CHRONOLOGY OF IMPORTANT EVENTS.
BEFORE CHRIST.
The Deluge: 2348
Babylon built: 2247
Birth of Abraham: 1993
Death of Joseph: 1635
Moses born: 1571
Athens founded: 1556
The Pyramids built: 1250
Solomon's Temple finished: 1004
Rome founded: 753
Jerusalem destroyed: 587
Babylon taken by Jews: 538
Death of Socrates: 400
Rome taken by the Gauls: 835
Paper invented in China: 170
Carthage destroyed: 146
Caesar landed in Britain: 55
Caesar killed: 44
Birth of Christ: 0
AFTER CHRIST.
Death of Augustus: 14
Pilate, governor of Judea: 27
Jesus Christ crucified: 33
Claudius visited Britain: 43
St. Paul put to death: 67
Death of Josephus: 93
Jerusalem rebuilt: 131
The Romans destroyed 580,000 Jews and banished the rest
from Judea: 135
The Bible in Gothic: 373
Horseshoes made of iron: 481
Latin tongue ceased to be spoken: 580
Pens made of quills: 635
Organs used: 660
Glass in England: 663
Bank of Venice established: 1157
Glass windows first used for lights: 1180
Mariner's compass used: 1200
Coal dug for fuel: 1234
Chimneys first put to houses: 1236
Spectacles invented by an Italian: 1240
The first English House of Commons: 1258
Tallow candles for lights: 1200
Paper made from linen: 1302
Gunpowder invented: 1340
Woolen cloth made in England: 1341
Printing invented: 1436
The first almanac: 1470
America discovered: 1492
First book printed in England: 1507
Luther began to preach: 1517
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