General History

Dates A.D.

Jewish and Christian history

 Census in Palestine by
 Quirinius, legate of Syria

 Caponius, procurator of Judea

 Annas (Ananus) high priest

 Marcus Ambibulus,
 procurator of Judea

 Valerious Gratus,
 procurator of Judea

 18 -36

 Caiaphas, high priest

 Pontius Pilate, procurator of Judea

 26 - 36

 26 - 27 (27 - 28)

 Ministry of John the Bapist

 c.27 or 28

 Baptism of Jesus by John

 c.30

 Crucifixion of Jesus

 c.33

 Martyrdom of Stephen

 c.34

 Conversion: Saul (Paul) of Tarsus

 c.36

 Paul visits Jerusalem

 Caligula, Roman emperor

 37 - 41

 Claudius, Roman emperor

 41 - 54

 Herod Agrippa I, king of Palestine

 41 - 44

 c.44

 Martyrdom of James ben Zebedee (Acts 12)
 Peter leaves Jerusalem

 Cuspius Fadus, procurator of Palestine

 c.45

 Barnabas & Paul visit Jerusalem
 with famine relief

 Tiberius Alexander, procurator of Palestine

 46-48

 Ventidius Cumanus,
 procurator of Palestine

 48 -52

 47 - 48

 Paul's first missionary journey

 49

 Apostolic Conference: Jerusalem

 49

 Claudius expels Jews from Rome

 49 (50) - 52

 Paul's second missionary journey

 King Agrippa II, king of parts of Palestine

 50 - ?

 Gallio, proconsul of Achaia

 51 -52

 Felix, procurator of Palestine

 52 - 60?

 53 - 58

 Paul's third missionary journey

 Nero, Roman emperor

 54 - 68

 58

 Paul arrested in Jerusalem

 8 - 60

 Paul in prison at Caesarea

 Porcius Festus, procurator of Palestine

 60? - 62

 60 - 61

 Paul's journey to Rome (Acts 27)

 61- 63

 Paul in prison at Rome

 62

 Martyrdom of James, the brother of Jesus

 Albinus, procurator of Palestine

 62 - 64

 63

 64

 The fire of Rome:
 Nero blames the Christians

 64 (67?)

 Martyrdom of Peter and Paul at Rome

 Gessius Florus, procurator of Palestine

 64 - 66

 66

 Jewish revolt against Rome:
 Christians flee to Pella

 Galba, Otho and Vitellius fail
 to seize Roman rule

 68 - 69

 Vespasian, Roman emperor

 69 - 79

 Jerusalem taken by the Romans

 70

 Last Jewish resistance crushed c.73

 c.75

 Josephus' Jewish Wars published

 Pliny the Elder's Natural History published

 c.77

 Titus, Roman emperor

 79 - 81

 Domitian, Roman emperor

 81 - 96

 c.95

 Josephus' Antiquities published

 c.96

 1 Clement written from Rome to Corinth

 Nerva, Roman emperor

 96 -98

 Trajan, Roman emperor

 98 - 117

 c100

 The Didache written