Christian Literature Timetable

The Time Of Abraham 

(2099-2000 B.C.

The Time Of Isaac 

(1999-1900 B.C.)

The Time Of Jacob 

(1899-1800 B.C.

(1799-1700 B.C.)
(1699-1600 B.C.)(1599-1500 B.C.

The Time Of Moses 

(1499-1400 B.C.

 (1399-1300 B.C.)
(1299-1200 B.C.)

The Time Of The Judges 

(1199-1100 B.C.)

The Time Of The Kings 

(1099-1000 B.C.

(999-900 B.C.
 (899-800 B.C.)
(799-700 B.C.)
(699-600 B.C.(599-500 B.C.
(499-400 B.C.)
(399-300 B.C.)(299-200 B.C.)
(199-100 B.C.)
(99-1 B.C.)

The Life & Teachings Of Jesus 

(0-34 A.D.)



 The Apostolic Period

(35-120 A.D.)

The Apologist Period

(120-220 A.D.) 
 The Third Century Period

(220-305 A.D.)

The Imperial Church Period

 

(305-476 A.D.)

The Early Middle Ages Period

(476-999 A.D.)
 

The High Middle Ages Period

(1000-1299 A.D.)

The Late Middle Ages Period

(1300-1499 A.D.) 

 

The Reformation Period

(1500-1599 A.D.)

 

 The Puritans Period

(1600-1699 A.D.)

The Great Awakening Period

(1700-1799 A.D.) 

The Second Great Awakening

 

(1800-1899 A.D.)

 

The Modern Period

(1900-Present)

The Time Of Abraham 2099-2000 B.C.

Abraham called by God (circa 2090 B.C.)

Isaac born (circa 2067 B.C.)

Jacob born (circa 2007 B.C.)

The Time Of Isaac 1999-1900 B.C.

Abraham dies (circa 1992 B.C.)

Isaac dies (circa 1944 B.C.)

The Time Of Jacob 1899-1800 B.C.

Jacob arrives in Egypt (circa 1877 B.C.)

Jacob dies in Egypt (circa 1860 B.C.)

Joseph dies in Egypt (circa 1806 B.C.)

1799-1700 B.C.

Hyksos invasion of Egypt; Hebrews bondage begins. (circa 1730 B.C.)

Hammurabi of Sumer born (circa 1728 B.C.)

1699-1600 B.C.

1599-1500 B.C.

Hyksos expelled from Egypt; Amose I founds 18th dynasty (circa 1570 B.C.)

Amenhotep I becomes pharaoh of Egypt (circa 1548 B.C.)

Hebrew midwives ordered to destroy all Hebrew male children (circa 1528 B.C.)

Thutmose I becomes pharaoh (circa 1528 B.C.)

Moses born (circa 1525 B.C.)

Thutmose II becomes pharaoh (circa 1510 B.C.)

Hatshepsut becomes pharaoh (circa 1504 B.C.)

The Times Of Moses 1499-1400 B.C.

Moses flees Egypt (circa 1487 B.C.)

Thutmose III becomes pharaoh(circa 1483 B.C.)

The great oppression of the Hebrews begins (circa 1483 B.C.)

Amenhotep II becomes pharaoh (circa 1450 B.C.)

The Exodus begins (circa 1447 B.C.)

The Tabernacle constructed (circa 1446 B.C.)

Thutmose IV becomes pharaoh (circa 1423 B.C.)

Amenhotep III becomes pharaoh (circa 1410 B.C.)

Moses dies; Joshua conquers Canaan (circa 1407 B.C.)

Conquest of Canaan completed (circa 1400 B.C.)

1399-1300 B.C.

Akhnaton becomes pharaoh; inaugurates monotheistic reforms (circa 1377 B.C.)

Othniel becomes judge (circa 1375 B.C.)   

Ehud becomes judge (circa 1319 B.C.)   

Rameses I founds the 19th dynasty in Egypt (circa 1318 B.C.)   

1299-1200 B.C.

Deborah and Barak judge Israel (circa 1240 B.C.)

The Time Of The Judges 1199-1100 B.C.

Gideon becomes judge (circa 1194 B.C.)   

Eli born (circa 1167 B.C.)   

Abimelech usurps power in Israel (circa 1155 B.C.)   

Tola becomes judge (circa 1152 B.C.)   

Jair becomes judge (circa 1131 B.C.)   

Eli becomes priest (circa 1109 B.C.)

Samuel born (circa 1105 B.C.)

The Time Of The Kings 1099-1000 B.C.

Jephthah becomes judge (circa 1089 B.C.)  

Ibzan becomes judge (circa 1083 B.C.)   

Elon becomes judge (circa 1071 B.C.)        

Samson becomes judge (circa 1071 B.C.)        

Samuel begins to minister (circa 1069 B.C.)  

Abdon becomes judge (circa 1066 B.C.)        

Saul becomes king (circa 1043 B.C.)      

Saul and Jonathan slain (circa 1011 B.C.)         

David becomes king of Judah (circa 1011 B.C.)  

David becomes king over all Israel (circa 1004 B.C.)   

999-900 B.C.

Solomon ascends the throne (circa 971 B.C.)            

Solomon begins to build the Temple in Jerusalem (circa 966 B.C.)            

Sheshhonk ( Shishak) becomes pharaoh of Egypt (circa 945 B.C.)            

Rehoboam becomes king of Israel and Judah (circa 931 B.C.)             

Jeroboam rebels; sets Up a rival kingdom in the north (circa 931 B.C.)       

Abijam becomes king of Judah (circa 913 B.C.)       

Asa becomes king of Judah (circa 911 B.C.)   

Nadab becomes king of Israel (circa 910 B.C.)       

Bausha becomes king of Israel (circa 909 B.C.)   

899-800 B.C.

Benhadad becomes king of Syria (circa 890 B.C.)  

Elah becomes king of Israel (circa 886 B.C.) 

Zimri becomes king of Israel (circa 886 B.C.)

Tibni becomes king of Israel (circa 885 B.C.)

Ashurbanipal II becomes king of Assyria  (circa 883 B.C.)

Omri becomes king of Israel (circa 880 B.C.)

Ahab becomes king of Israel (circa 874 B.C.)

Jehoshaphat becomes king of Judah (circa 873 B.C.)

Shalmaneser III becomes king of Assyria (circa 859 B.C.)

Elijah begins to prophesy (circa 858 B.C.)  

Ahaziah becomes king of Israel (circa 853 B.C.)

Jehoram becomes king of Judah (circa 853 B.C.)

Joram becomes king of Israel (circa 852 B.C.) 

Elisha begins to prophesy (circa 853 B.C.)

Jehu becomes king of Israel (circa 841 B.C.)

Ahaziah becomes king of Judah (circa 841 B.C.)

Athaliah seizes the throne of Judah (circa 841 B.C.)

Hazael becomes king of Syria (circa 841 B.C.)

Joash becomes king of Judah (circa 835 B.C.)

Joel prophecies (circa 830 B.C.)

Jehoahaz becomes king of Israel (circa 814 B.C.)

Benhadad II becomes king of Syriaadd (circa 801 B.C.)

799-700 B.C.

Jehoash becomes king of Israel (circa 798 B.C.)

Amaziah becomes king of Judah (circa 796 B.C.)

Uzziah becomes co-regent of Judah (circa 790 B.C.)

Shalmaneser IV becomes king of Assyria (circa 783 B.C.)

Jonah begins his ministry (circa 783 B.C.)

Jeroboam II becomes king of Israel (circa 782 B.C.)

Olympic games begin in Greece (circa 776 B.C.)

Uzziah becomes full king of Judah (circa 767 B.C.)

Amos begins to prophesy (circa 764 B.C.)

Hosea begins to prophesy (circa 755 B.C.)

Rome founded (circa 753 B.C.)

Zechariah becomes king of Israel (circa 753 B.C.)

Shallum becomes king of Israel (circa 752 B.C.)

Menahem becomes king of Israel (circa 752 B.C.)

Tiglath-pileser III becomes king of Assyria (circa 745 B.C.)

Pekahiah becomes king of Israel (circa 742 B.C.)

Pekah becomes king of Israel (circa 740 B.C.)

Uzziah dies; Isaiah begins to prophesy (circa 739 B.C.)        

Jotham becomes king of Judah (circa 739 B.C.)

Micah begins to prophesy (circa 736 B.C.)

Ahaz becomes king of Judah (circa 735 B.C.)

Hoshea becomes king of Israel (circa 732 B.C.)

Shalmaneser IV becomes king of Assyria (circa 727 B.C.)

Sargon II becomes king of Assyria Samaria falls; the ten tribes go into captivity (circa 722 B.C.)

Hezekiah becomes king of Judah (circa 715 B.C.)

Sennacherib becomes king of Assyria (circa 705 B.C.)

Judah invaded by the Assyrians (circa 701 B.C.)

699-600 B.C.

Manasseh becomes king of Judah (circa 686 B.C.)

Esarhaddon becomes king of Assyria (circa 681 B.C.)

Ashurbanipal becomes king of Assyria (circa 669 B.C.)

Zoroaster born (circa 660 B.C.)

Nahum predicts the fall of Nineveh (circa 648 B.C.)

Amon becomes king of Judah (circa 642 B.C.)

Josiah becomes king of Judah (circa 640 B.C.)

Zephaniah begins to prophesy (circa 634 B.C.)

Jeremiah begins to prophesy (circa 627 B.C.)

Nabopolasser becomes king of Babylon (circa 626 B.C.)

Revival in Judah (circa 622 B.C.)

Habakkuk begins to prophesy (circa 619 B.C.)

Nineveh falls (circa 612 B.C.)

Neco II becomes pharaoh of Egypt (circa 609 B.C.)

Jehoahaz becomes king of Judah (circa 609 B.C.)

Jehoiakim becomes king of Judah (circa 609 B.C.)

Nebuchadnezzar becomes king of Babylon (circa 605 B.C.)        

The Babylonians invade Judah Daniel begins to prophesy (circa 605 B.C.)

599-500 B.C.

Jehoachin becomes king of Judah (circa 597 B.C.)         

Zedekiah becomes king of Judah (circa 597 B.C.)

Ezekiel begins to prophesy (circa 597 B.C.)

The Babylonians destroy Jerusalem and the Temple (circa 597 B.C.)

The Jews deported to Babylon Gedaliah becomes governor of Jerusalem (circa 597 B.C.)

The rabbis preempt the priests as the chief custodians of divine truth (circa 597 B.C.)

Buddhism founded by Siddhartha (circa 597 B.C.)

Belshazzar becomes regent in Babylon (circa 597 B.C.)

Cyrus becomes king of Persia (circa 597 B.C.)

The temple of Artemis erected at Ephesus (circa 597 B.C.)

Confucius begins to teach (circa 597 B.C.)

Babylon falls to the Medes and Persians (circa 597 B.C.)

Darius the Mede rules in Babylon (circa 597 B.C.)        
538   

Zerubbabel and Joshua lead a small party of Jewish repatriates back to Palestine (circa 597 B.C.) 

The Temple started in Jerusalem (circa 597 B.C.)        

Cambyses becomes king of Persia (circa 597 B.C.)       

Smerdis becomes king of Persia (circa 597 B.C.)        

Darius I Hystapses becomes king of Persia (circa 597 B.C.)

Zechariah begins to prophesy (circa 597 B.C.)        

Haggai begins to prophesy (circa 597 B.C.)

Construction of the Jerusalem Temple resumed (circa 597 B.C.)

The Temple completed (circa 597 B.C.)

The Roman Republic founded (circa 597 B.C.)    

499-400 B.C.

399-300 B.C.

299-200 B.C.

199-100 B.C.

99-1 B.C.

The Life & Teachings Of Jesus 0-34 A.D.

Augustus dies (circa 14 A.D.)

Tiberius becomes Roman emperor(circa 14 A.D.)

Jesus begins to teach (circa 26 A.D.)

Jesus crucified and raised from the dead (circa 30 A.D.)

Pentecost; the Christian church is born (circa 30 A.D.)

Saint Peter becomes the first Pope (circa 30 A.D.)

The Apostolic Period (35-120 A.D.)

Caligula becomes Roman emperor (circa 37 A.D.)

Gentiles are added to the church with the conversion of Cornelius (circa 40 A.D.)

Claudius becomes Roman emperor (circa 41 A.D.)

Antioch becomes the new center of church activity (circa 41 A.D.)

Theudas claims to be Messiah and is executed (circa 43 A.D.)

Nero becomes Roman emperor (circa 54 A.D.)

The apostle Paul is imprisoned at Caesarea (circa 59 A.D.)

Paul appears before Agrippa (circa 60 A.D.)

Paul a prisoner at Rome (circa 61 A.D.)

Nero Burns Rome (64 A.D.)

The Jews of Judea revolt against Rome (circa 66 A.D.)

Saint Peter martyred (circa 67 A.D.)

Saint Linus becomes Pope (circa 67 A.D.)

Paul martyred at Rome (circa 68 A.D.)

Jerusalem beseiged by the Romans (circa 69 A.D.)

Jochanan ben Zakkai seeks an audience with Vespasian (circa 69 A.D.)

Vespasian becomes Roman emperor (circa 69 A.D.)

Bishop Ignatius Consecrated In Antioch (69 A.D.)

Destruction Of Jerusalem By Titus (70 A.D.)

The last stand of the Jewish rebels at Masada (circa 73 A.D.)

Saint Anacletus becomes Pope (circa 76 A.D.)

Titus becomes Roman emperor (circa 79 A.D.)

Domitian becomes Roman emperor (circa 81 A.D.)

Saint Clement I becomes Pope (circa 88 A.D.)

Nerva becomes Roman emperor (circa 96 A.D.)

Saint Evaristus becomes Pope (circa 97 A.D.)

Trajan becomes Roman emperor (circa 98 A.D.)

Saint Alexander I becomes Pope (circa 105 A.D.)

Rome goes to war with Parthia (circa 113 A.D.)

A further Jewish revolt against Rome is suppressed with great severity (circa 116 A.D.)

Hadrian becomes Roman emperor (circa 117 A.D.)

 

The Apologist Period (120-220 A.D.)

Bar Kochba claims to be Messiah and leads a revolt against Rome (circa 132 A.D.)

Judea depopulated and the Jews denationalized by the Romans (circa 132 A.D.)

Antoninus Pius becomes Roman emperor (circa 138 A.D.)

The Apostles Creed  (140 A.D.)

Justin Martyr First Apology Dedicated (150 A.D.)

Tertullian born (150 A.D.)

Iranaeus Becomes Bishop Of Lyon (178 A.D.)

Tertullian Begins Writing (196 A.D.)

Interrogatory Creed Of Hippolytus (215 A.D.)

The Third Century Period (220-305 A.D.)

Origen Begins To Write (220 A.D.)*

Public Churches Begin To Be Built (230 A.D.)*

Cyprian Elected Bishop Of Carthage (248 A.D.)*

Antony And Monasticism (269 A.D.)*

The Imperial Church Period (305-476 A.D.)

Donatist Schism Begins (311 A.D.)*

The Edict Of Milan (313 A.D.)*

Christianity Becomes The State Religion Of Armenia (314 A.D.)*

Christianity Becomes The State Relgion Of Ethiopia (325 A.D.)*

The Nicene Creed  - (325 A.D.)*

Athanasius Becomes Bishop Of Alexandria (328 A.D.)*

Christianity Becomes The State Relgion Of Georgia (337 A.D.)*

Creed Of Marcellus (340 A.D.)*

Basil The Great Becomes Bishop Of Caesarea (370 A.D.)*

Ambrose becomes Bishop of Milan (374 A.D.)

Christianity Becomes The State Religion Of The Roman Empire (380 A.D.)

Ambrose Prevails In "Sit In" Confrontation (385 A.D.)*

Augustine's Conversion (387 A.D.)*

The First Synod Of Hippo (393 A.D.)*

The Second Synod Of Hippo (394 A.D.)*

The Third Synod Of Hippo (397 A.D.)*

Chrysostom Consecrated Bishop Of Constantinople (398 A.D.)*

The Fourth Synod Of Hippo (401 A.D.)*

Creed Of Rufinus (404 A.D.)

Jerome Completes Vulgate (406 A.D.)*

The Fifth Synod Of Hippo (426 A.D.)*

St. Patrick's Mission To Ireland (432 A.D.)*

The Definition Of The Council Of Chalcedon - (451 A.D.)*

The Early Middle Ages Period (476-999 A.D.)

The Athanasian Creed - (500 A.D.)

The Canon's Of The Council Of Orange - (529 A.D.)*

Benedicts Monastic Rule (540 A.D.)*

The Anathamas Of The Second Council Of Constantinople - (553 A.D.)*

Columbia Establishes Mission Community On Iona (563 A.D.)*

The Synod Of Toledo (589 A.D.)

Gregory The Great Elected Pope (590 A.D.)*

Synod Of Whitby (664 A.D.)*

Boniface, Apostle To The Germans (716 A.D.)*

Bede Ecclesiastical History Of England (731 A.D.)*

Battle Of Tours (732 A.D.)*

Alcuin Becomes Royal Advisor (781 A.D.)*

Cyril And Methodius Mission To Slavs (860 A.D.)*

The High Middle Ages Period (1000-1299 A.D.)

East And West Split (1054 A.D.)*

Christianization Of Russia (1088 A.D.)*

Anslem Becomes Archbishop Of Canterbury (1093 A.D.)*

Crusades Launched By Pope's Speech (1095 A.D.)*

Bernard Founds Monastery At Clairvaux (1115 A.D.)*

Universities Of Paris And Oxford Founded (1150 A.D.)*

Waldensian Movement Begins (1175 A.D.)*

Francis Renounces Wealth (1208 A.D.)*

Fourth Lateran Council And Innocent The 3rd (1215 A.D.)*

Mongols invade Iran (1221 A.D.)*

Thomas Aquinas Completes Summa Theologica (1272 A.D.)*

The Late Middle Ages Period (1300-1499 A.D.)

Catherine Of Sienna's Letters (1370 A.D.)*

The Great Schism (1378 A.D.)*

Huss Burned At The Stake (1413 A.D.)*

Joan Of Arc Martyred (1431 A.D.)*

Kabir of Northwest India (not Sikh tradition) (1469-1539 A.D.)

Savonarola Excommunicated (1497 A.D.)*

The Reformation Period (1500-1599 A.D.)

John Calvin born July 10th (1509 A.D.)

Michelangelo Completes Sistene Celing Painting (1512 A.D.)*

Luther's 95 Theses (1517 A.D.)

Zwingli And City Council At Zurich (1522 A.D.)

Ignatius Loyola Writes Spiritual Exercises (1522 A.D.)

Guido de Bres is born (1522 A.D.)

Anabaptist Movement Begins (1525 A.D.)

Colloquy At Marburg (1529 A.D.)

St. Peters Basillica Rebuilt (1530 A.D.)

The Augsburg Confession - (1530 A.D.)

Henry VIII excommuniacted (1533 A.D.)

Calvin's Institutes 1st Edition (1536 A.D.)

Thomas Cranmer publishes The 10 Articles (1536 A.D.)

Henry VIII And Act Of Supremacy (1536 A.D.)

The Bishops Book (1537 A.D.)

The Six Articles (1539 A.D.)

The Kings Book (1543 A.D.)

Council Of Trent And Counter Reformation (1545 A.D.)

Book Of Common Prayer (1549 A.D.)

Xavier Begins Mission In Japan (1549 A.D.)

The Forty-Two Articles (1552 A.D.)

Marian Persecution And Flight To Geneva (1554 A.D.)

Latimer And Oxford Martyrs (1555 A.D.)

John Knox Returns To Scotland (1559 A.D.)

Guido de Bres writes the Belgic Confession (1561 A.D.)

The 39 Articles Of Religion (1563 A.D.)

Teresa Of Avila Writes The Way Of Perfection (1565 A.D.)

Elizabeth I excommunicated (1570 A.D.) 

Huguenot St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre (1572 A.D.)

Ricci's True Doctrine Of God (1595 A.D.)

Japanese Persecute Christians (1596 A.D.)

The Puritans Period (1600-1699 A.D.)

Baptists, John Smyth Baptizes Self In Amsterdam (1608 A.D.)

King James Bible (1611 A.D.)

Synod Of Dort (1618 A.D.)

The Belgic Confession (1618 A.D.)

Mayflower Covenant (1620 A.D.)

Roger Williams Founds Rhode Island (1636 A.D.)

Harvard College Founded (1638 A.D.)

Comenius Driven From Homeland (1641 A.D.)

The Westminister Confession Of Faith - (1646 A.D.)*

First Quaker Peace Statement (1660 A.D.)

Pilgrim's Progress First Edition (1678 A.D.)

Bach And Handel Born (1685 A.D.)

The Baptist Confession Of Faith (1686 A.D.)

The Great Awakening Period (1700-1799 A.D.)

Moravain Baptism Of Holy Spirit (1727 A.D.)

Williams Law's Serious Call (1728 A.D.)

Jonathan Edwards And The Great Awakening (1735 A.D.)

Wesley's Conversion (1738 A.D.)

Sinners In The Hand Of An Angry God - (July, 1741 A.D.) Jonathan Edwards

William Carey Sails For India (1793 A.D.)

The Second Great Awakening (1800-1899 A.D.)

British And Foreign Bible Study Formed (1804 A.D.)

Wilberforce And Anti-Slavery Movement (1807 A.D.)

Judson Sails For India (1816 A.D.)

Elizabeth Fry Committee To Newgate Prison (1817 A.D.)

Alexander Campbell Founds Disciples/Campbellities (1827 A.D.)

J.N. Darby's Nature And Unity Of The Christian Church (1827 A.D.)

Finney Revivals (Rochester) (1830 A.D.)

William Miller And Adventism (1843 A.D.)

Hudson Taylor To China (1853 A.D.)

Kierkegaard'a Attack On Christendom (1854 A.D.)

Spurgeon Becomes Pastor Of New Park St. Church (1854 A.D.)

The Immutability Of God - (January 7th,  1855 A.D.) Charles Haddon Spurgeon

The Remembrance Of Christ - (January 7th, 1855 A.D.) Charles Haddon Spurgeon

The Sin Of Unbelief - (January 14th, 1855 A.D.) Charles Haddon Spurgeon

The Personality Of The Holy Ghost - (January 14th, 1855 A.D.) Charles Haddon Spurgeon

The Comforter - (January 21st, 1855 A.D.) Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Sweet Comfort For Feeble Saints - (February 4th, 1855 A.D.) Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Christ Crucified - (February 11th, 1855 A.D.) Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spiritual Liberty - (February 18th, 1855 A.D.) Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Livingstons Missionary Travels Published (1857 A.D.)

Moody's Conversion (1860 A.D.)

Syllabus Of Errors (1864 A.D.)

The Treasury of David (Preface) - (1869 A.D.) Clapham

Ministers Sailing Under False Colours - 1870 A.D. Charles Haddon Spurgeon

The Treasury of David Collection - (1885 A.D.) Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Student Volunteer Movement Founded (1886 A.D.)

The Modern Period (1900-Present)

Azusa St. Revival (1904 A.D.)

International Missionary Conference Edinburg (1910 A.D.)

Karl Barth On Romans (1919 A.D.)

Fundamentals Published (1929 A.D.)

Wycliffe Bible Translators Founded (1940 A.D.)

Bonhoeffer's Death (1945 A.D.)

World Council Of Churches Formed (1948 A.D.)

Los Angeles Crusade Catapults Graham (1949 A.D.)

The Soverignty Of God - (1856-1952) A.W. Pink

John XXIII becomes Pope (October 28th, 1958 A.D.)

Vatican II (1962 A.D.)

Pope John XXIII dies (June 3rd, 1963 A.D.)

Paul VI become Pope (June 21st, 1963 A.D.)

China Church Grows Despite Cultural Revolution (1965 A.D.)

Pope Paul VI dies (August 6th, 1978 A.D.)

John Paul I becomes Pope (August  26th, 1978 A.D.)

Pope John Paul I dies (September 28th, 1978 A.D.)

John Paul II become Pope (October 16th, 1978 A.D.)

Baptism - (1912-1984 A.D.) Francis Schaeffer

What's Wrong With The Faith Movement - Hank Hanegraaff

The Cambridge Declaration (April 20th 1996 A.D.)-Of The Alliance Of Confessing Evangelicals

Pope John Paul II dies (April 2nd, 2005 A.D.)

Benedict XVI become Pope (April 19th, 2005 A.D.) 

Theophorus.org goes live (2006 A.D.)

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