Timeline of the Scriptures: Harmony of the Gospels

1205 AD Maria* & John I, Isabella II* & Frederick, Conrad II, Conrad III | Kings & Queens of Jerusalem
1260 AD Baybars | Sultan of Egypt & Syria
1268 AD Hugh, John II, Henry II | Last Kings of Jerusalem
1290 AD Al-Ashraf Khalil & Al-Nasir M. | Sultans of Egypt & Syria
1399 AD An-Nasir Faraj | Sultan of Egypt & Syria
1399 AD Qaitbay | Sultan of Egypt & Syria

1516 AD Tuman Bay II | Sultan of Egypt & Syria
1517 AD Selim I & Suleiman the Magnificent | Sultans of Ottomans

1624 AD Fakhr-al-Din II | Emir of Arabistan

1774 AD Abdul Hamid I | Sultan of Ottoman Empire

The Restoration of the Gospel

1820 AD

1099 AD Christian crusaders conquered Jerusalem, slaughtered Muslims & Jews, and established the Kingdom of Jerusalem

1187 AD Saladin & Muslims retook Jerusalem but permit worship of all religions
1229 AD Treaty of Jaffa temporarily restored Christian control of Jerusalem
1260 AD Mongols raided Jerusalem
1290 AD Jews expelled from England, 16 years later from France
1349 AD Jews blamed for the Black Plague
1384 AD John Wycliffe translated Bible into English
1452 AD Gutenberg invented press; published Bible, making it widely available to the public
1492 AD Jews expelled from Spain & Sicily & eventually Portugal
1517 AD Jerusalem taken by Ottomans, religious freedom allowed
1517 AD Martin Luther posted 95 Theses, started Protestant reformation
1541 AD Ottomans permanently sealed Golden Gate of Jerusalem
1611 AD King James Bible published
1620 AD Pilgrims sail on Mayflower in search of religious freedom
1730 AD Great religious awakening
1776 AD United States declared independence
1795 AD Second great religious awakening
1799 AD Napoleon invaded the Holy Land

PROPHETS/APOSTLES

1820 AD Joseph Smith | Prophet

1835 AD Oliver Cowdery, Martin Harris, David Whitmer, Lyman E Johnson, Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Orson Hyde, David W. Patten, Luke S. Johnson, William E. McLellin, John F. Boynton, William Smith | Apostles

1847 AD Brigham Young | Prophet

1951 AD David O. McKay | Prophet

HIGH PRIESTS

1829 AD Joseph Smith
1829 AD Oliver Cowdery
1831 AD Many Ordained from this point onward

RULERS

1829 AD Andrew Jackson | President USA

1834 AD Abraham Lincoln | Illinois House of Rep
1836 AD Lilburn Boggs | Governor of Missouri
1837 AD Martin Van Buren | President USA

1841 AD John Tyler | President USA

1845 AD James K. Polk | President USA

1861 AD Abraham Lincoln | President USA
1876 AD Abdul Hamid II | Sultan of Ottoman Empire

1948 AD David Ben-Gurion | First Prime Minister of Israel

1989 AD Yasser Arafat | First President of Palestine

EVENTS

1836 AD Kirtland Temple
1841 AD Orson Hyde visits Holy Land & dedicates for return of the Jews
1844 AD Joseph Smith martyred
1847 AD Saints reach Utah
1861 AD US Civil War
1882 AD First European Jews return to Holy Land
1896 AD Utah gains statehood

575 BC

GENERAL TIMELINE

4000 BC | 1500 BC | 1050 BC | 931 BC | 721 BC | 586 BC | 330 BC | 1 BC | 33 AD | 100 AD | 1820 AD

3000 BC

2000 BC

3000 BC

4000 BC

Adam & Eve* Seth

​Abraham & Sarah* Isaac & Rebekah* Jacob/Israel & Job Joseph & Brothers

Great pyramids Assyrian Empire founded Babylonian Empire founded The Hyksos (from the Levant) rule Egypt Hammurabi | King of Babylon ​​​18th Egyptian Dynasty expelled Hyksos Ex. 1:8​​

Egypt founded

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Earliest known settlement of Jerusalem​

Chronology of Prophets, High Priests, & Rulers

All dates are approximate

4000 BC

3000 BC

2000 BC

1500 BC

1400 BC

Thutmose II | Pharaoh of Egypt Hatshepsut | Queen/Pharaoh of Egypt Battle of Megiddo | Canaan under Egyptian rule The Exodus Amenhotep II | Pharaoh of Egypt Amarna Letters

1300 BC

1200 BC

Deborah*

Start of Iron Age Battle of Kadesh | Hittites defeat Egyptians ​​​ ​​​​ ​​ ​ ​​ Ruth & Naomi

1100 BC

Samuel​

Gad ​​ Nathan ​​​ ​ ​​ Ahijah​

1050 BC

1000 BC

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​​Siamun | Pharaoh of Egypt

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950 BC

900 BC

850 BC

800 BC

750 BC

Iddo Azariah | Hanani | ​​​Jehu I ​​​ ​ Elijah Elisha Micaiah | Eliezer Obadiah

​​​​​​​ Joel ​​​ Zechariah Jonah Amos Isaiah | Hosea​​​ Micah

722 BC

931 BC

700 BC

600 BC

​Sennacherib | King of Assyria | fails to capture Jerusalem ​​ Esarhaddon | King of Assyria Manasseh carried captive to Assyria | later returned Ashurbanipal | King of Assyria | defeats Taharqa

​​​​​​​Ezekiel

587 BC

Jerusalem & Temple destroyed | Nebuchadnezzar II deports Jews to Babylon

Fall of Assyrian Empire​​​ Battle of Meggido | Josiah killed | Judah vassal to Egypt​ ​​Babylon defeats Egypt | controls Judah | Deports first Jews ​​​Jehoiakim rebels & taken to Babylon | Babylon beseiges Jerusalem | deports Jehoiachin | puts Zedekiah on throne

​​​​​​Jeremiah Zephaniah Huldah* Nahum | Habakkuk Urijah ​ Lehi & Nephi​​​​ Daniel

625 BC

650 BC

575 BC

550 BC

500 BC

450 BC

400 BC

350 BC

​​​​​​​Cyrus the Great | King of Persia​

Persia overthrows Babylon | Cyrus allows Jews to return ​​ Second Temple completed

Jacob ​ Ether Haggai | Zechariah

Aristotle teaches many, including Alexander Alexander the Great | King of Macedon

300 BC

250 BC

200 BC

150 BC

100 BC

50 BC

Alexander conquers Palestine Death of Alexander; Seleucids, Ptolemies, & Antigonids | Greek/Hellenistic period begins ​ Wars between Ptolemies & Seleucids Septuagint work begins in Alexandria

25 BC

Pompey conquers Judea, Roman rule​ Aristobulus II taken captive to Rome Julius Caesar assasinated Herod conquers Jerusalem Cleopatra* dies | Last pharaoh Herod starts Second Temple​ construction

Abinadi Alma the Elder Benjamin II Mosiah II ​​ ​ Alma the Younger Helaman, Moroni ​​ ​​​ ​ ​ Nephi II ​​​​​ ​ Samuel​ Nephi III

Seleucids conquer Jerusalem ​​ ​​Epiphanes desecrates temple; Maccabean revolt Temple rededicated | Hanukkah ​​​​​​ ​Jews receive independence

25 AD

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Birth of Jesus (dates disputed) Death of Herod, kingdom divided Judas of Gamala revolts against Rome ​ ​​Jesus teaches in the Temple ​ ​ ​​​​ ​ Ministry of Jesus​ Jesus' Crucifixion & Resurrection

Jesus | Messiah Anna* | Prophetess ​ ​ ​​​​​ John the Baptist | Prophet Peter, James, John, & others | Apostles

33 AD

1 BC

50 AD

GENERAL
TIMELINE

Adam & Eve*
Seth

Abraham & Sarah*
Isaac & Rebekah*
Jacob/Israel & Job
Joseph & Brothers

Great pyramids
Assyrian Empire founded
Babylonian Empire founded
The Hyksos (from the Levant) rule Egypt
Hammurabi | King of Babylon
18th Egyptian Dynasty expelled Hyksos Ex. 1:8

Earliest known settlement of Jerusalem

Thutmose II | Pharaoh of Egypt
Hatshepsut | Queen/Pharaoh of Egypt
Battle of Megiddo | Canaan under Egyptian rule
The Exodus
Amenhotep II | Pharaoh of Egypt
Amarna Letters

Start of Iron Age
Battle of Kadesh | Hittites defeat Egyptians

Ruth & Naomi

Samuel

Gad

Nathan

Ahijah

Siamun | Pharaoh of Egypt

Iddo
Azariah | Hanani | Jehu I

Elijah
Elisha
Micaiah | Eliezer
Obadiah

Joel
Zechariah
Jonah
Amos
Isaiah | Hosea
Micah

Sennacherib | King of Assyria | fails to capture Jerusalem

Esarhaddon | King of Assyria
Manasseh carried captive to Assyria | later returned
Ashurbanipal | King of Assyria | defeats Taharqa

Ezekiel

Fall of Assyrian Empire
Battle of Meggido | Josiah killed | Judah vassal to Egypt
Babylon defeats Egypt | controls Judah | Deports first Jews
Jehoiakim rebels & taken to Babylon | Babylon beseiges Jerusalem | deports Jehoiachin | puts Zedekiah on throne

Jeremiah
Zephaniah
Huldah*
Nahum | Habakkuk
Urijah
Lehi & Nephi
Daniel

Cyrus the Great | King of Persia

Persia overthrows Babylon | Cyrus allows Jews to return

Second Temple completed

Jacob

Ether

Haggai | Zechariah

Aristotle teaches many, including Alexander
Alexander the Great | King of Macedon

Alexander conquers Palestine
Death of Alexander; Seleucids, Ptolemies, & Antigonids | Greek/Hellenistic period begins

Wars between Ptolemies & Seleucids

Septuagint work begins in Alexandria

Pompey conquers Judea, Roman rule
Aristobulus II taken captive to Rome

Julius Caesar assasinated
Herod conquers Jerusalem
Cleopatra* dies | Last pharaoh

Herod starts Second Temple construction

Abinadi
Alma the Elder
Benjamin II
Mosiah II

Alma the Younger
Helaman, Moroni

Nephi II

Samuel
Nephi III

Seleucids conquer Jerusalem

Epiphanes desecrates temple; Maccabean revolt
Temple rededicated | Hanukkah

Jews receive independence

Birth of Jesus (dates disputed)
Death of Herod, kingdom divided
Judas of Gamala revolts against Rome

Jesus teaches in the Temple

Ministry of Jesus
Jesus' Crucifixion & Resurrection

Jesus | Messiah
Anna* | Prophetess

John the Baptist | Prophet
Peter, James, John, & others | Apostles

Matthias | Apostle
Paul | Apostle

James | Bishop of Jerusalem

Simeon I | Bishop of Jerusalem

Linus | Bishop of Rome

Clement I | Bishop of Rome

130 AD Romans rebuild Jerusalem as Aelia Capitolina, built Temple of Jupiter on Temple Mount

1835 AD Oliver Cowdery, Martin Harris, David Whitmer, Lyman E Johnson, Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Orson Hyde, David W. Patten, Luke S. Johnson, William E. McLellin, John F. Boynton, William Smith | Apostles

1945 AD George Albert Smith | Prophet

EVENTS

1820 AD The First Vision