Part 2 — CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE.

First Age of the World.

A.M. B.C.

−21 Traditional Epoch of the Creation 5500

−21 *Higher Astronomical Epoch of the Brahmins 5500

1 True Epoch of the Creation 5478

100 *Death of Abel 5379

230 Birth of Seth 5249

435 Birth of Enos 5044

625 Birth of Cainan I. 4854

765 Chronological Epoch of the Julian Period 4714

795 Birth of Mahalaleel 4684

931 Death of Adam 4548

960 Birth of Jared 4519

1070 *Apostacy of the Sons of God 4409

1086 Samaritan Epoch of the Creation 4393

1122 Birth of Enoch 4357

1142 Death of Seth 4337

1179 Lower Astronomical Epoch of the Brahmins 4300

1286 *Astronomical Revelations of Uriel 4193

1287 Birth of Methuseleh 4192

1340 Death of Enos 4139

1406 Astronomical Epoch of Laplace 4073

1474 Birth of Lamech 4005

1475 Hebrew-Usher Epoch of Creation 4004

1487 Translation of Enoch 3992

1535 Death of Cainan I. 3944

1662 Birth of Noah 3817

1690 Death of Mahalaleel 3789

1719 Modern Jewish Epoch of Creation 3760

1922 Death of Jared 3557

2142 Prediction of the Flood 3337

2162 Birth of Japhet or Iapetus 3317

2164 Birth of Shem 3315

2165 Birth of Ham 3314

2227 Death of Lamech 3252

2972256 Death of Methuselah 3223

2256 Flavian Epoch of the Flood 3223

2262 True Epoch of the Flood 3217

Second Age of the World.

2263 Descent of Noah from the Ark 3216

2263 First appearance of the Rainbow 3216

2264 Birth of Arphaxad 3215

2377 Hindoo Epoch of the Calyougham 3102

2399 Birth of Cainan II. 3080

2401 First Jubilee of Jubilees from Creation 3078

2526 Chinese Epoch of Fohi 2953

2529 Birth of Salah 2950

2579 Foundation of Egypt by Mizraim 2900

2612 Death of Noah 2867

2659 Birth of Eber 2820

2764 Death of Shem 2715

2793 Birth of Peleg or Phalec 2686

2802 Death of Arphaxad 2677

2859 Death of Cainan II. 2620

2923 Birth of Reu or Ragau 2556

2962 Death of Salah 2517

3018 Chinese Epoch of Tchouen-Hiu 2461

3055 Birth of Serug 2424

3063 Death of Eber 2416

3079 *Foundation of Babel 2400

3081 *Confusion of Tongues 2398

3081 *Division of the Earth 2398

3122 Chinese Epoch of Yao 2357

3132 Death of Peleg 2347

3152 Foundation of Memphis by Menes 2327

3185 Birth of Nahor 2294

3249 *Birth of Job 2236

3246 Babylon taken by the Medes 2233

3246 Chaldean Astronomical Epoch 2233

3262 Death of Reu 2217

3264 Birth of Terah 2215

3297 Foundation of the Assyrian Monarchy 2182

3334 Birth of Abraham 2145

3343 *Trial of Job 2136

3385 Death of Serug 2094

3406 *Abraham arrives in Haran 2073

3409 Death of Terah 2070

3409 True Epoch of the Call of Abraham 2070

298

Third Age of the World.

3410 Descent of Abraham to Egypt 2069

3418 Canaan promised to Abraham 2061

3420 Birth of Ishmael 2059

3433 Covenant of Circumcision 2046

3433 Destruction of Sodom 2046

3434 Birth of Isaac 2045

3471 Death of Sarah 2008

3474 Marriage of Isaac 2005

3483 *Death of Job 1996

3494 Birth of Jacob and Esau 1985

3509 Death of Abraham 1970

3522 Foundation of Sicyon 1957

3534 Marriage of Esau 1935

3557 Death of Ishmael 1922

3571 Jacob goes to Padan-aram 1908

3571 Marriage of Jacob 1908

3572 Birth of Reuben 1907

3574 Birth of Simeon 1905

3575 Birth of Levi 1904

3576 Birth of Judah 1903

3587 Foundation of the Assyrian Empire 1892

3591 Jacob returns to Canaan 1888

3598 Birth of Benjamin 1881

3602 Joseph carried into Egypt 1877

3614 Death of Isaac 1865

3615 Joseph made Regent of Egypt 1864

3616 First Year of Plenty 1863

3622 Birth of Kohath 1857

3624 Eisodus of Jacob into Egypt 1855

3641 Death of Jacob 1838

3684 Birth of Amram 1795

3695 Death of Joseph 1784

3712 Death of Levi 1767

3726 Descent of Phoroneus 1753

3755 Death of Kohath 1724

3756 Birth of Aaron 1723

3759 Birth of Moses 1720

3787 Foundation of Argos 1692

3799 Moses flies to Midian 1680

3837 Flood of Ogyges 1642

3840 True Epoch of the Exodus 1639

299

Fourth Age of the World.

3840 The Law proclaimed at Sinai 1639

3879 Death of Aaron and Moses 1600

3880 Passage of the Jordan 1599

3886 Division of Canaan by Lot 1593

3896 Death of Joshua 1583

3894 Foundation of Athens 1585

3907 First Servitude of Israel 1572

3915 Critarchate of Othniel 1564

3955 Second Servitude 1524

3973 Critarchate of Ehud 1506

3988 Indian Astronomical Epoch 1491

4013 Descent of Danaus and Pelasgus 1466

4043 Flood of Deucalion 1436

4043 Third Servitude 1426

4073 Critarchate of Deborah and Barak 1406

4096 Reign of Dardanus and Erectheus 1383

4113 Fourth Servitude 1366

4119 The Sphere of Chiron or Musæus 1360

4120 Critarchate of Gideon 1359

4146 Azan, Aphidas and Elatus, in Arcadia 1333

4160 Critarchate of Abimelech 1319

4163 Critarchate of Tolah 1316

4166 Descent of Cadmus 1313

4186 Critarchate of Jair 1293

4196 Descent of Pelops 1283

4208 Fifth Servitude 1271

4218 Birth of Hercules 1261

4226 Critarchate of Jephthah 1253

4232 Critarchate of Ibzan 1247

4239 Critarchate of Elon 1240

4249 Critarchate of Abdon 1230

4254 Argonautic Expedition 1225

4257 Sixth Servitude 1222

4266 First Theban War 1213

4292 Destruction of Troy 1184

4297 Critarchate of Eli 1182

4303 Reign of Orestes at Argos 1176

4337 Seventh Servitude 1142

4355 Æolic Migration 1124

4357 Critarchate of Samuel 1122

4369 Reign of Saul 1110

4375 Return of the Heraclidæ 1104

3002227 Death of Lamech 3252

4379 Birth of David 1100

4405 Reign of Aletes at Corinth 1074

4409 Reign of David 1070

4417 Capture of Jerusalem 1062

4435 Ionic Migration 1044

4449 Reign of Solomon 1030

4452 Foundation of Solomon’s Temple 1027

Fifth Age of the World.

4459 Completion of Solomon’s Temple 1020

4464 Foundation of Smyrna 1015

4489 Revolt of the Ten Tribes of Israel 990

4489 Reign of Jeroboam and Rehoboam 990

4492 Lapse of the Twelve Tribes into Idolatry 987

4494 Invasion of Shishak 985

4506 Reign of Abijah 973

4509 Reign of Asa 970

4511 Reign of Nadab 968

4512 Reign of Baasha 967

4517 Acme of Homer 962

4520 Asa defeats the Ethiopians 959

4535 Reign of Ela 944

4536 Reigns of Zimri and Omri 943

4537 Acme of Hesiod 942

4540 Foundation of Samaria 939

4546 Reign of Ahab 933

4550 Reign of Jehoshaphat 929

4553 Jehoshaphat appoints Judges 926

4555 Mission of Elijah 924

4558 Destruction of the Prophets of Baal 921

4568 Reign of Ahaziah 911

4569 Translation of Elijah 910

4569 Mission of Elisha 910

4570 Reign of Joram 909

4575 Reign of Jehoram 904

4581 Reign of Ahaziah 898

4582 Reigns of Athaliah and Jehu 897

4588 Reign of Jehoash 891

4595 Olympiad of Iphitus 884

4604 Mission of Jonah 875

4610 Reign of Jehoahaz 869

4627 Death of Elisha 852

4627 Reign of Joash 852

4628 Reign of Amaziah 851

3014633 Reign of Jeroboam II. 836

4657 Interregnum in Judah 822

4669 Reign of Uzziah 810

4684 Interregnum in Israel 795

4684 Missions of Hosea and Amos 795

4703 Era of the Olympiads 776

4706 Reigns of Zechariah and Shallum 773

4708 Invasion of Pul 771

4718 Reign of Pekahiah 761

4719 Mission of Isaiah 760

4720 Reign of Pekah 759

4721 Reign of Jotham 758

4726 Foundation of Rome 753

4729 Mission of Micah 750

4732 Era of Nabonassar 747

4737 Reign of Ahaz 742

4739 Captivity of the Transjordanic Tribes 740

4740 Interregnum in Israel 739

4745 Foundation of Syracuse 734

4750 Reign of Hoshea 729

4752 Mission of Nahum 727

4753 Reign of Hezekiah 726

4758 Captivity of the Ten Tribes 721

4766 Invasion of Sennacherib 713

4767 Destruction of the Assyrian Army 712

4768 Revolt of the Medes 711

4782 Reign of Manasseh 697

4792 Foundation of the Median Empire 687

4796 Creon First Annual Archon at Athens 683

4802 Captivity of Manasseh 677

4802 Second Jubilee of Jubilees from Creation 677

4802 Captivity of the Remnant of Israel 677

4822 Foundation of Byzantium 657

4837 Reign of Amon 642

4839 Reign of Josiah 640

4840 Birth of Thales 639

4850 Josiah reforms the Land 629

4851 Mission of Jeremiah 628

4856 The Book of the Law found 623

4856 Mission of Zephaniah 623

4858 Legislation of Draco 621

4859 Missions of Joel and Habakkuk 620

4863 Reign of Pharaoh Necho 616

4867 Destruction of Nineveh 612

4868 The acme of Sappho 611

4869 Reign of Jehoahaz 610

3024869 Birth of Anaximander 610

4870 Reign of Jehoiakim 609

4873 Reign of Nebuchadnezzar 606

4873 Era of the Babylonish Captivity 606

4874 First Vision of Nebuchadnezzar 605

4876 Rebellion of Jehoiakim 603

4876 Epoch of the Eclipse of Thales 603

4880 Reign of Jehoiachin 599

4881 1st year of Jehoiachin’s Captivity 598

4881 Reign of Zedekiah 598

4884 Birth of Crœsus 595

4885 Mission of Ezekiel 594

4885 Legislation of Solon 594

4889 Siege of Jerusalem 590

4891 Destruction of Solomon’s Temple 588

Sixth Age of the World.

4891 The Babylonian or Assyrian Empire 588

4893 Celebration of the Pythian games 586

4893 Era of the Seven Sages of Greece 586

4907 Acme of Esop 572

4918 Reign of Evil Merodach 561

4937 Release of Jehoiachin 562

4920 Reign of Neriglissar 559

4920 Reign of Cyrus in Persia 559

4924 Reign of Nabonadius or Belshazzar 555

4924 The First Vision of Daniel 555

4924 The Second Vision of Daniel 557

4931 Anaximenes flourished 548

4931 Cyrus takes Sardis 548

4939 Pythagoras flourished 540

4941 Cyrus takes Babylon 538

4941 Xenophanes flourished 538

4941 Reign of Darius the Mede 538

4941 The Third Vision of Daniel 538

4943 Medo-Persian Empire 536

4943 1st year of Cyrus the Persian 536

4943 Commission of Zerubbabel and Joshua 536

4944 Foundation of the Second Temple 535

4945 The Fourth Vision of Daniel 534

4948 Anacreon flourished 531

4950 Reign of Cambyses or Ahasuerus 529

4954 Cambyses conquers Egypt 525

4954 Birth of Æschylus 525

3034957 Usurpation of the Persian Throne 522

4958 Reign of Darius Hystaspes 521

4959 Missions of Haggai and Zechariah 520

4959 The Second Temple re-founded 520

4961 Birth of Pindar 518

4963 The Destruction of Babylon 516

4963 The Second Temple completed 516

4970 The Roman Regifugium 509

4971 Expulsion of the Pisistratidæ 510

4979 Birth of Anaxagoras 508

4984 Birth of Sophocles 495

4989 The Battle of Marathon 490

4994 Reign of Xerxes the Great 485

4995 Birth of Herodotus 484

4996 Ostracism of Aristides 483

4999 Battle of Salamis 480

4999 Birth of Euripides 480

5008 Birth of Thucydides 471

5011 Birth of Socrates 468

5015 Reign of Artaxerxes Longimanus 464

5015 Zeno flourished 464

5019 Births of Democritus and Hippocrates 460

5021 The Commission of Ezra 458

5021 The 1st Week of Daniel begins 458

5024 Empedocles flourished 455

5028 The Roman Decemviri 451

5030 Restoration of the Consuls 449

5034 The Commission of Nehemiah 445

5035 Military Tribunes at Rome 444

5046 Nehemiah returns to Artaxerxes 433

5047 Meton flourished 432

5048 The Peloponnessian War 431

5049 Mission of Malachi 430

5050 Birth of Plato 429

5051 Aristophanes flourished 428

5055 Close of the Old Testament Canon 424

5056 Reign of Darius Nothus 423

5070 The 7th Week of Daniel ends 409

5075 Reign of Artaxerxes Mnemon 404

5075 Lysander takes Athens 404

5078 The Anabasis of Xenophon 401

5081 Ctesias flourished 398

5089 Rome burnt by the Gauls 390

5095 Birth of Aristotle 384

5108 Battle of Leuctra 371

5111 Eudoxus flourished 368

3045113 Consuls restored at Rome 366

5119 The 14th Week of Daniel ends 360

5120 The accession of Philip 359

5121 Reign of Ochus 358

5123 Birth of Alexander the Great 356

5138 Birth of Epicurus 341

5139 Demosthenes flourished 340

5141 Battle of Chæronea 338

5142 Reign of Arses 337

5143 Reign of Alexander in Macedon 336

5144 Reign of Darius Codomannus 335

5145 Alexander crosses the Hellespont 334

5147 Tyre taken by Alexander 332

5147 Alexandria founded 332

5148 Battle of Arbela 331

5150 Macedo-Grecian Empire 329

5156 Death of Alexander 323

5159 Ptolemy takes Jerusalem 320

5168 The 21st Week of Daniel ends 311

5167 Era of the Seleucidæ or Contracts 312

5174 Reign of Ptolemy Lagus 305

5180 Arcesilaus flourished 299

5194 Reign of Ptolemy Philadelphus 285

5199 Reign of Antiochus Soter 280

5200 Irruption of the Gauls into Greece 279

5202 Epoch of the Septuagint Version 277

5215 First Punic War 264

5217 The 28th Week of Daniel ends 262

5218 Reign of Antiochus Theus 261

5232 Reign of Ptolemy Evergetes 247

5233 Reign of Seleucus Callinicius 246

5238 Sicily ceded to Rome 241

5254 Reign of Seleucus Ceraunus 225

5256 Reign of Antiochus the Great 223

5257 Reign of Ptolemy Philopator 222

5261 Second Punic War 218

5263 Battle of Cannæ 216

5266 The 35th Week of Daniel ends 213

5274 Reign of Ptolemy Epiphanes 205

5289 The Romans cross the Hellespont 190

5292 Reign of Seleucus Philopator 187

5298 Reign of Ptolemy Philometor 181

5304 Reign of Antiochus Epiphanes 175

5304 Antiochus persecutes the Jews 10 years 175

5304 End of the Jewish Hierarchy 175

5309 Antiochus sacks Jerusalem 170

3055311 Macedon subdued by the Romans 168

5312 Martyrdom of the Maccabees 167

5313 The Asamonean Dynasty 166

5313 Reign of Judas Maccabeus 166

5315 Reign of Antiochus Eupator 164

5315 The 42d Week of Daniel ends 164

5317 Reign of Demetrius Soter 162

5318 The Jews allied with the Romans 161

5329 Reign of Alexander Balas 150

5330 Third Punic War 149

5333 Reign of Demetrius Nicator 146

5333 Reign of Ptolemy Physcon 146

5333 Destruction of Carthage 146

5336 Reign of Antiochus VI. Epiphanes 143

5337 Reign of Trypho 142

5341 Reign of Antiochus Sidetes 138

5351 2d Reign of Demetrius Nicator 128

5354 Reign of Alexander Zebina 125

5356 Reign of Antiochus Grypus 123

5362 Reign of Ptolemy Soter 117

5364 The 49th Week of Daniel ends 115

5374 Africa made a Roman Province 105

5384 Reign of Seleucus Nicator 95

5387 Reign of Philip 92

5389 Cicero flourished 90

5396 Reign of Tigranes 83

5397 Sylla made Perpetual Dictator 82

5398 Reign of Ptolemy Auletes 81

5410 Birth of Virgil 69

5410 Reign of Antiochus Asiaticus 69

5413 The 56th Week of Daniel ends 66

5414 Birth of Horace 65

5414 Syria made a Roman Province 65

5416 Jerusalem taken by Pompey 63

5419 First Roman Triumvirate 60

5421 Birth of Livy 58

5421 Julius Cæsar invades Gaul 58

5425 Julius Cæsar reduces Britain 54

5428 Reign of Cleopatra 51

5431 Battle of Pharsalia 48

5434 The 59th Week of Daniel ends 45

5434 The Julian Era 45

5435 Death of Julius Cæsar 44

5436 Second Roman Triumvirate 43

5437 The Battle of Philippi 42

5441 The 60th Week of Daniel ends 38

3065441 The Spanish Era 38

5442 Reign of Herod 37

5442 End of the Asamoneans 37

5448 The 61st Week of Daniel ends 31

5448 The Battle of Actium 31

5449 Egypt made a Roman Province 33

5449 The Roman Empire 30

5449 Reign of Augustus Cæsar 30

5452 The Augustan Era 27

5455 The 62d Week of Daniel ends 24

5455 THE TEMPLE OF JANUS SHUT 24

5462 The 63d Week of Daniel ends 17

5462 The Temple at Jerusalem rebuilt by Herod 17

5476 The 65th Week of Daniel ends 3

5476 BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST 3

5478 Reign of Archelaus 1

A.D.

5478 Vulgar Era of Christianity 1

5486 Judea made a Roman Province 8

5492 Reign of Tiberius Cesar 14

5504 The 69th Week of Daniel ends 26

5505 Pontius Pilate procurator of Judea 27

5506 Baptism of Christ 28

5511 The 70th Week of Daniel ends 33

5511 The Crucifixion and Ascension 33

5511 THE FIFTH EMPIRE 33

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