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 |
| Interest fixed at ten per cent. in England | 1547 |
| Telescopes invented | 1549 |
| First coach made in England | 1564 |
| Clocks first made in England | 1568 |
| Bank of England incorporated | 1594 |
| Shakespeare died | 1616 |
| Circulation of the blood discovered | 1619 |
| Barometer invented | 1623 |
| First newspaper | 1629 |
| Death of Galileo | 1643 |
| Steam engine invented | 1649 |
| Great fire in London | 1666 |
| Cotton planted in the United States | 1759 |
| Commencement of the American war | 1775 |
| Declaration of American Independence | 1776 |
| Recognition of American Independence | 1782 |
| Bank of England suspended cash payment | 1791 |
| Napoleon I. crowned emperor | 1804 |
| Death of Napoleon | 1820 |
| Telegraph invented by Morse | 1832 |
| First daguerreotype in France | 1839 |
| Beginning of the American civil war | 1861 |
| End of the American civil war | 1865 |
| Abraham Lincoln died | 1865 |
| Great Chicago Fire | 1871 |
| Jas. A. Garfield died | 1881 |