FROM THE BIRTH OF CHRIST TO THE COMPLETION OF THE CANON OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
FROM THE BIRTH OF CHRIST TO THE COMPLETION OF THE CANON OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
||B.C.|
|Augustus declared Emperor by the Roman Senate|27|
|The Septuagint in general use among the Jews|…|
Luke 2:1|Edict of Augustus|5|
|Herod plunders the tomb of David of a great amount of treasure|5|
Luke 1|Birth of John the Baptist|5|
Luke 2|Birth of Jesus Christ, before the common era called Anne Domini|4|
Luke 2|Presentation in the Temple|4|
Matthew 2|Arrival of the Magi|4|
Matthew 2|Flight into Egypt|4|
|Murder of the male infants of Bethlehem by Herod|3|
Matthew 2|Death of Herod, Governor of Judea, at Jericho|3|
|Archelaus succeeds his father in Judea|2|
|Birth of Seneca, celebrated rhetorician and philosopher, at Cordova|A.D. 2|
Luke 2|Jesus accompanies Joseph and Mary to Jerusalem|8|
|About this time arose Judas of Galilee|8|
|The Roman legions, under Varus, defeated by the Germans. Varus kills himself.|9|
|Marcus Ambivius made Procurator of Judea|10|
|The Temple at Jerusalem polluted by Samaritans, who entered it by night, and strewed there dead men's bones|14|
|Death of the Emperor Augustus at Nola|14|
|Tiberius, emperor|14-37|
|Ovid, Roman poet, died in banishment|17|
|Valerius Gratus made Procurator of Judea by Tiberius|18|
|Livy, the illustrious Roman historian, died at Padua|18|
|Herod Antipas founds the city of Tiberius|18|
|Strabo, the celebrated Greek historian, born in Cappadocia|19|
Luke 3|John the Baptist begins to preach|26|
|Pontius Pilate made Procurator of Judea by Tiberius|26|
Luke 3|Baptism of Christ|27|
|Tiberius banishes all who profess the Jewish religion from Rome|27|
John 2|First-appearance of Christ in the Temple|27|
Luke 3|Imprisonment of John|27|
John 5|Our Lord's second visit to Jerusalem|27|
Matthew 4|Commencement of Christ's public ministry|27|
John 6|Second Passover|28|
|Herod marries Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, in consequence of which a war arose between him and King Aretas, his wife's father, and Herod was defeated. John the Baptist pronounced Herod's marriage unlawful, was imprisoned and beheaded in the Castle of Machaerus|28|
John 6|Third Passover|29|
Matthew 17|Transfiguration of Christ|29|
John 7|Feast of Tabernacles|29|
John 10|Feast of Dedication|29|
Matthew 21|Second Cleansing of the Temple|30|
John 13|Last Supper--Fourth Passover|30|
|The Crucifixion|30|
|The Resurrection|30|
|The Ascension|30|
Acts 2|Effusion of the Spirit at Pentecost|30|
Acts 3|Cure of the impotent man|30|
|Conversion of five thousand|30|
|First attempts of the Sanhedrin to suppress Christianity|30|
Acts 4|Community of goods|30|
|Death of Ananias and Sapphira|30|
|Second attempt to suppress Christianity|33|
|Advice of Gamaliel|33|
|Appointment of the Seven|35|
|Conversion of many Priests|35|
|Disputation with Stephen|37|
Acts 7|Martyrdom of Stephen|37|
Acts 8|Philip preaches in Samaria, and baptizes Simon the Sorcerer|37|
Acts 9|Saul converted while on his way to Damascus|37|
|Peter and John visit Samaria|37|
|Death of Tiberius, the Roman emperor; Caligula succeeds.|37|
|Baptism of the Ethiopian|37|
|Josephus, the Jewish historian, born at Jerusalem|37|
|Pilate recalled by Caligula, and banished|37|
|Saul retires to Arabia|38|
|Saul returns to Damascus|38|
Acts 9|Saul visits Jerusalem|40|
Acts 9|Saul sent to Tarsus|40|
Acts 9|Rest of the Churches|39-41|
|Caligula assassinated|41|
|Claudius, emperor|41-54|
Acts 10|Conversion of Cornelius|41|
|Herod Agrippa, king of all Palestine|41-44|
Acts 11|Disciples at Antioch first called Christians|42|
Acts 11|Famine predicted by Agabus|42|
Acts 11|First mission of Saul and Barnabas to Jerusalem|43|
|Aulus Plautius, Roman general, invades Britain|48|
|Claudius goes to Britain with reinforcements|43|
Acts 12|Martyrdom of James, the son of Zebedee|48|
|Death of Herod Agrippa|48|
|Judea a distinct Roman province|44 |
Acts 11|Epistle of James|44|
Acts 13|Paul and Barnabas sent forth|45|
|Epistle of Peter|48|
|Paul's return to Antioch|48|
|Arrival of Peter at Antioch|48|
|London founded|48|
Galatians 2|Second mission of Paul and Barnabas to Jerusalem|50|
Acts 15|Council of Apostles and Elders|50|
Acts 15|Paul goes with Silas on his second circuit|51|
Acts 16|Paul arrives at Troas|51|
Acts 18|Edict of Claudius against the Jews|51|
Acts 17|Paul at Athens|52|
Acts 18|Paul at Corinth|52|
|Paul brought before Gallio|52|
|First Epistle to the Thessalonians|52|
|Second Epistle to the Thessalonians|53|
|Epistle to the Galatians|53|
Acts 18|Paul leaves Corinth for Syria|53|
Acts 18|Paul visits Jerusalem the fourth time after his conversion.|53|
Acts 18|Paul visits Galatia in his route to Ephesus|53|
|Claudius poisoned by Agrippina, mother of Nero|54|
|Nero, emperor|54-68|
Acts 19|Paul arrives at Ephesus|54|
|Armenia Minor reduced to a Roman province|54|
|First Epistle to the Corinthians|56|
|Rotterdam in Holland founded|56|
1 Timothy 1|Paul's visit to Crete|56|
|Epistle to Titus|56|
|First Epistle to Timothy|56|
|Second Epistle to the Corinthians|57|
Acts 20|Paul's second residence at Corinth|57-58|
|Epistle to the Romans|58|
Acts 20|Paul sails from Philippi for Syria|58|
Acts 21|Paul reaches Jerusalem|58|
Acts 24|Felix superseded by Festus|60|
Acts 27|Paul sails for Rome|60|
|James the Just, brother of our Lord, stoned|60|
Acts 28|Paul arrives at Rome|61|
|Epistle to the Ephesians|61|
|Second Epistle to Timothy|61|
|Epistle to the Colossians|61|
|Epistle to Philemon|61|
|Mark martyred|62|
|London burnt--60,000 Britons said to have perished|62|
|Epistle to the Philippians|62|
|Epistle to the Hebrews|63|
|Rome burnt by order of Nero|64|
|Seneca put to death by Nero, who had been his pupil|65|
Acts 28|Second Epistle of Peter|65|
|St. Paul beheaded at Rome|67|
|Vespasian invades Galilee|67|
|Nero kills himself|68|
|Galba, Otho, and Vitellius, emperors|68-70|
|Vespasian, emperor|70-79|
|Jerusalem destroyed by Titus|70|
|Titus demolishes the Temple to its foundations|74|
|Julius Agricola completes the conquest of Britain and Wales|78-85|
|Destruction of Herculaneum and Pompeii|79|
|Pliny the elder killed by an eruption of Vesuvius|79|
|Vespasian dies, and succeeded by Titus|79|
|Coliseum of Vespasian completed|80|
|Titus dies, and succeeded by Domitian|81|
|John exiled to Patmos|95|
|Domitian slain, and succeeded by Nerva|96|
|The Apocalypse|96|
|Nerva dies, and succeeded by Trajan|98|
|Death of John about this time|100|
|Pliny, proconsul of Bithynia, sends to Trajan his famous account of the Christians. Age of Plutarch.|100|