| BIBLE EVENTS | WORLD EVENTS |
| 37 BC–AD 4 Herod the Great rules as history’s last king of the Jews; appointed by Rome | 30 BC Mark Antony and Cleopatra commit suicide after losing a Roman civil war to Octavian |
| 20 BC Herod begins a 46-year-long renovation of the Jerusalem Temple | 27 BC Octavian takes the name of Caesar Augustus |
| 6 BC Jesus is born | 7 BC The planet Jupiter (representing kings) aligns with Saturn (representing Jews) in the Pisces constellation (representing what is now Israel) |
| 4 BC–AD 39 Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great, rules Galilee as governor | |
| AD 5 Apostle Paul is born (dies AD 64) | 5 BC A star explodes into a nova |
| AD 29 Jesus begins his ministry (some place his ministry from AD 26 to 30) | AD 14–37 Emperor Tiberius rules Roman Empire |
| AD 33 Jesus is crucified and resurrected | AD 26–37 Pilate serves as governor of Judea in what is now southern Israel |
| AD 35 Paul becomes a Christian | AD 36 High priest Caiaphas is fired by Vitellus, the same Roman official who fired Governor Pilate at about the same time |
| AD 43 Paul begins 10,000 miles of missionary trips | AD 37–41 Caligula, famous for his cruelty and sexcapades, reigns as emperor |
| AD 50 Paul writes what is probably the first book in the New Testament: 1 Thessalonians | AD 43 Romans invade England |
| AD 64 Romans execute Peter and Paul | AD 50 The French (Gauls) introduce the Romans to soap |
| AD 66–73 Jews rebel against the Roman occupying force, temporarily driving out the invaders | AD 64 Most of Rome burns; Nero blames Christians |
| AD 70 Rome mounts a counterstrike against the Jews, destroying Jerusalem and the Jewish Temple—which is never rebuilt | AD 68 Nero commits suicide |
| AD 79 Mount Vesuvius erupts, destroying Pompeii near Naples, Italy | |
| AD 85 John is exiled to prison island, Patmos | AD 80 Colosseum is dedicated in Rome; Christians are killed as entertainment |
| AD 95 In exile, John writes the last book in the Bible: Revelation | AD 90 Heresy surfaces in the church, teaching that Jesus was a spirit being who only looked human |
Dates are approximate and debated among experts.
BC = Before Christ. The creator of this calendar got the date of Jesus’ birth wrong by perhaps six years or more. King Herod, who tried to kill the baby Jesus by slaughtering all Bethlehem boys age two and under, died in 4 BC.
AD = Anno Domini. That’s Latin for “in the year of the Lord.”