Important Dates of the Bible
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- Abraham called by God
- 2090 BC
- Moses Born
- 1525 BC
- Moses dies; Joshua conquers Canaan
- 1407 BC
- Samuel Born
- 1105 BC
- Saul becomes King
- 1043 BC
- Saul, Jonathan slain; David king of Judah
- 1011 BC
- David becomes king over all Israel
- 1004 BC
- Solomon begins to build the Temple in Jerusalem
- 966 BC
- Jonah begins his ministry
- 783 BC
- Rome Founded
- 753 BC
- Sargon II becomes king of Assyria, Israel falls; the ten tribes of Israel go into captivity
- 722 BC
- Zoroaster born
- 660 BC
- Nineveh Falls
- 612 BC
- The Babylonians destroy Jerusalem and the Temple, Jews deported to Babylon
- 586 BC
- Buddhism founded by Siddhartha
- 563 BC
- Confucius begins to teach
- 550 BC
- Babylon falls to Darius the Persian
- 539 BC
- The Second Temple completed
- 516 BC
- The Roman Republic founded
- 509 BC
- Esther becomes queen of Persia
- 478 BC
- Socrates condemned to death
- 399 BC
- Alexander the Great dies
- 323 BC
- Caesar crosses the Rubicon
- 49 BC
- Birth of Jesus
- 4 BC
- Augustus dies, Tiberius becomes emperor
- 14 AD
- Jesus begins to teach
- 26 AD
- Jesus crucified and raised from the dead
- 30 BC
- Nero becomes Roman emperor, persecutes Christians
- 54 AD
- Paul writes Romans
- ca. 57 AD
- The apostle Paul is imprisoned at Caesarea
- 59 AD
- Gospel of Mark written
- 64 AD
- Paul martyred at Rome
- 68 AD
- Vespasian becomes Roman emperor
- 69 AD
- Jerusalem falls; Temple burned; Jews deported
- 70 AD
- The last stand of the Jewish rebels at Masada
- 73 AD
- Gospel of John written
- ca. 95 AD
- Ignatius of Antioch is martyred
- ca. 110 AD
- Justin is martyred (hence the name)
- 165 AD
- Irenaeus dies
- ca. 200 AD
- Tertullian dies
- ca. 220 AD
- Origen dies
- ca. 254 AD
- Battle of the Milvian Bridge (Constantine's vision of the Cross)
- 312 AD
- Armenia adopts Christianity as a state religion
- 314 AD
- Council of Nicea
- 325 AD
- Arius dies
- 336 AD
- Constantine baptized on his deathbed
- 337 AD
- Athanasius dies
- 373 AD
- John Chrysostom dies
- 407 AD
- Nestorius dies
- 451 AD
- Council of Chalcedon
- 451 AD
- Abraham called by God
- 2090 BC
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Sargon II becomes king of Assyria, Israel falls; the ten tribes of Israel go into captivity
- 722 BC