Timeline

Chronological listing of all events and life dates

49 centuries 158 years 208 entries

Eras

The Pre-Flood Era The Patriarchal Period The Egyptian Sojourn and Oppression The Exodus Period The Conquest Period The Period of the Judges The United Monarchy The Divided Kingdom The Exile Period The Post-Exilic Period The Intertestamental Period The New Testament Period The Rise of Islam
🌍 World History
4100 BCE
4004 BCE
📜 The Fall · 👶 Adam · 👶 Eve
4000 BCE
4000 BCE
👶 Abel (Adam & Eve) · 👶 Cain (Adam & Eve) · ✝ Abel
3900 BCE
3900 BCE
👶 Seth (Adam & Eve)
3800 BCE
3700 BCE
3600 BCE
3500 BCE
3400 BCE
3400 BCE
👶 Enoch
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
👶 Methuselah (Enoch)
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
3100 BCE
👶 Lamech (Methuselah)
3074 BCE
✝ Adam (age 930)
3100 BCE Egyptian unification begins
3000 BCE
2988 BCE
✝ Seth (age 912)
2900 BCE
2800 BCE
2800 BCE
👶 Hud
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
2600 BCE
✝ Hud (age 200)
2560 BCE Great Pyramid of Giza built
2500 BCE
2448 BCE
👶 Ham (Noah) · 👶 Shem (Noah)
2400 BCE
2353 BCE
✝ Lamech (age 777)
2348 BCE
✝ Methuselah (age 969)
2300 BCE
2296 BCE
👶 Terah (Nahor)
2200 BCE
2166 BCE
📜 Born in Ur of the Chaldeans · 👶 Abraham (Terah)
2156 BCE
👶 Sarah (Terah)
2140 BCE
👶 Lot
2100 BCE
2091 BCE
✝ Terah (age 205)
2080 BCE
📜 Born when Abraham was 86 · 👶 Ishmael (Abraham & Hagar)
2066 BCE
📜 Born when Abraham was 100
2040 BCE
✝ Lot (age 100)
2029 BCE
✝ Sarah (age 127)
2006 BCE
👶 Esau (Isaac & Rebekah) · 👶 Jacob (Isaac & Rebekah)
2000 BCE
2000 BCE
📜 Job's Trial and Restoration · 👶 Job
1991 BCE
📜 Dies at age 175 · ✝ Abraham (age 175)
1943 BCE
✝ Ishmael (age 137)
1900 BCE
1900 BCE
👶 Benjamin (Jacob & Rachel) · ✝ Rachel
1898 BCE
👶 Joseph (Jacob & Rachel)
1859 BCE
✝ Jacob (age 147)
1848 BCE
✝ Shem (age 600)
1800 BCE
1800 BCE
✝ Job (age 200) · ✝ Joseph (age 110)
1754 BCE Code of Hammurabi written
1700 BCE
1600 BCE
1570 BCE
👶 Jethro
1533 BCE
👶 Miriam (Amram & Jochebed)
1529 BCE
👶 Aaron (Amram & Jochebed)
1550 BCE Egyptian New Kingdom begins
1500 BCE
1490 BCE
👶 Joshua
1450 BCE
✝ Jethro (age 120)
1446 BCE
📜 The Ten Plagues of Egypt
1407 BCE
✝ Aaron (age 123) · ✝ Korah · ✝ Miriam (age 126)
1400 BCE
1380 BCE
✝ Joshua (age 110)
1367 BCE
📜 Othniel Delivers Israel from Aram
1304 BCE
📜 Ehud Defeats Moab
1300 BCE
1224 BCE
📜 Deborah and Barak Defeat Sisera
1200 BCE
1200 BCE
👶 Deborah
1184 BCE
📜 Gideon Defeats the Midianites
1150 BCE
✝ Deborah (age 50)
1200 BCE Bronze Age Collapse
1100 BCE
1100 BCE
👶 Samuel (Hannah)
1096 BCE
📜 Jephthah Defeats the Ammonites
1075 BCE
📜 Samson's Exploits Against the Philistines
1070 BCE
✝ Eli (age 98)
1050 BCE
📜 Samuel Anoints Saul as First King · ✝ Samson
1040 BCE
👶 David (Jesse)
1025 BCE
✝ Goliath
1020 BCE
👶 Abigail
1010 BCE
✝ Samuel (age 90) · ✝ Saul
1000 BCE
1000 BCE
📜 David Composes Psalms
990 BCE
👶 Solomon (David & Bathsheba)
975 BCE
📜 Absalom's Rebellion · ✝ Absalom
970 BCE
👶 Rehoboam (Solomon) · ✝ Abigail (age 50) · ✝ David (age 70) · ✝ Joab
950 BCE
📜 Solomon Writes Proverbs and Wisdom Literature
930 BCE
📜 Kingdom splits north/south · ✝ Solomon (age 60)
913 BCE
✝ Rehoboam (age 57)
909 BCE
✝ Jeroboam I
1000 BCE Phoenician alphabet spreads
900 BCE
900 BCE
👶 Elisha
853 BCE
✝ Ahab
841 BCE
✝ Jezebel
800 BCE
800 BCE
✝ Elisha (age 100)
785 BCE
👶 Jonah
765 BCE
👶 Isaiah
760 BCE
📜 Amos Denounces Social Injustice in Israel · 📜 Jonah Preaches to Nineveh
755 BCE
📜 Hosea Marries Gomer as Prophetic Sign
745 BCE
✝ Jonah (age 40)
740 BCE
📜 Isaiah's Throne Vision and Commission
735 BCE
📜 Isaiah's Immanuel Prophecy · 📜 Micah Prophesies the Messiah from Bethlehem
722 BCE
📜 Assyria conquers northern kingdom
701 BCE
📜 Sennacherib's Siege of Jerusalem
776 BCE First Olympic Games 753 BCE Traditional founding of Rome
700 BCE
687 BCE
✝ Hezekiah
670 BCE
👶 Huldah
650 BCE
👶 Jeremiah
649 BCE
👶 Josiah
634 BCE
👶 Nebuchadnezzar II
622 BCE
👶 Ezekiel
620 BCE
👶 Daniel
610 BCE
✝ Huldah (age 60)
609 BCE
📜 Jeremiah's Temple Sermon · ✝ Josiah (age 40)
600 BCE
600 BCE
👶 Cyrus the Great
594 BCE
📜 Jeremiah Prophesies the New Covenant
593 BCE
📜 Ezekiel's Vision of God's Throne Chariot
587 BCE
📜 Ezekiel's Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones
586 BCE
📜 Jerusalem and Temple destroyed; exile
585 BCE
✝ Jeremiah (age 65)
570 BCE
✝ Ezekiel (age 52)
562 BCE
✝ Nebuchadnezzar II (age 72)
538 BCE
📜 Decree allowing Jews to return · 📜 First Exiles Return to Jerusalem
537 BCE
📜 Altar Rebuilt and Sacrifices Resume
536 BCE
📜 Second Temple Foundation Laid · 📜 Temple Reconstruction Halts Due to Opposition
530 BCE
✝ Cyrus the Great (age 70) · ✝ Daniel (age 90)
520 BCE
📜 Haggai and Zechariah Encourage Temple Rebuilding
516 BCE
📜 Second Temple Completed and Dedicated
550 BCE Persian Empire founded 509 BCE Roman Republic established
500 BCE
465 BCE
✝ Ahasuerus
458 BCE
📜 Ezra Arrives and Teaches the Law
445 BCE
📜 Nehemiah Rebuilds Jerusalem's Walls
444 BCE
📜 Covenant Renewal Ceremony
490 BCE Battle of Marathon
400 BCE
356 BCE
👶 Alexander the Great
323 BCE
✝ Alexander the Great (age 32)
331 BCE Alexander conquers Persia
300 BCE
215 BCE
👶 Antiochus IV Epiphanes
264 BCE First Punic War begins 221 BCE Qin unifies China
200 BCE
166 BCE
✝ Mattathias
164 BCE
✝ Antiochus IV Epiphanes (age 51)
160 BCE
✝ Judah Maccabee
146 BCE Rome destroys Carthage
100 BCE
73 BCE
👶 Herod the Great
63 BCE
📜 Rome takes control of Judea
60 BCE
👶 Zechariah
20 BCE
📜 Herod Begins Massive Temple Expansion · 👶 Mary
4 BCE
✝ Herod the Great (age 69)
44 BCE Julius Caesar assassinated 27 BCE Roman Empire begins (Augustus)
0 CE
5 CE
👶 Paul
6 CE
📜 Direct Roman Rule Begins in Judea · ✝ Zechariah (age 66)
26 CE
📜 Pontius Pilate Becomes Prefect of Judea
30 CE
📜 Peter Heals a Lame Beggar · 📜 Peter Preaches at Pentecost
37 CE
✝ Pontius Pilate
39 CE
👶 Titus (Roman Emperor)
40 CE
📜 Peter's Vision and Cornelius's Conversion
44 CE
✝ James (son of Zebedee)
49 CE
📜 The Jerusalem Council
62 CE
📜 The Martyrdom of James, Brother of Jesus · ✝ James (brother of Jesus)
68 CE
📜 Mark Writes the First Gospel
70 CE
📜 Destruction of Second Temple · 📜 Romans Destroy the Second Temple
73 CE
📜 Masada Falls - Last Stand of the Jewish Revolt
81 CE
✝ Titus (Roman Emperor) (age 42)
85 CE
📜 Luke Writes His Gospel and Acts · 📜 Matthew Writes His Gospel
95 CE
📜 John Exiled to Patmos · 📜 John Writes His Gospel · 📜 The Book of Revelation Written on Patmos
79 CE Vesuvius destroys Pompeii
100 CE
100 CE
✝ John (son of Zebedee)
117 CE Roman Empire at greatest extent
200 CE
300 CE
313 CE Edict of Milan (Christianity legal) 380 CE Christianity becomes state religion
400 CE
410 CE Visigoths sack Rome 476 CE Fall of Western Roman Empire
500 CE
555 CE
👶 Khadijah
568 CE
👶 Hamza (Abd al-Muttalib)
570 CE
📜 Born in Mecca · 👶 Muhammad
573 CE
👶 Abu Bakr
576 CE
👶 Uthman
580 CE
👶 Bilal ibn Rabah
584 CE
👶 Umar
600 CE
600 CE
👶 Ali (Abu Talib & Fatimah bint Asad)
610 CE
📜 First Revelation at Cave Hira · 📜 First Revelation to Muhammad · 📜 First revelations; beginning of Quran
614 CE
📜 Persecution and Freedom of Bilal
615 CE
📜 Migration to Abyssinia
619 CE
📜 Death of Abu Talib and the Year of Sorrow · ✝ Abu Talib · ✝ Khadijah (age 64)
622 CE
📜 First Call to Prayer (Adhan) · 📜 Hijra (migration) to Medina
624 CE
👶 Hasan ibn Ali (Fatimah) · ✝ Abu Lahab
625 CE
✝ Hamza (age 57)
626 CE
👶 Husayn ibn Ali (Fatimah) · 👶 Husayn ibn Ali (Ali & Fatimah) · ✝ Fatimah bint Asad
629 CE
📜 Battle of Mu'tah · ✝ Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
630 CE
📜 Conquest of Mecca
632 CE
📜 Dies in Medina · ✝ Fatimah · ✝ Muhammad (age 62)
634 CE
✝ Abu Bakr (age 61)
640 CE
✝ Bilal ibn Rabah (age 60)
644 CE
✝ Umar (age 60)
653 CE
✝ Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib
656 CE
📜 Battle of the Camel · ✝ Uthman (age 80)
661 CE
📜 Assassination of Ali · ✝ Ali (age 61)
670 CE
✝ Hasan ibn Ali (age 46)
678 CE
✝ Aisha
680 CE
✝ Husayn ibn Ali (age 54) · ✝ Husayn ibn Ali (age 54)
700 CE