0 Adam created (Genesis 1:27, 2:7)
Eve created (Genesis 2:22); (Genesis 5:2)
Adam and Eve eat from the Tree of Knowledge
Adam and Eve are banished from Eden (Genesis 3:24)
?? Cain born to Adam and Eve (Genesis 4:1)
?? Abel born to Adam and Eve (Genesis 4:2)
?? Cain kills Abel (Genesis 4:8)
Cain is exiled to Nod (Genesis 4:16)
Cain marries a wife in Nod (Genesis 4:17)
?? Enoch born to Cain (Genesis 4:17)
?? Irad born to Enoch (Genesis 4:18)
?? Mehujael born to Irad (Genesis 4:18)
?? Methusael born to Mehujael (Genesis 4:18)
?? Lamech born to Methusael (Genesis 4:18)
?? Lamech married Adah (Genesis 4:19)
?? Lamech married Zillah (Genesis 4:19)
?? Jabal born to Lamech and Adah (Genesis 4:20)
?? Jubal born to Lamech and Adah (Genesis 4:21)
?? Tubalcain born to Lamech and Zillah (Genesis 4:22)
?? Naamah born to Lamech and Zillah (Genesis 4:22)
130 Seth born to Adam and Eve (Genesis 4:25, 5:3)
235 Enos/Enosh born to Seth (Genesis 5:6)
325 Cainan/Kenan born to Enos (Genesis 5:9)
395 Mahalaleel born to Cainan (Genesis 5:12)
460 Jared/Jered born to Mahalaleel (Genesis 5:15)
622 Enoch/Henoch born to Jared (Genesis 5:18)
687 Methuselah born to Enoch (Genesis 5:21)
874 Lamech born to Methuselah (Genesis 5:25)
930 Adam dies @ 930 (Genesis 5:5)
987 Enoch ascends to Heaven @ 365 (Genesis 5:23-24)
1042 Seth dies @ 912 (Genesis 5:8)
1056 Noah born to Lamech (Genesis 5:28-29)
1140 Enos dies @ 905 (Genesis 5:11)
1235 Cainan dies @ 910 (Genesis 5:14)
1290 Mahalaleel dies @ 895 (Genesis 5:17)
1422 Jared dies @ 962 (Genesis 5:20)
1556 Shem, Ham and Japheth born to Noah (Genesis 5:32, 6:10)
1651 Lamech dies @ 777 (Genesis 5:31)
1656 Methuselah dies @ 969 (Genesis 5:27)
Arphaxad born when "Shem was 100 years old" (Genesis 11:10)
1657: the Great Flood (Genesis 7:6):
10 February - Noah loads up the ark (Genesis 7:4)
17 February - rain starts (Genesis 7:11)
30 March - rain stops (Genesis 7:12, 7:17)
17 July - ark rested on Mount Ararat (Genesis 7:24, 8:3)
1 October - tops of the mountains seen (Genesis 8:5)
9 November - Noah sent forth a raven and a dove (Genesis 8:6-7)
16 November - Noah sends the dove
it returns with olive leaf (Genesis 8:10-11)
23 November - Noah sends the dove
it doesn't return (Genesis 8:12)
1658: the Great Flood, continued:
1 January - Noah removed the covering of the ark
the ground was dry (Genesis 8:13)
27 February - the earth was dried (Genesis 8:14)
Flood lasted 317 days (8:13) or 375 days (8:14)
1659 Arphaxad born to Shem "two years after the Flood" (Genesis 11:10)
1694 Salah born to Arphaxad (Genesis 11:12)
1724 Eber born to Salah (Genesis 11:14)
1758 Peleg born to Eber (Genesis 11:16)
1788 Reu born to Peleg (Genesis 11:18)
1820 Serug born to Reu (Genesis 11:20)
1850 Nahor born to Serug (Genesis 11:22)
1879 Terah born to Nahor (Genesis 11:24)
1949 Abram, Nahor and Haran born to Terah (Genesis 11:26)
1959 Sarai is born (Genesis 17:17)
1987 Egyptian Captivity begins
1997 Peleg dies @ 239 (Genesis 11:19)
1998 Nahor dies @ 148 (Genesis 11:25)
2006 Noah dies @ 950 (Genesis 9:29)
2008 Noah dies "350 years after the Flood" (Genesis 9:28)
2024 Abram leaves Haran when he is "seventy and five years old" (Genesis 12:4)
2027 Reu dies @ 239 (Genesis 11:21)
2035 Ishmael born to Hagar and Abram, who "was [86] years old" (Genesis 16:16)
2048 Abram's name changes to Abraham (Genesis 17:17)
Sarai's name changes to Sarah (Genesis 17:17)
Abraham and Ishmael are circumised (Genesis 17:24-25)
2049 Serug dies @ 229 (Genesis 11:23)
Isaac born to Abraham and Sarah (Genesis 21:5)
2084 Terah dies "in Haran" @ 205 (Genesis 11:32)
Abram leaves Haran (Acts 7:4)
2086 Sarah dies @ 127 in Kirjatharba (Genesis 23:1-2)
2089 Isaac marries Rebekah (Genesis 24:67, 25:20)
2090 Abraham marries Keturah (Genesis 25:1)
2097 Arphaxad dies @ 438 (Genesis 11:13)
2109 Esau and Jacob (twins) born to Rebekah and Isaac, who was "[60] years old" (Genesis 25:26)
2124 Abraham dies @ 175 and is buried "in the cave of Machpelah" (Genesis 25:9)
2127 Salah dies @ 433 (Genesis 11:15)
2149 Esau marries Judith and Bashemath (Genesis 26:34)
2156 Shem dies @ 600 (Genesis 11:11)
2172 Ishmael dies @ 137 (Genesis 25:17)
2173 Levi born to Jacob and Leah (Genesis 29:34)
2174 Judah born to Jacob and Leah (Genesis 29:35)
2199 Joseph born to Jacob and Rachel (Genesis 30:24)
2201 Benoni/Benjamin born to Jacob and Rachel (Genesis 35:18)
Rachel dies and "was buried in the way to Ephrath" (Genesis 35:19)
Levi marries Melcha when he "was twenty-eight years old"
(Levi 3:11 -- http://www.ccel.org/fathers2/ANF-08/anf08-07.htm)
2208 Kohath born to Levi and Melcha (Levi 3:11)
2188 Eber dies @ 464 (Genesis 11:17)
2195 Joseph sold into slavery by his brothers (Genesis 37:2, 37:28)
2229 Joseph interprets Pharaoh's dream (Genesis 41:46)
Seven Years of Plenty begin (Genesis 41:47)
Isaac dies @ 180 (Genesis 35:28)
2231 Manasseh born to Joseph and Asenath (Genesis 41:51)
2234 Ephraim born to Joseph and Asenath (Genesis 41:52)
2236 Seven Years of Plenty end
Seven Years of Famine begin (Genesis 41:54)
2237 Jochebed born to Levi and Melcha (Levi 3:11)
Amram born to Kohath (Levi 3:12)
2239 Jacob moves his family to Egypt when he is "[130] years old" (Genesis 47:9)
2243 Pharez and Zarah (twins) are born to Tamar and Judah (Genesis 38:29-30)
Years of Famine end
2256 Jacob dies in Egypt @ 147 (Genesis 47:28)
2267 Amram marries Jochebed (Levi 3:12)
2288 Joseph dies in Egypt @ 110 (Genesis 50:26)
2310 Levi dies @ 137 (Exodus 6:16)
2335 Aaron born to Amram and Jochebed (Exodus 6:20)
2338 Moses born to Amram and Jochebed (Exodus 6:20, 7:7)
2341 Kohath dies @ 133 (Exodus 6:18)
2374 Amram dies @ 137 (Exodus 6:20)
2417 Egyptian Captivity ends @ 430 (Exodus 12:40)
2457 1 November - Israelites reach Canaan (Exodus 16:35)
2458 1 May - Aaron dies on Mount Hor @ 123 (Exodus 20:27-28)
Moses dies @ 120 (Deuteronomy 34:7)
2893 Solomon's reign begins (1 Kings 6:1)
2896 Rehoboam born to Solomon (1 Kings 14:21)
2897 Solomon begins "to build the house of the Lord" (1 Kings 6:1)
2937 Solomon's reign ends (1 Kings 11:42)
Rehoboam's reign begins (1 Kings 14:21)
2954 Rehoboam's reign ends (1 Kings 14:21)
Abijam's reign begins (1 Kings 14:31)
2957 Abijam's reign ends (1 Kings 15:2)
Asa's reign begins (1 Kings 15:2)
2963 Jehoshaphta born to Asa (2 Chronicles 20:31)
2991 Jehoram born to Jehosphaphat (2 Chronicles 21:5)
2998 Asa's reign ends (1 Kings 15:10, 2 Chronicles 16:13)
Jehoshaphat's reign begins (1 Kings 15:24, 2 Chronicles 17:1)
3023 Jehoshaphat's reign ends (2 Chronicles 20:31)
Jehoram's reign begins (1 Kings 22:50, 2 Chronicles 21:5)
3031 Jehoram's reign ends (2 Kings 9:24, 2 Chronicles 21:5)
Jehu's reign begins (2 Kings 9:24)
3059 Jehu's reign ends (2 Kings 10:35-36)
Jehoahaz's reign beings (2 Kings 10:35)
3076 Jehoahaz's reign ends (2 Kings 13:1)
Jehoash's reign begins (2 Kings 13:9)
3092 Jehoash's reign ends (2 Kings 13:10)
Jeroboam's reign begins (2 Kings 14:16)
3129 Hezekiah born (2 Kings 18:2)
3133 Jeroboam's reign ends (2 Kings 14:23)
Zachariah's reign lasts six months (2 Kings 14:29, 15:8)
Shallum's reign lasts one month (2 Kings 15:10, 15:13)
Menahem's reign begins (2 Kings 15:14)
3143 Menahem's reign ends (2 Kings 15:17)
Pekahiah's reign begins (2 Kings 15:22)
3145 Pekahiah's reign ends (2 Kings 15:23)
Hoshea's reign begins (2 Kings 15:30)
3154 Hoshea's reign ends (2 Kings 17:1)
Hezekiah's reign begins (2 Kings 18:1)
3171 Manasseh born to Hezekiah and Hephzibah (2 Kings 21:1)
3183 Hezekiah's reign ends (2 Kings 18:2)
Manasseh's reign begins (2 Kings 20:21)
3216 Amon born to Manasseh and Meshullemeth (2 Kings 21:19)
3232 Josiah born to Amon and Jedidah (2 Kings 22:1)
3238 Manasseh's reign ends (2 Kings 21:1)
Amon's reign begins (2 Kings 21:18)
3240 Amon's reign ends (2 Kings 21:19)
Josiah's reign begins (2 Kings 21:26)
3246 Eliakim born to Jehoahaz and Zebudah (2 Kings 23:36)
3248 Jehoahaz born to Josiah and Hamutal (2 Kings 23:31)
3261 Mattaniah born to Josiah and Hamutal (2 Kings 24:18)
3264 Jeconiah born to Eliakim and Nehushta (2 Kings 24:8)
3271 (609BCE) Josiah's reign ends (2 Kings 22:1)
Jehoahaz's reign lasts three months (2 Kings 23:30-31)
Eliakim/Jehoiakim's reign begins (2 Kings 23:36)
3274 (606BCE) Nebuchadrezzar's reign in Babylon begins (Jeremiah 52:12, 32:1)
3282 (598BCE) Eliakim/Jehoiakim's reign ends (2 Kings 23:36)
Jeconiah's reigns three months; he is arrested (2 Kings 24:8, 24:12)
Mattaniah/Zedekiah's reign begins (2 Kings 24:17)
3293 (587BCE) Mattaniah/Zedekiah blinded and imprisoned (2 Kings 24:18)
3317 (563BCE) Labashi-Marduk is born to Nergal-sharezer
3318 (562BCE) Nebuchadrezzar's reign in Babylon ends
Amel-Marduk's reign in Babylon beings
3319 (561BCE) Amel-Marduk pardons and releases Jeconiah
3320 (560BCE) Amel-Marduk's reign ends; he is murdered by Nergal-sharezer
Nergal-sharezer's reign begins
3321 (559BCE) Cyrus II succeeds his father, Cambyses the Elder, as King of Anshan
3324 (556BCE) Nergal-sharezer's reign in Babylon ends
Labashi-Marduk reigns nine month in Babylon; he is murdered
Nabonidus's reign in Babylon begins
3341 (539BCE) Babylon is conquered by Cyrus II of Persia; Nabonidus's reign ends
3344 (436BCE) Babylonian Captivity ends (2 Chronicles 36:21, Ezra 1:1)
3351 (529BCE) Cyrus II's reign in Persia ends
Cambyses II's reign in Persia begins
3355 (525BCE) Cambyses II defeats Psammetichus III to conquer Egypt
3359 (521BCE) March: Cambyses II commits suicide
Gaumata "Smerdis" reigns for seven months
October: Darius I kills Gaumata "Smerdis" and begins his reign in Persia
3395 (485BCE) October: Darius I's reign ends
Xerxes I's reign begins
3415 (465BCE) Xerxes I murdered by Artabanus
Artaxerxes I's reign begins
3456 (424BCE) Artaxerxes I's reign ends
Xerxes II reigns for 45 days; assassinated by his brother, Sogdianus
Sogdianus's reign begins
3457 (423BCE) Sogdianus's reign ends after six months and 15 days; assassinated by Arbarios
Darius II's reign begins
3476 (404BCE) Darius II's reign ends, empire split back into Persia and Egypt:
Artaxerxes II Memnon's reign begins in Persia
Amyraeus's reign begins in Egypt
3482 (398BCE) Amyraeus's reign ends in Egypt
Nefaarud I's reign begins in Egypt
3487 (393BCE) Nefaarud I's reign ends in Egypt
Psammuthes reigns for one year in Egypt; overthrown by Hakor
Hakor's reign begins in Egypt
3500 (380BCE) Hakor's reign ends in Egypt
Nefaarud II reigns for one year in Egypt; deposed by Nectanebo Kheperkara
Nectanebo Kheperkara's reign begins in Egypt
Darius III Codomannus born
3513 (367BCE) Ptolemy I Soter born to Philip II of Macedon and Arsinoe of Macedon
3518 (362BCE) Nectanebo Kheperkara's reign ends
Teos's reign begins
3520 (360BCE) Teos's reign ends; overthrown by Nectanebo II
Nectanebo II's reign begins
3521 (359BCE) Philip III Arrhidaeus born to Philip II of Macedon and Philinna of Larissa
3522 (358BCE) Artaxerxes II Memnon's reign ends in Persia
Artaxerxes III Ochus's reign begins in Persia
3524 (356BCE) July: Alexander III of Macedon born in Pella, Macedon to
Philip II of Macedon and Princess Olympias
3537 (343BCE) Artaxerxes III Ochus defeats Nectanebo II to reconquer Egypt
3542 (338BCE) Artaxerxes III Ochus's reign ends; murdered by Bagoas
Artaxerxes IV Arses's reign begins
3544 (336BCE) Artaxerxes IV Arses's reign ends; poisoned by Bagoas
Darius III Codomannus's reign begins
3550 (330BCE) July: Darius III Codomannus's reign ends; assassinated by Bessus
Alexander III of Macedon conquers the Persian Empire
3553 (327BCE) Heracles born to Barsine and Alexander III of Macedon
3557 (323BCE) 10 June: Alexander III of Macedon dies in Babylon
Philip III Arrhidaeus's reign begins in Macedon
Ptolemy I Soter's reign begins in Egypt
October: Alexander IV Aegus born to Princess Roxana of Bactria,
son of Alexander III of Macedon
3563 (317BCE) 25 December: Philip III Arrhidaeus's reign ends in Macedon; executed by Olympias
Alexander IV Aegus's reign begins in Macedon
3571 (309BCE) Alexander IV Aegus's reign ends; murdered by Cassander
Cassander's reign begins in Macedon
Ptolemy II Philadelphus born to Ptolemy I Soter and Berenice I
3583 (297BCE) Cassander's reign ends in Macedon; died of dropsy
3595 (285BCE) Ptolemy I Soter abdicates to Ptolemy II Philadelphus
3597 (283BCE) Ptolemy I Soter dies
3634 (246BCE) Ptolemy II Philadelphus's reign ends
Ptolemy III Eueregetes's reign begins
3658 (222BCE) Ptolemy III Eueregetes's reign ends
Ptolemy IV Philopater's reign begins
3676 (204BCE) Ptolemy IV Philopater's reign ends
Ptolemy V Epiphanes's reign begins
3689 (191BCE) Ptolemy VI Philometor born to Ptolemy V Epiphanes and Cleopatra I Syra
3695 (185BCE) Cleopatra II born to Ptolemy V Epiphanes and Cleopatra I Syra
3698 (182BCE) Ptolemy VII Eueregetes II botn to Ptolemy V Epiphanes and Cleopatra I Syra
3699 (181BCE) Ptolemy V Epiphanes's reign ends
Ptolemy VI Philometor's reign begins jointly with his mother, Cleopatra I Syra
3705 (175BCE) Cleopatra I dies; Ptolemy VI Philomenter rules alone
3707 (173BCE) Ptolemy VI Philometor marries Cleopatra II
3711 (169BCE) Ptolemy VI Philometor rules with Cleopatra II and Ptolemy VIII Eueregetes II
3716 (164BCE) Ptolemy VIII Eueregetes II takes full control of Egypt
3717 (163BCE) Ptolemy VI Philometor takes back control of Egypt
3719 (161BCE) Cleopatra III born to Ptolemy VI Philometor and Cleopatra II
3736 (145BCE) Ptolemy VI Philometor killed in Syria
3737 (144BCE) Ptolemy VIII Eueregetes II marries Cleopatra II
3738 (143BCE) Ptolemy VII Memphitis born to Ptolemy VI Philometor and Cleopatra II
3739 (142BCE) Ptolemy VIII Eueregetes II marries Cleopatra III
3750 (131BCE) Cleopatra II drives Ptolemy VIII Eueregetes II and Cleopatra III out of Egypt
Cleopatra II declares Ptolemy VII Memphitis as king
Ptolemy VII Memphitis assassinated by Ptolemy VIII Eueregetes II
Cleopatra II remains sole ruler of Egypt
3754 (127BCE) Cleopatra II leaves Egypt for Syria
Ptolemy VIII Eueregetes II and Cleopatra III return to Egypt
3757 (124BCE) Cleopatra II and Ptolemy VIII Eueregetes II reconcile
3761 (120BCE) Berenice III born to Ptolemy IX Soter II Lathyros and Cleopatra Selene
3764 (117BCE) Ptolemy XII Auletes born to Ptolemy IX Soter II Lathyros
3765 (116BCE) Ptolemy VIII Eueregetes II and Cleopatra II die
Cleopatra III declares Ptolemy IX Soter II Lathyros king of Egypt
3771 (110BCE) Cleopatra III declares Ptolemy X Alexander I king of Egypt
3772 (109BCE) Cleopatra III declares Ptolemy IX Soter II Lathyros king of Egypt
3774 (107BCE) Cleopatra III declares Ptolemy X Alexander I king of Egypt
3775 (106BCE) 29 September: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus born
3780 (101BCE) Cleopatra III assassinated by Ptolemy X Alexander I
Ptolemy X Alexander I marries Berenice III
3781 (100BCE) Gaius Julius Cæsar born
3790 (88 BCE) Ptolemy X Alexander I dies
Ptolemy IX Soter II Lathyros's regains control of Egypt
3795 (83 BCE) Julia born to Gaius Julius Cæsar and Cornelia Cinna Minor
3797 (81 BCE) Ptolemy IX Soter II Lathyros dies
Berenice III gains sole control of Egypt
3798 (80 BCE) Berenice III marries Ptolemy XI Alexander II
Ptolemy XI Alexander II murders Berenice III 19 days later
Ptolemy XI Alexander II is lynched days later
Ptolemy XII Auletes's reign begins
3808 (70 BCE) Gaius Julius Cæsar elected quaestor
3809 (69 BCE) Cleopatra VII Philopater born to Ptolemy XII Auletes
3813 (65 BCE) 8 December: Quintus Horatius Flaccus born
3815 (63 BCE) 23 September: Caesar Augustus Octavian born to Gaius Octavius
3816 (62 BCE) Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopater born to Ptolemy XII Auletes
3819 (59 BCE) April: Julia marries Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
August: Julia dies in childbirth
3820 (58 BCE) Ptolemy XII Auletes deposed by his daughter and wife
Berenice IV and Cleopatra V's joint reign begins
3821 (57 BCE) Cleopatra V dies; Berenice IV gains full control of Egypt
3823 (55 BCE) Berenice IV's reign ends; executed by Ptolemy XII Auletes
Ptolemy XII Auletes regains control of Egypt
3827 (51 BCE) Ptolemy XII Auletes's reign ends
Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopater's reign begins
3830 (48 BCE) 29 September: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus dies
3831 (47 BCE) 13 January: Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopater's reign ends
Cleopatra VII Philopater gains full control of Egypt
23 June: Ptolemy XV Philopater Philmetor Caesar born to
Cleopatra VII Philopater and Gaius Julius Cæsar
3834 (44 BCE) 15 March: Gaius Julius Cæsar assassinated
3837 (41 BCE) 25 December: Cleopatra Selene II and Alexander Helios (twins)
born to Cleopatra VII Philopater and Marcus Antonius
3842 (36 BCE) Autumn: Ptolemy Philadelphus born to Cleopatra VII Philopater and Marcus Antonius
3848 (30 BCE) 1 August: Marcus Antonius commits suicide
12 August: Cleopatra VII Philopater commits suicide
30 August: Ptolemy XV Philopater Philmetor Caesar executed by Octavian
3851 (27 BCE) Octavian officially returns power to the Roman Senate: First Settlement
3855 (24 BCE) Octavian renounces the consulship: Second Settlement
3856 (23 BCE) Cleopatra Selene II marries King Juba II of Numidia
3860 (19 BCE) Octavian is allowed to wear the consul insignia: Third Settlement
3871 ( 8 BCE) 27 November: Quintus Horatius Flaccus dies
3878 ( 1 BCE) Ptolemy of Mauretania born to Cleopatra Selene II and King Juba II
3885 ( 6 CE ) Cleopatra Selene II dies
3891 (12 CE ) 31 August: Gaius Julius Cæsar "Caligula" Germanicus born to
Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia Minor
3893 (14 CE ) 19 August: Octavian dies
3902 (23 CE ) King Juba II of Numidia dies
3915 (36 CE ) Saul of Tarsus suffers a seizure and hallucination on the Road to Damascus and
changes his name to Paul the Apostle
3919 (40 CE ) Ptolemy of Mauretania is executed by Caligula
3920 (41 CE ) 24 January: Caligula assassinated
3931 (42 CE ) Gaius Julius Cæsar proclaimed a god by the Roman Senate
3931 (52 CE ) Saul writes his first letter to the Thessalonians regarding the character
of Jesus the Nazarene
3939 (60 CE ) the gospel of Mark is written