Before Christ

The Deluge..................8348

Babylon built................2247

Birth of Abraham..............1993

Death of Joseph...............1635

Moses born..................15T1

Athens founded...............1556

The Pyramids built.............1250

8olomon's Temple finished.........1664

Rome founded.................753

Jerusalem destroyed.............587

Babylon taken by Jews............538

Death of Socrates...............466

Rome taken by the Gauls...........385

Paper invented in China...........1T6

Carthage destroyed..............146

Caesar landed in Britain.............55

Caesar killed...................44

Birth of Christ...................6

Chronology Of Important Events After Christ

Death of Augustus................14

Pilate, governor of Judea..........___3T

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.......586

Pens made of Quills..............635

Organs used..................666

Glass in England................663

Bank of Venice established.........1157

Glass windows first used for lights.....1180

Mariner's compass used...........1866

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..........1290

Paper made from linen...........1302

Printing invented..............1436

Gunpowder invented............1346

The first almanac..............14T6

America discovered.............1492

First book printed in England.......156T

Luther began to preach...........151T

Interest fixed at ten per cent.in England.. 1647

Telescopes invented.............1549

First coach made in England........1564

Clocks first made in England........1568

Bank of England incorporated.......1594

Shakspeare 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___1TT6

Recognition of American Independence.. .1T83 Bank of England suspended cash payment.1791

Napoleon I. crowned Emperor........1804

Death of Napoleon..............1821

Telegraph invented by Morse........1832

First daguerreotype in France.......1839

Beginning of the American civil war...1861

End of the American civil war.......1865