Events

Great Pyramid of Giza

Events · 2568 BCE

Worldwide Flood (Noah’s Flood)

Events · 2400 BCE

Sargon of Akkad, launches conquest of Mesopotamia

Events · 2300 BCE

Knossos on Crete destroyed by fire

Events · 1700 BCE

Palace of Minos at Knossos constructed

Events · 1650 BCE

Shang (Yin)

Events · 1600 BCE

Minoan eruption (devastated the Aegean island of Thera)

Events · 1600 BCE

10 Plagues of Egypt

Events · 1476 BCE

the Trojan War

Events · 1194 BCE

Trojan War (between Troy and Mycenae)

Events · 1190 BCE

Zhou

Events · 1046 BCE

first Olympic Games in Greece

Events · 776 BCE

First Olympic Games

Events · 776 BCE

the first Ancient Olympic Games held

Events · 776 BCE

Romeulas & Remus found Rome

Events · 753 BCE

Boxing added to Olympics

Events · 688 BCE

Sennacherib assassinated

Events · 681 BCE

Plague of Amwas (Emmaus) Palestine (~25,000 d)

Events · 639 BCE

Temple in Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar

Events · 586 BCE

Gautama Buddha

Events · 563 BCE

Confucius

Events · 551 BCE

the Behistun Inscription created (the 'Rosetta Stone' for cuneiform)

Events · 522 BCE

Golden Age of Athens

Events · 480 BCE

The Peloponnesian War

Events · 431 BCE

Plato founds Academy

Events · 387 BCE

The campaigns & conquests of Alexander the Great of Macedon

Events · 336 BCE

Battle of Issus

Events · 333 BCE

Siege of Tyre

Events · 332 BCE

Battle of Gaugamela

Events · 331 BCE

Battle of the Persian Gate

Events · 330 BCE

Battle of Jaxartes

Events · 329 BCE

Siege of the Sogdian Rock

Events · 327 BCE

Siege of Mallia

Events · 326 BCE

Battle of the Hydaspes

Events · 326 BCE

The Punic Wars

Events · 264 BCE

Qin (Ch'in)

Events · 221 BCE

book burning mandate by Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang

Events · 213 BCE

460 Confucian scholars buried alive during Qin dynasty

Events · 212 BCE

Septuagint

Events · 150 BCE

Silk Road is first established

Events · 150 BCE

Posidonius calculates earth's circumference and confirms Eratosthenes

Events · 90 BCE

Siege of Athens ends with Roman conquest

Events · 86 BCE

Spartacus leads a revolt against Rome

Events · 71 BCE

Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus form the First Triumvirate

Events · 60 BCE

Battle of Pharsalus

Events · 48 BCE

Library of Alexandria by Caesar

Events · 47 BCE

Julian calendar goes into effect by decree of Julius Caesar

Events · 46 BCE

Julian calendar year 1 lasts 445 days to correct erroneous old Roman calendar

Events · 46 BCE

Julian calendar goes into effect

Events · 46 BCE

Jesus of Nazareth

Events · 4 BCE

Jesus of Nazareth is born

Events · 4 BCE

China's Han Dynasty census

Events · 2

Battle of the Teutoburg Forest

Events · 9

Arminius defeats three Roman legions at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest

Events · 9

Xin

Events · 9

Emperor Wang Mang establishes income tax through a 10% tax of net earnings

Events · 9

Augustus, first emperor of Rome, dies

Events · 14

The Trial of Jesus of Nazareth

Events · 30

the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth

Events · 31

the stoning of Saint Stephen

Events · 34

the conversion of Paul the Apostle

Events · 36

Caligula plans to invade Britain, but declares war on sea taking shells as spoils

Events · 40

James the Apostle (son of Zebedee) martyred

Events · 44

council of Jerusalem (rules regarding Gentile converts)

Events · 50

City of Rome Burns

Events · 64

Rome (Nero's Fire)

Events · 64

Nero commits suicide

Events · 68

Rome destroys Jerusalem

Events · 70

Temple in Jerusalem by Titus

Events · 70

the siege of Jerusalem [Jewish rebels vs. Roman Empire]

Events · 70

Mt. Vesuvius (~18,000 d)

Events · 79

City of Pompeii is buried by Mt Vesuvius

Events · 79

Hadrian's Wall

Events · 122

Antonine Wall is built across what is now central Scotland.

Events · 142

Geographia written by Claudius Ptolemy

Events · 150

Marcomannic Wars

Events · 166

Three Kingdoms

Events · 220

Jin

Events · 266

First Council of Nicaea

Events · 325

First Council of Constantinople

Events · 381

Jerome's Vulgate

Events · 382

Library of Alexandria by Theodosius I

Events · 391

the last Ancient Olympic Games recorded

Events · 393

Vandals conquer Carthage

Events · 439

Treason of the Long Knives

Events · 450

The Dark Ages (Europe)

Events · 476