem. (37 B.C.)
• Lepidus was expelled from Triumvirate. (36 B.C.)
• Octavius, at Actium, defeated Cleopatra & Antony. (September 2, 31 B.C.)
• Egypt became a Roman province. (30 B.C.)
• Octavius, being sole ruler, assumed Imperial Purple. (27 B.C.)
• Augustus Caesar was first Emperor of Rome. Golden Age of Rome started. Augustus ruled 44 years. He died August 19, 14 A.D. (27 B.C.)
• The Apostle Peter was born. Peter lived 78 years. (10 B.C.)
• John Baptist was born. He was six months older then Jesus. (? B.C.)
• Jesus Christ was born. (6-4 B.C.)

• The apostle Paul was born. He lived 63 years. (05 A.D.)
• Archelaus Coponius became Procurator of Jews. (06 A.D.)
• Ambivius became Procurator of Jews. (09 A.D.)
• Annius Rufus became Procurator of Jews. (13 A.D.)
• Tiberius Caesar became ruler of Rome, a rule lasting 22 & a half years. He was known as "cruel & tyrannical." (14 A.D.)
• Valerius Gratus became Procurator of Jews. (15 A.D.)
• Pontius Pilate became Procurator of Jews. (25 A.D.)
• Pliny Elder was born. (23 A.D.)
• John Baptist was beheaded. (32 A.D.)
• Jesus Christ was crucified. (The crucifixion of Jesus occurred in either 30 A.D. or 33 A.D.)
• Agrippa became King of Jews. Caligula became Emperor of Rome. Historian, Flavius Josephus was born. (37 A.D.)
• Claudius Caesar became Emperor of Rome. He was known as "timid & feeble." (41 A.D.)
• Cuspius became Procurator of Jews. (44 A.D.)
• Tiberius became Procurator of Jews. (? A.D.)
• Cumanus became Procurator of Jews. (? A.D.)
• The First Council of Apostles was held at Jerusalem. Acts 15 (50 A.D.)
• Felix became ruler of Jews. New Testament began. Eight authors wrote twenty-seven books between 52 A.D. & 96 A.D.
• Nero became Emperor of Rome. He was known as a profligate tyrant. (54 A.D.)
• Portins Festus became ruler of Jews. (60 A.D.)
• The first persecution by Nero began. It lasted four years. (64 A.D.)
• Galba became Emperor of Rome. Apostle Paul was martyred. (68 A.D.)
• Vespasian became Emperor of Rome. He had a happy & prosperous 10-year reign. (69 A.D.)
• Titus took Jerusalem with an army of 60,000. This was most horrible suffering experienced since world began. One million, one hundred thousand perished. Men were crucified until wood for crosses was no longer found. (September 8, 70 A.D.)
• Titus, son of Vespasian became Emperor of Rome. (79 A.D.)
• Flavius Domitian became Emperor of Rome. He was noted as last of 12 Caesars. He ruled 15 years. (81 A.D.)
• The second persecution by Domitian lasted until 96 A.D.
• The apostle John was banished to Patmos. (95 A.D.)
• Nerva became Emperor of Rome. last of New Testament books were completed. (96 A.D.)
• Trajan, known as "the great sovereign," became Emperor of Rome. During Trajan's 19-year rule Roman Empire was at its greatest extent. (98 A.D.)

• Justin Martyr was born at Sychar in Samaria. (100 A.D.)
• The third persecution, by Trajan, started 106 A.D. & lasted until 107 A.D.
• Trajan's Column was built. It was140 feet high. (114 A.D.)
• Adrian became Emperor of Rome. He rebuilt Jerusalem, placing Temple of Jupiter on site of Solomon's Temple. He also visited Britain. (117 A.D.)
• Adrian's Wall was built from Rhine River to Danube River. (121 A.D.)
• Claudius Galenus, (or Galen) a celebrated Greek Physician was born. "He wrote 500 books on Medicine & 250 on other subjects." Suidas (130 A.D.)
• The festival of Christmas began to be observed. (137 A.D.)
• Titus Antoninus Pius became Emperor of Rome. He was eminent for his virtues & his prosperous & equitable reign. (138 A.D.)
• Ashcled (Dublin, Ireland) was built. (140 A.D.)
• Marcus Aurelius Antoninus & L. Verus became Emperors of Rome. (Gibbon's Rome begins with two Antonines.) (161 A.D.)
• The fourth persecution, by Aurelius, started in 166 A.D. & lasted until 177 A.D.
• Christian missionaries preached in Britain with success. (178 A.D.)
• Lucius, first Christian king, ruled in Britain. He founded Archbishopric of York (Bede). (179 A.D.)
• Commodus became Emperor of Rome. He was known as profligate & cruel. In his reign civilization, morals & religion declined. Pertinax proposed reforms & was murdered by Praetorian Guards, of whom Julianus bought throne. (Pertinax ruled 3 months, Julianus 5 months & was then murdered.) (180 A.D.)
• The Scots invaded Britain. Oppian, a Greek poet was born. During his 30-year life span he wrote 5 books on fishing & 4 books on hunting. (183 A.D.)
• The Vandal Tribes increased in power & number. (190 A.D.)
• Septimius Severus became Emperor of Rome. He was known as a "brave man." He visited Britain & built a wall at York & died there. His rule lasted 18 years. (192 A.D.)

• The fifth persecution, by Severus, started in 200 A.D. & ended in 211 A.D.
• Beta was Emperor of Rome for 1 year. (211 A.D.)
• Caracalla was Emperer of Rome for 6 years. (212 A.D.)
• Macrtnus was Emperor of Rome for 1 year. (217 A.D.)
• Helogabalus was Emperor of Rome for 4 years. He was known as "Wanton, extravagant, depraved, & horribly cruel." (218 A.D.)
• Persia revolted & overthrew Parthia. (220 A.D.)
• Alexander Severus was Emperor of Rome for 13 years. Alexander made reforms. He was murdered. (222 A.D.)
• Maximinus was Emperor of Rome. He conducted sixth persecution, which lasted from 235 A.D. to 237 A.D.
• Gordian III was Emperor of Rome for 6 years. (238 A.D.)
• Sapor became ruler of Persia. He defeated Romans & flayed Valerian. (240 A.D.)
• Philip became Emperor of Rome & ruled for 5 years. (244 A.D.)
• Seven missionaries enter Gaul. (245 A.D.)
• Decius became Emperor of Rome. (249 A.D.)
• There was a Gothic invasion in reign of Decius. During seventh persecution Decius proposed to extirpate Christianity from earth by sword & fire, wild beasts, wheel, red-hot iron chairs, & every variety of torture, which most exquisite cruelty could invent & conducted. seventh persecution lasted from 250 A.D. to 253 A.D.
• Gallus became Emperor of Rome. (? A.D.)
• Aemilius became Emperor of Rome & lasted 3 months. He was murdered. (? A.D.)
• The Romans were defeated at "Abrutum." Decius & his sons were slain by Goths, led by Ostrogotha. (251 A.D.)
• Valerian became Emperor of Rome & ruled 7 years. He conducted eighth persecution which lasted from 257 A.D. to 260 A.D. Valerian was taken prisoner by Sapor, ruler of Persia, & flayed. (253 A.D.)
• The Empire was greatly distressed. Barbarians invaded it on all sides. (255 A.D.)
• Gallienus became Emperor of Rome & ruled for 15 years. (260 A.D.)
• Vast hordes of Heruli traversed Italy. (263 A.D.)
• Claudius became Emperor of Rome & lasted 2 years. (268 A.D.)
• Aurelian became Emperor of Rome & lasted 5 years. (270 A.D.)
• The ninth persecution, by Aurelian, started. Tacitus became Emperor of Rome. He ruled 6 months & was murdered. Florian became Emperor & was murdered. (275 A.D.)
• Probus became Emperor of Rome. He ruled for 6 years. He was noted as "good." (? A.D.)
• Carus became Emperor of Rome. (282 A.D.)
• Diocletian became Emperor of Rome & "Era of Martyrs" began. (Or "Diocletian Era.") Diocletian ruled for 21 years & conducted last & worst of Imperial Rome's persecutions. (August 29, 284 A.D.)

• Constantius became Emperor of Rome & ruled for 1 year. (305 A.D.)
• Constantine Great became Emperor of Rome. He was known as first "Christian" Emperor. Constantine made Constantinople capital of Rome. (306 A.D.)
• Constantine's conversion came by a vision of a luminous cross in sky. (313 A.D.)
• First Ecumenical Council was held. It was called by Constantine, Emperor of Rome, & held at Nice, Bithynia. Present were 318 Bishops & 2,048 Ecclesiastics. "Nicene Creed" was formed at this council. (325 A.D.)
• Heathen temples in Rome were destroyed. (331 A.D.)
• Three emperors ruled Rome: Constantine II, Constans & Constantius II. (337 A.D.)
• Julian ruled Rome. He publicly abandoned Christianity & adopted paganism. (361 A.D.)
• Byian became Emperor of Rome. (? A.D.)
• Valens ruled Eastern Empire of Rome. Valentinian I & his son Cratian became rulers of Western Empire of Rome. (364 A.D.)
• There was a terrible invasion of Huns at this time. (374 A.D.)
• Valentinian II became ruler of Western Empire of Rome. (375 A.D.)
• Theodosius I became ruler of Eastern Empire of Rome. He began a 4-year campaign against Goths. Theodosius pulled down statues of heathen gods. (379 A.D.)
• The Second Ecumenical Council was held at Constantinople from May to July. Three hundred fifty Bishops attended. (381 A.D.)
• In 395 A.D., Theodosius officially divided Roman Empire into Greek or Eastern Empire with capital at Constantinople, & Roman or Western Empire with capitals at Milan & Ravenna. "Eastern" or "Byzantine" Empire lasted 1058 years, from 395 A.D. to 1453 A.D. & was ruled by about 90 emperors.

• Visogothic Spain emerged under Pharamond chief of Frank Tribes. (406. A.D.)
• Belgium revolted from Rome & all Germany was in motion for independence. (409 A.D.)
• Alaric & Goths were in Rome. (The "Vandal Hordes" of north pour down upon falling Rome.) (410 A.D.)
• There was a total withdrawal of Romans soldiers from Britain when Picts & Scots invaded from north. Saxons were invited over to assist in expelling them & gradually took possession of country. Saxon Heptarchy was formed, & existed until Egbert formed kingdom of England in 827 A.D. country was called Britain & people were called Britons. (426 A.D.)
• The Third Ecumenical Council was held at Ephesus. (431 A.D.)
• St. Patrick arrived in Ireland. (432 A.D.)
• The immense empire of Huns, under Attila & Bleda, ravaged Europe, sacking & pillaging over 70 cities. (433 A.D.)
• The Fourth Ecumenical Council at was held at Chalcedon. (451 A.D.)
• The "Middle Ages" began & rise of feudal system. There was a Feudal Alliance between Odoacer, king of Western Empire & Euric. Euric formally resigned his provinces & received them again as fiefs of Rome. (476 A.D. or 477 A.D.)
• The Ostrogoths invaded Western Empire under Theodoric Great. One third of lands were given to his 500,000 troops. He married Clovis' sister. Roman or Western Empire came under Ostrogothic monarchy of Italy with capitals at Ravenna & Verona. (493 A.D.)

• St. Augustine arrived in England with 40 monks. He was sent by Gregory Great. (596 A.D.)
• The Lombard Kingdom of Italy began. Lombards (of Vandal origin, from north), under Alboin, took over Ostrogothic monarchy of Italy. Ostrogothic nation disappeared from history. (568 A.D.)
• Mahomet was born. (569 or 70 A.D.)
• The Fifth Ecumenical Council was held at Constantinople. (553 A.D.)

• Mahomet commenced preaching. Koran was written. (610 A.D.)
• Olaf became King of Norway. (630 A.D.)
• The Sixth Ecumenical Council was held at Constantinople. (November 7, 680 A.D. to February 28, 681 A.D.)

• Mahometan Spain emerged under Emirs. (714 A.D.)
• During Battle of Tours, Charles Martel defeated Saracens & saved Europe from Asiatic civilization. (October 10, 732 A.D.)
• Papal Rome began. Astolphus, King of Italy, surrendered Exarchate (or Reavenna) to Pepin in 755 A.D. He gave it to Stephen III who thus obtained civil power. Naples, Sicily & Lower Italy were retained by Eastern Empire. (755 A.D.)
• Pope Paul I governed church from Rome for 10 years. (758 A.D.)
• Charlemagne (Charles Great, son of Pepin) came to power in Europe. He was considered a great prince. He was strongest & tallest man of his time, but plain in dress & diet. Pope Stephen governed church from Rome for 4 years. (768 A.D.)
• The Seventh Ecumenical Council was held at Nice, Bithynia from September 24 to October 23, 350 A.D. Bishops attend. They were against Iconoclasts.??? Image Breakers (787 A.D.)
• Sweden emerged under Ragnor Lodbrog. (790 A.D.)
• Denmark emerged under Sigurd. (794 A.D.)
• Pope Leo III governed church from Rome for 20 years. (795 A.D.)

• Pope ? & Pope Pascal I governed church from Rome for 7 years. (816 A.D.)
• Pope Eugenius governed church from Rome for 3 years. (824 A.D.)
• Pope Gregory IV governed church from Rome for 16 years. (827 A.D.)
• Pope Sergius governed church from Rome for 3 years. (844 A.D.)
• Pope Leo IV governed church from Rome for 6 years. (846 A.D.)
• Pope Benediot III governed church from Rome for 5 years. (853 A.D.)
• Pope Nicholas governed church from Rome for 9 years. (858 A.D.)
• Tai Tsong became Emperor of China. (Irruption of 200,000 Tarters?????) Ruric, a Varangian Chief established first government of Russia. (762 A.D.)
• Pope Adrian II governed church from Rome for 5 years. (867 A.D.)
• The Eighth Ecumenical Council was held at Constantinople from Oct. 5, 869 A.D. to Feb. 28, 870 A.D.
• Pope John VIII governed church from Rome for 10 years. (872 A.D.)
• Two Popes governed church from Rome for 3 years. (882 A.D.)
• Pope Stephen VI governed church from Rome for 6 years. (885 A.D.)
• Pope Formosus governed church from Rome for 3 years. (891 A.D.)
• Seven Popes governed from Rome for 9 years beginning in 896 A.D.

• Europe was beginning to take shape as it is today. France, Austria & Germany grew strong.
• Pope Sergius III governed church from Rome for 5 years. (905 A.D.)
• Two Popes governed church from Rome for 3 years. Normandy broke away from France under leadership of Robert, First Duke of Normandy. (911 A.D.)
• Chivalry commenced. knights swore to be true to their trusts as champions of God & ladies. Chivalry flourished from eleventh to fifteenth century. (912 A.D.)
• Pope John XI governed church from Rome for 5 years. (913 A.D.)
• Pope Leo VII governed church from Rome for 3 years. (936 A.D.
• Pope Stephen IX governed church from Rome for 3 years. (939 A.D.)
• Pope Marin II governed church from Rome for 4 years. (? A.D.)
• Pope Agapetus II governed church from Rome for 10 years. (946 A.D.)
• Pope John XII governed church from Rome for 8 years. (956 A.D.)
• Pope John XIII governed church from Rome for 8 years. (964 A.D.)
• Pope Benedict VII governed church from Rome for 10 years. (973 A.D.)
• Pope John XIV governed church from Rome for 2 years. (984 A.D.)
• Pope John XVI governed church from Rome for 10 years. (986 A.D.)
• Poland became a kingdom. (992 A.D.)
• Pope Gregory V governed church from Rome for 3 years. (996 A.D.)
• Venice became independent of Eastern Empire & acquired Dalmatian & Istria. (997 A.D.)

• Pope Sylvestor governed church from Rome. (? A.D.)
• Pope John XVIII governed church from Rome for 5 years. (1004 A.D.)
• Pope Bergius IV governed church from Rome for 3 years. (1009 A.D.)
• Pope Benedict VIII governed church from Rome for 12 years. (1012 A.D.)
• Pope John XIX governed church from Rome for 9 years. (1024 A.D.)
• Mahometan Spain was divided into independent states of Cordove, Granada, Seville, etc. (1031 A.D.)
• Pope Benedict IX governed church from Rome for 12 years. (1033 A.D.)
• William II, "The Conqueror," became ruler of Normandy. (1035 A.D.)
• Pope ? governed church from Rome for 3 years. (? A.D.)
• Pope Leo IX governed church from Rome for 6 years. (1045 A.D.)
• Pope Viotor II governed church from Rome for 3 years. (1054 A.D.)
• Pope Nicholas II governed church from Rome for 3 years. (? A.D.)
• Pope Alexander II governed church from Rome for 12 years. (1061 A.D.)
• Peter Hermit began preaching for Holy Wars. (These were Christian wars against Islamic control of Jerusalem.) A red cross was worn on right shoulder. French word for cross was Croisade hence Crusade. (1064 A.D.)
• England was taken by Normandy. William I became ruler. Many significant changes were made. William I "The Conqueror" ruled 21 years. (1064 A.D.)
• Pope Gregory VII governed church from Rome for 12 years. (1073 A.D.)
• William Conqueror & his son started building Tower of London. (1078 A.D.)
• Pope Victor III governed church from Rome for 3 years. (1085 A.D.)
• Pope Urban II governed church from Rome for 12 years. (1088 A.D.)
• Portugal gained strength during 17-year rule of Count Henry. Portugal underwent same changes as Spain after fall of Rome. Goths & then Saracens overran Portugal. (1095 A.D.)
• The Crusades began. Eight Crusades were conducted. first lasted from 1096 A.D. to 1099 A.D. Three hundred thousand men were blessed by Pope Urban II & commanded by King Godfrey. (1096 A.D.)
• Pope Pascal II governed church from Rome for 19 years. Crusaders captured Jerusalem & gave Christians control of holy city. (1099 A.D.)

• Pope Ceiastus II governed church from Rome for 1 year. Thomas A. Becket, High Chancellor, Archbishop of Canterbury was born. (1117 A.D.)
• Pope Calixtus II governed church from Rome for 5 years. Ninth Council, (First Lateran), was held from March 18, 1118 A.D. to April 28, 1118 A.D.
• The Right of Investiture was settled by treaty between Pope Calixtus II & Emperor Henry V. (1118 A.D.)
• Pope Honorius II governed church from Rome for 6 years. (1124 A.D.)
• Pope Innocent II governed church from Rome for 14 years. (1130 A.D.)
• The Tenth Council, (Second Lateran), was held starting April 20, 1130 A.D.
• Pope Celestine II governed church from Rome for 1 year. (1143 A.D.)
• Pope Eugenius III governed church from Rome for 8 years. (1144 A.D.)
• The Second Crusade started. War was preached by St. Bernard & headed by Conrad II & Louis VII. (1147 A.D.)
• Pope Adrian IV governed church from Rome for 6 years. (1153 A.D.)
• The Leaning Tower of Pisa was built. It reached 188 feet high. A cathedral was built nearby. (1154 A.D.)
• The Bank of Venice was established. George built city of Moscow. (1157 A.D.)
• Pope Alexander III governed church from Rome for 22 years. (1159 A.D.)
• Pope Lucius III governed church from Rome for 4 years. (? A.D.)
• Genghis Khan founded Mongul Empire. (An alternate spelling is Zengis Khan.) Zengis-Khan was one of bloodiest conquerors of world. Fourteen million people perished by his sword, under pretense of establishing worship of "One God & Mahomet as his Prophet." (1164 A.D. or 1214 A.D.)
• Pope Gregory VIII governed church from Rome for 2 years. (?A.D.)
• Pope Clement II governed church from Rome for 4 years. (? A.D.)
• The Eleventh Council, (Third Lateran), was held from March 5-19, ?
• Saladin recaptured Jerusalem during Second Crusade returning city to Islamic rule. (1187 A.D.)
• The Third Crusade was "glorious but fruitless." Fred Barbarossa, Philip II & Richard I were involved in Third Crusade. (1189 A.D.)
• Pope Celestini III governed church from Rome for 7 years. (1191 A.D.)
• The Fourth Crusade began in 1195 A.D. & ended in 1197 A.D.
• Pope Innocent III governed church from Rome for 18 years. (1198 A.D.)

• The Fifth Crusade started. Baldwin, Count of Flanders, took Constantinople. (1203 A.D.)
• Zengis Khan took Central Asia. (1206 A.D.)
• Zengis Khan took Northern China. (1214 A.D.)
• The Twelfth Council, Fourth Lateran, was held from Nov. 11-30, 1215 A.D.)
• Pope Honorius III governed church from Rome for 11 years. (1216 A.D.)
• The Westminster Abbey was built. (1220 A.D.)
• Pope Gregory IX governed church from Rome for 14 years. Cardinal Hugo divided Bible into chapters. (1227 A.D.)
• During Sixth Crusade, Emperor Frederick II took Jerusalem into a truce for 10 years. (1228 A.D.)
• Pope Innocent IV governed church from Rome for 13 years. (1241 A.D.)
• The Thirteenth Council was held at Lyons from June 28 to July 17, 1245 A.D.
• During Seventh Crusade, Louis IX was defeated & taken prisoner. (1248 A.D.)
• Pope Alexander IV governed church from Rome for 7 years. (1254 A.D.)
• The Mongols, under Kublai Khan took over China. Kublai Khan ruled 34 years. Stockholm was founded in Sweden. (1260 A.D.)
• Pope Urban IV governed church from Rome for 3 years. (1261 A.D.)
• Pope Clement IV governed church from Rome for 5 years. (1264 A.D.)
• There was a papal vacancy for two years. (1269 A.D.)
• The Eighth Crusade started in 1270 A.D. Louis IX died at Carthage. Edward I followed him. Christians were driven out of Syria in 1291.
• Pope Gregory X governed church for 5 years. (1271 A.D.)
• The Fourteenth Council was held at Lyons from May 7 to June 11. There was a temporary union of Greek & Latin churches. (1274 A.D.)
• Four Popes governed church from Rome for 4 years. (1276 A.D.)
• Pope Martin IV governed church from Rome for 5 years. Roger Bacon invented spectacles, glass mirrors & magnifying glasses. (1280 A.D.)
• Pope Honorius IV governed church from Rome for 2 years. (1285 A.D.)
• Pope Nicholas IV governed church from Rome for 5 years. (1287 A.D.)
• Pope Celestine V governed church from Rome for 2 years. (1294 A.D.)
• Pope Boniface VIII governed church from Rome for 9 years. (129? A.D.)

• Chimneys & window glass began to be introduced in London. (1300 A.D.)
• Cannons were used at Gibraltar. (1308 A.D.)
• The Fifteenth Council was held at Vienna. (1311-1312 A.D.)
• The oldest clock known was put up in this year. It is now in Dover Castle. (1348 A.D.)
• M. Schwarts invented gunpowder. (1320 A.D.)
• John Wickliffe was born inYorkshire. (1324 A.D.)
• Pope Clement V governed church for 10 years. (130? A.D.)
• There was a vacancy in papacy for two years. (1314 A.D.)
• Pope John XXII governed church for 19 years. (1316 A.D.)
• Pope Benedict XII governed church. (1335 A.D.)
• Pope Clement VI governed church for 10 years. (1342 A.D.)
• Pope Innocent VI governed church for 10 years. (1352 A.D.)
• Pope Urban V governed church for 8 years. (1362 A.D.)
• Pope Gregory XI governed church for 7 years. (1370 A.D.)
• Pope Urban VI governed church for 11 years. (1378 A.D.)
• Wickliffe's Bible was translated. (1380 A.D.)
• Pope Boniface IX governed church for 15 years. (1389 A.D.)

• John Gutenberg was born. He created first movable types. Air guns & muskets were invented. (1400 A.D.)
• Pope Innocent VII governed church. (1404 A.D.)
• There were two Popes in next 4 years. (1406 A.D.)
• The Sixteenth Council was held at Pisa. (1409 A.D.)
• Pope John XXIII governed church for 6 years. (1410 A.D.)
• The Seventeenth Council was held at Constance. (1414-18 A.D.)
• Pope Martin V governed church for 15 years. (1416 A.D.)
• The first saw mill began to operate. Initially they were violently opposed to it in England. (1420 A.D.)
• Pope Eugenius IV governed church. Joan of Arc was burned at stake on May 31. (1431 A.D.)
• The Eighteenth Council was held at Basle. (1439 A.D.)
• Pope Nicholas V governed church for 8 years. (1447 A.D.)
• Gutenberg invented printing press. (1448 A.D.)
• Pope Calixtus III governed church for 3 years. (1455 A.D.)
• Pope Pius II governed church for 6 years. (1458 A.D.)
• Pope Paul II governed church for 7 years. (1464 A.D.)
• Erasmus born was born. He lived 69 years. (1467 A.D.)
• Pope Sixtus IV governed church for 13 years. Cardinal Thomas Wolsey was born. He lived 59 years. (1471 A.D.)
• Michael Angelo, architect of "St. Peter's Cathedral," & celebrated painter was born. He lived 89 years. (1474 A.D.)
• Printing was introduced in England. first watch was introduced in Nuremberg. (1477 A.D.)
• The "Czars" of Russia ruled from 1482 A.D. to 1698 A.D.
• Martin Luther was born in German. He lived 63 years. Raphael, painter, was born. He lived 37 years. (1483 A.D.)
• Pope Innocent VIII governed church for 8 years. (1484 A.D.)
• Pope Alexander VI governed church for 11 years. (1489 A.D.)
• Columbus discovered American continent. He crossed ocean in "Santa Maria," & discovered San Salvador on Friday, October 12. (1492 A.D.)
• Columbus discovered main continent. (1498 A.D.)

• The Portuguese settled in India. (1502 A.D.)
• Pope Julius II governed church for 10 years. (1503 A.D.)
• John Knox of Scotland was born. He lived 67 years. (1505 A.D.)
• Julius commenced building St. Peter's Cathedral at Rome. (1506 A.D.)
• Pope Leo X governed church for 9 years. (1513 A.D.)
• Luther, a Catholic priest in Germany, broke from Roman Catholic Church, & posted his " 95 thesis" on church door. Luther decreed salvation by faith alone. He stated that theological rules couldn't save. He nullified church sacraments. Luther put Bible above both church & Pope as highest authority on earth. He decreed right of individual interpretation of scripture. He rejected Greek Old Testament & declared its books invalid. (1517 A.D.)
• Luther went to Diet at Worms in 1521 A.D.
• Pope Adrian VI governed church for 1 year. (1522 A.D.)
• Pope Clement VIII governed church for 11 years. Denmark & Norway separated from Sweden. (1523 A.D.)
• The Lutheran Protest was drawn up & Protestant churches were born. (1529 A.D.)
• The first Protestant creed was written at Augsburg in Bavaria. spinning wheel was invented at Brunswick. (1530 A.D.)
• Pope Paul III governed church for 15 years. (1534 A.D.)
• The Catholic Council of Trent (1545-1563) tried to reform Roman Catholic Church & quell protest, but to no avail. This Vatican Council decreed faith necessary, but retained church sacraments as essential components of Christian religion. (1545 A.D.)
• Pope Julius III governed church for 6 years. (1549 A.D.)
• Robert Stephens sectioned Bible into verses. (1551 A.D.)
• There were two Popes in next 4 years. (1555 A.D.)
• Pope Pius IV governed church for 6 years. (1559 A.D.)
• Fierce religious wars were waged between all burgeoning new faiths spread throughout Europe. Those seeking freedom from European religious turmoil speeded up colonization of America. Democracy (An ancient Greek form of rule by people) was rediscovered. (1563 A.D.)
• Sir Edward Coke, Attorney General, who wrote Oracle of English Law, was born. (1551 A.D.)
• Akbar, greatest prince of India began his 49-year reign. (1556 A.D.)
• Sir Francis Bacon of England was born. He lived 65 years. (1561 A.D.)
• Galileo, astronomer, was born. He lived 78 years. William Shakespeare was born. He lived 52 years. (1564 A.D.)
• Pope Pius V governed church for 7 years. (1565 A.D.)
• Bishop's Bible was created. (1568 A.D.)
• Pope Gregory XIII governed church for 13 years. (1572 A.D.)
• Pope Sixtus V governed church for 5 years. (1585 A.D.)
• Pope Clement VIII governed church for 13 years. (1590 A.D.)

• Pope Paul V governed church for 16 years. (1603 A.D.)
• The Dutch discovered Australia. (1606 A.D.)
• Jamestown, Virginia became first settlement of "New World." (1607 A.D.)
• John Milton, a poet from England, was born. He lived 66 years. (1608 A.D.)
• The Authorized King James Version of Holy Bible was published. (1611 A.D.)
• Wm. Harvey, M.D. of England discovered double function of heart in sending out blood from left side, through arteries, over whole body, & in receiving it back by veins to right side, whence it is propelled into lungs, & made pure & again fit for use. (1619 A.D.)
• Pope Gregory XV governed church for 2 years. (1621 A.D.)
• Pope Urban VIII governed church for 21 years. (1623 A.D.)
• The first newspaper, Gazette De France, was first issued. (It is still in circulation today.) (1631 A.D.)
• John Locke of England was born. He lived 72 years. Spinoza of Amsterdam was born. He lived 45 years. (1632 A.D.)
• Sir Isaac Newton of England was born. He lived 85 years. He discovered law of gravitation in 1666. (1642 A.D.)
• Pope Innocent X governed church for 11 years. (1642 A.D.)
• Pope Alexander VII governed church for 12 years. (1655 A.D.)
• Pope Clement IX governed church for 3 years. (1655 A.D.)
• Pope Clement X governed church for 6 years. (1670 A.D.)
• Pope Innocent XI governed church for 13 years. (1676 A.D.)
• George Handel was born. He lived 75 years. (1684 A.D.)
• Pope Alexas VIII governed church for 2 years. (1689 A.D.)
• Pope Innocent XII governed church for 9 years. (1691 A.D.)
• The Bank of England commenced business on January 1. (1695 A.D.)

• Pope Clement XI governed church for 21 years. (1700 A.D.)
• Pope Innocent XIII governed church for 3 years. (1721 A.D)
• Pope Benedict XIII governed church for 6 years. (1724 A.D.)
• Wickliffe's New Testament was printed. (1731 A.D.)
• WM. Herschel was born in Hanover, Germany. He lived 84 years. (1738 A.D.)
• Pope Benedict XIV governed church for 18 years. (1740 A.D.)
• James Watt discovered power of steam. (1750 A.D.)
• Ben. Franklin discovered identity of lightening & electricity. Lightening rods were used thereafter. (1752 A.D.)
• Amadeus Mozart of Germany was born. He lived 36 years. (1756 A.D.)
• Pope Clement XIII governed church for 11 years. (1758 A.D.)
• Pope Clement XIV governed church for 6 years. (1763 A.D.)
• Beethoven was born. He lived 57 years, primarily in Vienna. (1770 A.D.)
• The Constitutional Congress in America, led by Thomas Jefferson, restated a "Rule of Democracy." Pope Pius VI governed church for 25 years. (1775 A.D.)
• The United States of America was founded. (1776 A.D.)
• England loses American Colonies. (1783 A.D.)
• The first mail delivered by coaches left London for Bristol, August 2, 1784 A.D.
• Napoleon came to power & took Pope prisoner. (February 15, 1798 A.D.)
• Tippoo Saib, last Sultan of India, was killed May 4. English, after long wars, controled India. (1799 A.D.)

• ?Pope Pius VII was head of church for 23 years. (1800 A.D.)
• The first passenger steamboat, Clermont, performed its maiden voyage on Seine River. (August 19, 1803 A.D.)
• Napoleon Bonaparte became Emperor of France. (1804 A.D.)
• Gaslight was introduced in London on August 16, 1807 A.D.
• Nobel invented dynamite. (1808 A.D.)
• Napoleon was banished from England after Battle of Waterloo. (June 18, 1815 A.D.)
• Joseph Smith introduced Book of Mormon. (1817 A.D.)
• Pope Leo XII headed church for 6 years. (1823 A.D.)
• The first railway opened in England on September 27, 1825 A.D.
• Pope Pius VIII headed church for 2 years. (1829 A.D.)
• Pope Gregory XIV headed church for 15 years. He was known as "one of greatest Pontiffs." (1831 A.D.)
• Joseph Smith founded Mormon Church in Fayette, N.Y. (1830 A.D.)
• Protestants of various fellowships experienced "Great Disappointment." They expected Second Coming of Christ to occur. (October 22, 1844 A.D.)
• Daguerre took first photograph. (1839 A.D.)
• Pope Pius IX headed church. Wickliffe's Old Testament was printed. (1848 A.D.)
• The first Atlantic cable was laid in 1858 A.D. (It became faulty & ceased to transmit messages. "The Great Easterb" successfully laid a new cable in 1866 A.D.
• ????Victor Emanuel (1861 A.D.)
• The Twentieth Council, First Vatican, met on Dec. 8, 1869.
• The Suez Canal opened in November. (1869 A.D.)
• The Italian Army, September 20, 1870 A.D, took Rome.
• D.E. Hughes invented microphone. Professor A.D. Sell & T.E. Edison invented telephone. Edison invented phonograph. (1877 A.D.)
• Lighting by electricity began to be used. (1878 A.D.)
• Gottleb Daimer invented internal combustion engine. Karl Benz pioneered engine for automobiles. (1885 A.D.)
• The Olympic games reappeared in world. They had been absent since Roman emperor, Theodosus, canceled them & closed their associated pagan temples in 396 A.D. (1500 years earlier) (1896 A.D.)

• Theodore Roosevelt became President of United States. (1901 A.D.)
• Orville & Wilbur Wright made first manned, powered flight on December 17, 1903 A.D.
• A comet struck Russia. Thousands of miles of forest were leveled. (1908 A.D.)
• Germany led planet into World War I. (1914 A.D.)
• British, Allenby, captured Jerusalem. Islamic rule in Palestine ended as Turkish Ottoman Empire was destroyed. Balfour Treaty allowed Jews to return to Holy Land ending an eighteen hundred year lockout. On May13, first Fatima vision occurred. On Oct. 25, Communists seized power in Russia & set up a secular, anti-Christ state. United States of America declared war on Germany. (1917 A.D.)
• John Logie Baird demonstrated television. January 26, 1926 A.D.
• Mussolini signed a treaty that officially separated church & state. It also secularized Italy & relegated church to a tiny defined area of sovereignty in Rome. Thus Vatican City was formed. This action fundamentally cancelled final remnants of Theodosus' decree, even in Roman capitol itself.
• Great Depression swept world. (1929 A.D.)
• Adolph Hitler led Germany & world into Second World War. "Jewish Holocaust" began. Hitler & his forces systematically executed at least nine million Jews over next 6 years. (1939 A.D.)
• Japan made World War II almost global by attacking West at Pearl Harbor & assaulting Southeast Asia. This was first major Eastern attack on Western civilization in almost a thousand years. United States declared war on Germany & Japan. (1941 A.D.)
• The Atom Bomb was invented & dropped on two Japanese cities by United States. World War II & Jewish Holocaust came to an end. (1945 A.D.)
• In battle for secular post-war management of world a "Cold War" began pitting communism against democracy. Atomic energy scientists alerted world civilization to "doomsday clock," with hands near midnight. (1947 A.D.)
• The Jewish nation of Israel was founded by a United Nations' mandate. (1948 A.D.)
• The Communists launched a war in Korea. (1950 A.D.)
• The Hydrogen bomb was invented. Several bombs were exploded in South Pacific. Thousands of bombs were stockpiled in underground silos as part of a massive arms race with Soviet Union. (1953 A.D.)
• The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists advanced hands on its "doomsday clock" up to two minutes before midnight. (1953 A.D.)
• John F. Kennedy, President of United States was assassinated. (November 22,1963 A.D.)
• The Gulf of Tonkin incident led United States into Vietnam War. (1964 A.D.)
• A Drug crisis swept America. Millions of youth began using marijuana, heroin, LSD, etc. (1966 A.D.)
• U.S. astronauts land on moon. (1969 A.D.)
• An AIDS plague began. On May 13, a professional Turkish gunman shot & wounded Pope in St. Peter's Square. (1981 A.D.)
• A world drug crisis continued to mount. "Crack" cocaine use & urban crime became rampant. (1981 A.D.)
• The Gulf War broke out. (1991 A.D.)
• Communism crumbled in Soviet Union. Soviet Union was dissolved & struggle toward a stable democracy began. Berlin Wall came down as Eastern Europe ended Cold War. (1992 A.D.)
• The United Nations' Science Council Report warned of catastrophic effects across world during next hundred years as global warming rapidly accelerates. Scientists said that advancing tides caused by polar ice cap melting during this period would inundate most of world's coastal cities. Holes in ozone layer continue to widen as sun-induced skin cancer reaches near-epidemic proportions worldwide. (1995 A.D.) President of Russia led Easter mass in resurrected Moscow church. (April 14, 1996 A.D.)
• Belarus & Russia agreed to unite their countries into a single state. Pacific Ocean's greatest "El Nino" current wreaked havoc on earth, producing mammoth fires, famine & drought in many places with huge floods in others. (1998 A.D.)
• The world population topped 6 billion people. Hate crimes increased. Mass shootings occurred in schools, churches & synagogues. There were great earthquakes in Turkey & Taiwan that left thousands dead. Wars & rumors of war continued unabated that included Kosovo, Indonesia, Somalia, Chechnya & Iraq. On September 10, year 5760 in Jewish calendar began. (Two hundred & forty years remain until year 6000 i.e., until "seventh day" of Hebrew religious history, begins.) (1999 A.D.)
• A giant earthquake hit India killing tens of thousands. (February 2001 A.D.)
• Terrorists attack America. Thousands were killed as airliners were flown into World Trade Center in New York City & Pentagon in Washington D.C. This led to a war against terrorism & a direct attack by United States on Afghanistan who harbored terrorists. (September 11, 2001 A.D.)

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