6 BCE - 20 AD

4 BCE St Peter was born

6 BCE Jesus of Nazareth was Born

4 BCE wise men, guided by a star, bring gifts fit for a king to the King of the Jews when he was about two years old. (4,000 years from Adam's Fall)

20 BCE STRABO Died

17-24 AD/CE Tacfarinas leads African Numidians in revolt against Romans.
 

27/28 AD Jesus rides into Jerusalem (on a donkey) as Messiah the prince (the First Advent), as predicted, but not recognized by people at the time.

29/30 AD (Nizon 13) Christ crucified ("cut off") as Passover (Pesach) lambs were slain.
(Nisan 16) Ressurection (Easter) on the Feast of Unleavened Bread

30/33 AD Pentecost , birth of the Body of Christ, the Church, indwelt by the Holy Spirit (50 days after Jesus' resurrection). Beginning of the Dispensation of Grace.

Jesus of Nazareth died 32 AD (some scholars believed that could have been a lie, and think Jesus didn't died at that time. To believe or not to believe).

35-36 AD/CE Saul of Tarsus, a Jew, comes to believe in Jesus as the Messiah and subsequently becomes the apostle Paul

The Catholic religion was born 36 AD

St Peter 1st pope 36 AD

43 AD Romans invade Britain.

45 AD Julius Ceasar introduces the 12 month Julian calendar with leap years on advice of Alexandrian astronomer Sosigenes.

48 AD TSAI-LUNG was born

48/49  AD Council at Jerusalem with bishop James (the half-brother of Jesus)

50 AD jew Philo writes

50 AD Paul leaves Antioch to begin his Aegean Mission. His letters to these congregations are the earliest documents in the New Testament.

50-52 AD Paul's visits Corinth for the first time and writes his first letter to the Thessalonians .

52 AD Paul visits Ephesus and he writes a letter to the Galatians and the Corinthians.

54-55 AD While imprisoned in Ephesus, Paul completes a second letter to the Corinthians and writes a letter to the Philippians  and to Philemon .

56 AD First church Council - formed the Apostle's Creed

57 AD Paul's 3rd mission to Macedonia

58-60 AD Paul is imprisoned in Rome.
 

64 AD Nero Claudius Ceasar (Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) persecutes Christians after Fire of Rome. Some believe he is the "beast"  described in the book of Revelation.

67 AD St Peter Died

64 (60-68) St Peter martyred in Rome under Nero.

St Linus 2nd pope 67AD

68 (60-65) Paul martyred in Rome under Nero.

69-79 Roman emporor Vespasian reigns.

70 AD (on 9th Av) Temple destroyed by Roman general Titus (eldest son of Vespasian) -- as predicted by Daniel 9:26 "The people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary") and Luke 21:24,27

70 AD Council at Jamnia codifies canon (books) of the Hebrew Bible.

70-100 AD Gospels of Mark, Matthew, and Luke written.

75 AD ARCHIGENES was born

79 In Southern Italy, Mount Vesuvius erupts and destroys the town of Pompeii.

79 AD PLINY  the Elder  died

79-81 AD Reign of Titus.
 

St Linus died 79 AD

Saint Anacletus 3rd pope 79 AD

85 AD "Curse against Heretics" (Birkath ha-minim) added to Jewish synagogue benedictions, with the intent of excluding Christians.

85 AD PTOLEMY was born
 

Saint Anacletus died 90 AD

Pope Clements I 4th pope 90 AD

90 Council of Jamnia produces Jewish scriptures in Greek.

94 (37-100) AD jew Flavius Josephus publishes Antiquities of the Jews
96 (90-110) John, the last apostle alive, pens Book of Revelation (Greek word apocalypse which means disclosure, appearing, coming, uncovering, unveiling, and revealing) and dies in exile on the island of Patmos (Greek word for "mortal").

96-98 Roman emperor Nerva reigns.

98-117 Roman Emperor Trajan reigns. In Dante's Divine Comedy, Trajan is the only emperor allowed into heaven. He is so celebrated that all other Roman emperors are honored by the Roman Senate with felicior Augusto, melior Traiano ("may he be more fortunate than Augustus and better than Trajan.").

Pope Clements I died 99 AD

Pope Evaristus 5th pope 99 AD

100 Buddhism Spreads to China - 4th Council precipitates split of Theravada (hinayana) and Mahayana traditions.

Pope Alexander I 6th pope 105 AD

107-117 Ignatius (bishop of Antioch) is martyred.

117-138 Roman emperor Hadrian reigns.

112 Cornelius Tacitus, Pliny the Younger writes about Jesus.
 

Pope Alexander I died 115 AD

Pope Sixtus I 7th pope 115 AD

118 AD TSAI-LUNG Died

119 Tertullian writes oldest Christian works in Latin

120 Suetonicus writes about Jesus in Life of Claudius

Pope Telesphorus 8th pope 128 AD

129 AD ARCHIGENES Died

129 AD GALEN was born

132-135 Second Jewish revolt (the "Bar Cochba" revolt) against Rome.

 
136 Second Roman (Hadrian) conquest of Jerusalem.
 

Pope Telesphorus died 137 AD

Pope Hyginus 9th pope 137 AD

Pope Hyginus died 140 AD

Pope Pius I 10th pope 140 AD

150 Invention of triangular lateen sails allow Mediterranean ships to tack into the wind.
 

Pope Pius I died 154 AD

Pope Anicetus 11th pope 154 AD

156? Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna and younger colleague and admirer of Ignatius of Antioch, martyred.
 

165 AD PTOLEMY died

Pope Anicetus died 167 AD

Pope Soter 12th pope 167 AD

Pope Soter died 174 AD

Pope Eleuterus 13th pope 174 AD

Pope Eleuterus died 189 AD

Pope Victor I 14th pope 189 AD

190 AD HUA TO was born

Pope Victor I died 199 AD

199 AD GALEN died

Pope Zephyrinus 15th pope 199 AD

200-258 Novation caused split in Rome over what to do with Christians who avoided persecution.

200 Indian epics of Rmayana and Mahabharata composed. Creation of Hindu scripture Bhagavad Gita.
 

Pope Zephyrinus died 217 AD

Pope Callixtus I 16th pope 217 AD

220 Jewish Mishnah (commentary on the Bible) completed