GENERAL TIMELINE
Approx. Dates: 4000–1600 BC / 1600–1050 BC / 1050–930 BC / 930–720 BC / 720–586 BC / 586–400 BC / 400–5 BC / 4 BC-33 AD / 33–421 AD / 421–1820 AD / 1820 AD +
Key: † Ancestor of Christ / Ω Prophet / ■ High Priest / ♦ King-Queen / ○ Judge or Ruler / + Female / > Parent-Child / & Husband-Wife / ~ Not Married / – Siblings
Chronology of the Scriptures
Organized by Events, Prophets, High Priests, and Rulers
All Dates Are Approximate
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4000 BC
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3000 BC
Egypt founded
Earliest known settlement of Jerusalem
Adam ■ (see D&C 107:40–57) > Seth ■ >
Enos ■ > Cainan ■ > Mahalaleel ■ > Jared ■ > Enoch ■ >
Methuselah ■ > Lamech ■ > Noah ■ >
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2000 BC
Great pyramids
Assyrian Empire founded
Babylonian Empire founded
The Hyksos (from the Levant) rule Egypt
Hammurabi (Babylon) conquers Mesopotamia
18th Egypt. Dynasty expels Hyksos (poss. Ex. 1:8)
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1500 BC
Thutmose II (Pharaoh)
Hatshepsut ("Pharaoh - Daughter of Pharaoh")
Battle of Megiddo - Canaan under Egyptian rule
The Exodus
Amenhotep II (Pharaoh)
Amarna Letters show Canaanites seeking help
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1400 BC
Start of Iron Age
Battle of Kadesh - Hittites defeat Egyptians
Ruth & Naomi
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1300 BC
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1100 BC
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1200 BC
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1050 BC
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1000 BC
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950 BC
Gad II Ω
Nathan Ω
Ahijah II Ω
David & Goliath
Siamun's (Pharaoh) daughter marries Solomon
Hiram (Tyre) gives supplies to Solomon
Temple of Solomon completed
Shoshenq/Shishak (Pharaoh)
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931 BC
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900 BC
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850 BC
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800 BC
Benhadad II/Hadadezer (Syria) fights Ahab
Ithobaal (Tyre) / Mesha (Moab)
Hazael (Syria) / Samaria built by Ahab
First Olympic Games
Jonah goes to Nineveh, Assyria
Rome founded / Rezin (King of Syria)
Adad-nirari III (King of Assyria)
Tiglath-pileser III (King of Assyria)
Osorkon IV (Egypt) / Shalmanezer V (Assyria)
Sargon II (Assyria) / Marduk-apla-iddina II (Babylon)
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750 BC
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722 BC
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700 BC
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650 BC
Sennacherib beseiges Jerusalem
Esarhaddon conquers Syria to Egypt
Manasseh II deported to Assyria; later returned
Ashurbanipal defeats Egypt (Taharqa)
Psamtik (Pharaoh)
Azariah VI ■
Jeremiah Ω +Huldah Ω
Nahum Ω Zephaniah Ω
Habakkuk Ω Obadiah Ω
Urijah Ω
Lehi Ω > Nephi Ω
Daniel Ω
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587 BC
Ezekiel Ω
Battle of Meggido: Josiah killed / Judah loses independence
Nebuchadnezzar defeats Egypt & deports first Jews (Daniel)
Babylon deports Jehoiakim & beseiges Jerusalem:
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600 BC
Fall of Babylon / Cyrus allows Jews to return
Cambyses II (Persia) conquers Egypt
Second Temple completed
Cyrus the Great defeats Median Empire
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550 BC
Greeks win Battle of Marathon against Persia
Confucius & The Buddha teach
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500 BC
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450 BC
Plato born
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400 BC
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350 BC
Philip II of Macedon establishes Greek federation
Aristotle teaches many, including Alexander
Alexander the Great conquers Palestine
After Alexander's death, kingdom fractures into Seleucids, Ptolemies, & Antigonids
Greek/Hellenistic period
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300 BC
Alexander the Great ♦
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250 BC
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200 BC
Philopator tries to enter Temple
Nephites merge with people of Zarahemla
Zeniff leads group to land of Nephi
Seleucids conquer Jerusalem
Heliodorus tries to plunder Temple
Epiphanes desecrates Temple; Maccabees revolt
Temple rededicated: Hanukkah
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150 BC
Abinadi Ω
Alma the Elder Ω
Mosiah II Ω
Alma II Ω
Helaman II Ω
Captain Moroni Ω
Nephi II Ω
Samuel the Lamanite Ω
Nephi III Ω
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100 BC
Antipater the Idumaean ○ (Procurator)
Phasael○ – Herod○ (Tetrarchs)
Augustus ♦ (Roman Emperor)
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50 BC
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25 BC
Rome (Pompey) conquers Judea
Aristobulus II taken captive to Rome
Crassus loots Temple & Holy of Holies
Julius Caesar assasinated
With Rome's support, Herod conquers Jerusalem
Cleopatra dies, the last pharaoh
Herod starts Second Temple reconstruction
Herod kills 3 sons & wife for treason
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1 BC
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25 AD
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33 AD
Jesus Ω† (Messiah)
+Anna Ω (Prophetess)
Birth of Jesus / Death of Herod (dates disputed), Kingdom of Judea divided
Judas of Gamala revolts, starts Zealots
Quirinius ○ (Governor of Syria)
Coponius○ Marcus A.○ (Prefects)
Annius Rufus ○ (Prefect of Judea)
Pontius Pilate ○ (Prefect)
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50 AD
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70 AD
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75 AD
Marcellus○ Marullus○ (Prefects)
Caligula♦ Claudius♦ (Emperors)
Felix ○ (Procurator)
Festus ○ (Procurator)
Lucceius Albinus ○ (Procurator)
Julianus ○ (Procurator)
Simeon (Nasi)
Jonathan IV ■ Ishmael IV ■
Matthias Ω (Apostle)
Paul Ω (Apostle)
James III (Bishop of
Jerusalem)
Simeon (Bishop of
Jerusalem)
Linus (Bishop of Rome)
Clement I (Bishop of Rome)
Justus (Bishop of Jerusalem)
Vespian ♦ (Roman Emperor)
Simon bar Kokhba○ (Prince)
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100 AD
Titus ♦ (Roman Emperor)
Salvidienus ○ (Propraetor of Judea)
Falco ○ (Propraetor)
Severus ○ (Last Propraetor)
Marcus Aurelius ♦ (Emperor)
Septimus Severus ♦ (Emperor)
Constantine I ♦ (Emperor)
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200 AD
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300 AD
Constantine (Rome) converts to Christianity
Council of Nicaea reinstated Jerusalem's name
Constantine's mother visits Holy Land
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400 AD
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500 AD
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600 AD
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700 AD
Justinian the Great ♦ (Byzantine Emperor)
Heraclius ♦ (Byzantine Emperor)
Umar ○ (Caliph of Islam)
Persians conquer Jerusalem, Christans killed, Jews return
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800 AD
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900 AD
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1000 AD
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1100 AD
al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah ○ (Imam-Caliph)
al-Mustazhir ○ (Abbasid Caliph)
Godfrey ♦ Baldwin I ♦ (King of Jerusalem)
Baldwin II ♦ > Melisende ♦ (Monarchs of Jerusalem)
Fulk ♦ Baldwin III ♦ Amalric ♦ Baldwin IV ♦ (Kings of Jerusalem)
Saladin ♦ (Egypt-Syria Sultan)
Baldwin V ♦ Sibylla ♦ & Guy ♦ Isabella I ♦ & Conrad ♦ Henry II ♦ Aimery ♦ Maria ♦ & John I ♦ Isabella II ♦ & Frederick ♦ Conrad II ♦ Conrad III ♦ (Monarchs of Jerusalem)
Baybars ♦ (Egypt-Syria Sultan)
Hugh, John II, Henry II ♦ (Last ♦ of Jerusalem)
Al-Ashraf Khalil ♦ Al-Nasir M. ♦ (Egypt-Syria Sultans)
An-Nasir Faraj ♦ (Egypt-Syria Sultan)
Qaitbay ♦ (Egypt-Syria Sultan)
Tuman Bay II ♦ (Egypt-Syria Sultan)
Selim I / Suleiman ♦ (Ottomans Sultans)
Fakhr-al-Din II ♦ (Arabistan Emir)
Abdul Hamid I ♦ (Ottoman Sultan)
Urban II (Pope)
Maimonides (Sephardic Rabbi)
Innocent III (Pope)
Nahmanides (Rabbi of Aragon)
Julius II (Pope)
Moses Isserles (Rabbi of Poland)
Moshe ben Yonatan Galante (Rishon Le'Zion)
Baal Shem Tov (Founder of Hasidic Judaism)
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1200 AD
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1300 AD
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1400 AD
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1500 AD
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1600 AD
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1700 AD
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1800 AD
Post-Apostolic & Apostacy
Christian crusaders conquer Jerusalem, slaughter Muslims & Jews, establish Kingdom of Jerusalem
Treaty of Jaffa restores Christian control of Jerusalem
Jews expelled from England & 16 years later from France
Fall of Acre - Crusaders lose control of the Levant
Jews expelled from Spain, Sicily, & Portugal
Ottomans take Jerusalem, religious freedom allowed
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1850 AD
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1900 AD
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1950 AD
James Monroe ○ (US President)
John Quincy Adams ○ (US President)
Andrew Jackson ○ (US President)
Abraham Lincoln ○ (Illinois House of Rep)
Lilburn Boggs ○ (Missouri Governor)
Martin Van Buren ○ (US President)
John Tyler ○ (US President)
James K. Polk ○ (US President)
Abraham Lincoln ○ (US President)
Abdul Hamid II ♦ (Ottoman Sultan)
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1830 AD
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1825 AD
Joseph Smith Ω (Prophet)
Oliver Cowdery Ω Martin Harris Ω
David Whitmer Ω Others Ω
(Apostles)
Brigham Young Ω (Prophet)
John Taylor Ω
Wilford Woodruff Ω
Lorenzo Snow Ω
Joseph F. Smith Ω
Heber J. Grant Ω
George Albert Smith Ω
David O. McKay Ω
Joseph Fielding Smith Ω
Harold B. Lee Ω S. Kimball Ω
Ezra Taft Benson Ω
Howard W. Hunter Ω
Gordon B. Hinckley Ω
Thomas S. Monson Ω
Russell M. Nelson Ω
Dallin H. Oaks Ω (Prophet)
David Ben-Gurion ○ (Israel's First PM)
Yasser Arafat ○ (Palestine's First President)
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2000 AD
Priesthood restored / Book of Mormon
Christ's Church restored on Earth
Kirtland Temple dedicated
Orson Hyde dedicates Israel for return of Jews
Joseph Smith martyred
Saints reach Utah
US Civil War
First European Jews return to Holy Land
Official Declaration 1
Utah gains statehood
British forces drive Ottomans out of Holy Land and create Mandatory Palestine
6 million Jews killed in Holocaust
Dead Sea Scrolls found / State of Israel created
Arab-Israeli wars begin / Jerusalem divided
Six-Day War, Israel captures East Jerusalem
