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A Chronological Table.

BEFORE CHRIST

4004 The creation of the world and of Adam and Eve.

2348 The world destroyed by a deluge.

2247 The tower of Babel built.

2234 Celestial observations are begun at Babylon. 1931 The covenant of God made with Abram,

when he leaves Haran and goes into Canaan. 1897 The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. 1832 Memnon, the Egyptian, invents letters. 1715 Prometheus first struck fire from flints. 1635 Joseph dies in Egypt.

1571 Moses born.

1485 The first ship appeared in Greece. 1451 The Israelites enter the land of Canaan under Joshua.

1406 Iron is found in Greece.

1045 David elected king of Israel.

1004 The Temple at Jerusalem dedicated by Solomon.

896 Elijah, the prophet, translated to heaven, 894 Money first made of gold and silver, in Greece.

752 Rome built by Romulus.

720 The first eclipse of the moon on record. 587 Jerusalem taken and burnt by Nebuchad.

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538 Babylon taken by Cyrus.

534 The first tragedy performed at Athens. 516 The second temple at Jerusalem finished. 430 Old Testament history ends about this time. 410 Socrates put to death by the Athenians. 331 Alexander the Great conquers Darius. 262 Silver first coined at Rome.

167 The first library founded at Rome.

63 Jerusalem taken by Pompey, and reduced to a Roman province.

47 The famous battle of Pharsalia between Pompey and Julius Cæsar, from which the former fled and is slain in Egypt by Septimius.

47 The library at Alexandria, containing 400,000 volumes, is burnt by accident.

45 Cato Bees to Africa, and being pursued by Cæsar, kills himself.

44 Cæsar is assassinated by Brutus and his accomplices.

30 Egypt is reduced to a Roman province by Octavius.

ANNO DOMINI

O JESUS CHRIST born.

15 Augustus is succeeded by Tiberius.

27 Christ is baptized by John.

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is crucified on Friday, April 3.

36 Conversion of St. Paul.

39 St. Matthew writes his gospel. 44 St. Mark writes his gospel.

49 London is founded by the Romans. 55 St. Luke writes his gospel.

64 Nero raises the first persecution against Christians.

67 St. Paul and St. Peter put to death at Rome.

71 Jerusalem taken and demolished by Titus.. 96 St. John writes his gospel.

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his gospel.

135 The Jews are expelled Judea.

274 Silk first brought from India.

400 Bells introduced by Paulinus, a Bishop.. 516 The method of computing time by the Christian ra, first introduced.

640 Alexandria taken by the Saracens, and the library, containing 700,000 volumes, destroyed.

6.64 Glass first introduced into Britain.

748 The computing of time from the birth of Christ, begins to be used in history.

896 Alfred the Great, founds the University of Oxford.

915 The University of Cambridge, in England, founded.

991 The figures in Arithmetic brought into Europe, the letters of the alphabet being formerly used.

1000 Paper first made of cotton rags.

1017 Canute, king of Denmark, gains possession of England.

1066 William the Conqueror, lands in England, conquers and assumes the government.

1070 Musical notes invented.

1180 Glass windows begin to be used in private dwelling-houses in England.

1186 All the planets, the sun and the moon, are in conjunction in Libra.

1273 The Empire of the present Austrian family begins in Germany.

1302 The mariner's compass introduced in navigation.

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1337 The first comet, whose course is described with astronomical exactness, appeared. 1340 Gun powder first known in Europe.

Oil painting first introduced, by John Vaneck.

1344 Gold first coined in England.

1460 Engraving on copper first invented. 1489 Maps and sea charts first introduced in England.

1492 America discovered by Christopher Columbus.

1494 Algebra first known in Europe.

1499 North America discovered by Sebastian Cabot.

1517 Martin Luther begins the reformation. 1529 The reformers first called protestants. 1539 The first English edition of the Bible authorized.

1543 Silk stockings first worn by the French king. Pins first used in England.

1544 Good land sold in England for 1s per acre. 1579 The Dutch Republic formed.

1582 Pope Gregory introduces the New Style. 1583 Tobacco first brought into England from Virginia.

1588 The grand Spanish Armada destroyed. 1589 Coaches first used in England.

1597 Watches first introduced into England from Germany.

1602 Decimal arithmetic invented at Bouges. 1616 The first permanent settlement made in Virginia.

1620 New England settled.

1626 The Barometer invented by Torricelli. 1627 The Thermometer invented by Drubellius.

1649 Charles I. beheaded.

1654 Cromwell assumes the Protectorship. 1660 Charles II. restored.

1662 The Royal Society established in London. 1665 The plague rages in London and carries off 68,000 persons.

1666 The great fire in London which destroys 13,000 houses.

1693 Bayonets first used by the French.

1755 Lisbon destroyed by an earthquake.

1759 Quebec taken by Gen. Wolfe who was killed in the battle.

1774 The British Parliament lay a duty of three pence per pound on all the teas imported into America.

The First Congress meets at Philadelphia. 1775 The first action between the British and Americans happens at Lexington.

Articles of confederation and perpetual union agreed upon by the States.

1776 Boston evacuated by the British troops. The declaration of Independence, July 4th. New-York taken by the British.

1777 Philadelphia taken by Gen. Howe.

Gen. Burgoyne and his army captured by the Americans at Saratoga.

1778 A treaty of alliance formed between France and the United States.

The British troops evacuated Philadelphia. 1780 Arnold deserts the American service and escapes to the British.

1781 Gen. Greene defeated by Lord Cornwallis. Lord Cornwallis and his army defeated by Gen. Washington.

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