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HANDB K E DATE OO O S. A RRA N G ED A L PHA BETI CALLY AND CHR ONO LO I OALLY G . C OMPILED BY E CLI N R H NRY NTO RO WN . I c N O AD Q C Q O a N EW Y O RK O EL A . L V L C O . 1 8 8 3 . P R EF A C E. IN compilin g this book it h a s been my chief aim to make It accuracy its stron gest recommendation . is a work which, I d an d trust, will meet a deman fill a vacancy in the list of edu c ation al handbooks . I have often found; even in my own a sefitain the st udies , when I wished to date at which a certain : it even t occur red, that was a work of time as well as of labor n to determine the date by referri g to a chronological table, for W the reason that it is the date which one ishes to find, and it n is impossible to turn to it . There are ma y events concerning which even the latest developments in archaeology have failed to remove the surrounding doubt and obscurity. For instance, as regards the origin of the city of Babylon, history gives us no clue ; and even Herodotus has given no intimation respecting 100 A . D . its founder . In the present compilations , after the year . h . A . D e 1000 A D . the abbreviation is dropped ; lat r t an the year , con fla r ation s t no earthquakes, eruptions , plagues , or g are inser ed, Of w . unless very great importance, as ith the great London fire There are many items in the chronological table wh ich it is m i possible to record alphabetically, and also many which I have n o t not considered of e ough imp rtance to record in bo h, while the names of all important persons , places , and events will be found under their respective letters . HENRY CL INTON BRO WN. D INTRO UC TIO N . T KE I A pleasure in recommending this Handbook of Dates , l having felt the need of some such book myse f, at many times , when the necessity for verifying a statement has presented e f . ur itsel D ing his coll ge vacation, I found that my young friend — the compiler — was engaged upon such a manual as this, and at my urgent request he has concluded to have his labors published for the sake of other students . I heartily commend this little book to any who may feel the need of it ; and hope that it may be to the author the begin n an d ni g of other like ventures , to the reader a saving of valu able time . E E L R E O . WM . WI B RFO C N WT N I T IE P T SF LD , MA SS . , M ay 21 , 1883 . TE H A N D B O O K O F D A S . — [4004 1764 B . C . ] 4004 Creation . 4003 Birth of Cain. ' 3875 Abel mmder ed by Cain . 3874 Bir th of Seth . 3317 Birth of Methuselah ; died at the age of 969 . 48 f wh o O f 950 . 29 Birth O Noah, died at the age 2349 Noah entered the ark . 2348 The Deluge . 2247 Tower Of Babel built about this time . 2234 O Celestial bservations begun at Babylon , a register of which lli th n 1 903 was sent by C a s e es to Aristotle for years , to the _ capture of that city by Alexander in the year 331 2207 . The Chinese monarchy founded, according to some historians 2 188 The kingdom of Egypt commen ces under Mis r a im (son of 1 663 Ham) , which lasted for years, to the conquest of Cam b s es 525 B . C . y , in the year 2089 The kingdom of Sicyon established . 2059 i r The k ngdom of Assy ia begins . 19 96 2 . 1 5. 18 1 B . aet Abraham born ; died C , 7 18 9 . 7 u f . O . Circumcision instit ted City Sodom, etc , destroyed 1 8 6 9 Birth of Isaac . 1 856 The kingdom of Argos begins . Isaac marries Rebekah . 1827 17th s ix E The dynasty of the shepherd kings in gypt begins , 1 and continues 03 years . 1822 E Memnon the gyptian invents the letters . 1796 The reign of Ogyges begins 1020 years before the first O lympiad . 1764 The deluge of O gyges laid waste Attica for more than 200 years, or until the coming of Cecrops . F E 1 —1 3 HANDBO O K O DAT S . [ 759 45 his Jacob goes to Haran, and marries the two daughters of uncle Laban . Jos eph s old into Egypt . ’ i s . Joseph interprets Pharaoh s dreams , and promoted The seven years of plenty begin . The seven years of famine begin . t All the lands in Egypt sold to Joseph, who let them out wi h a perpetual tax of a fifth part of their produce . 14 . Jacob predicts the advent of the Messiah (Dies set. 7 yrs ) Joseph dies at the age of 1 10 ; his death terminates the 2369 . book of Genesis , containing a period of years The Ethiopians , coming from the Indus , settle in the neigh bor h ood of Egypt . A r un delian h The chronology of the marbles begins , at whic time Cecrops is supposed to have come into Attica . Moses born . Pharaoh publishes an edict for drowning all h the c ildren of the Israelites . n Cecrops. bri gs a colony of Saites from Egypt into Attica, Of 80 and founds the kingdom Athens , 7 years before the first O lympiad . d About this perio Scamander comes from Crete into Phrygia, and begins the kingdom of Troy . ‘ Moses visits the Israelites ; flies into Midian , and continues 4 there 0 years . The deluge of Deucalion in Thessaly . The council of Amphictyonis established . Cadmus carried the Phoenician letters into Greece, and built the citadel of Thebes . E c Moses goes into gypt, where he inflicts ten suc essive plagues upon Pharaoh , till he allows the children of Israel 430 r to depart, which completed the years of sojou n ing . Sparta built by Lacedaemon . The first ship that appeared in Greece , brought from Egypt u . by Danaus , s rnamed Armais Troy supposed to have been built by Dardanus . — The first O lympic games celebrated at Elis . Moses died in Of act . 1 10 . the land Moab , E H F . C . O O O S 1413 1234 B . ] ANDB K DAT 3 1413 ‘ un The Israelites , s k into idolatry, continued in slavery under Cushan, king of Mesopotamia, for eight years . 1406 m Minos gives laws to the Cretans , and acquires a great ari — time power . Iron is found by the Idaei Dactyli from the f’ accidental burning O the woods Of Mount Ida in Crete . 1405 O thniel, the first judge of Israel, in the fortieth year after J . that, given them by oshua e 1390 Benjamin almost totally d stroyed by the other 1 1 tribes . 1383 m . Ceres came to Athens , and taught them how to sow co 1356 The Eleusinian mysteries first introduced at Athens ; some s ay 1326 . 1344 The M cen e be in s w e kingdom of y a \ g about this time , h n the kingdom of Argos was di vided . 1343 t The Israelites , on accoun of idolatry, enslaved by Eglon, n 18 ki g of Moab, for years . 1326 The Isthmian games first introduced . 1325 the Ehud , second judge of the Israelites , kills Eglon, and rescues them from their second bondage . 1307 Th e O lympic games instituted by Pelops . 1305 The third servitude of the Israelites under Jaban, king of 40 . Canaan , which continued years 1300 The Lupercalia instituted . 1285 Deborah, the prophetess , defeats the Canaanites under Sisera . 1 284 The Siculi pass out of Italy into Sicily, about three genera tions before the Trojan war . 1263 79 k The Argonautic expedition , years before the ta ing of Troy. About this time the first Pythian games were celebrated by Adrastus . — 1252 The city of Tyre was built . The fourth servitude of the n Israelites under the Midianites, which conti ued for seven years . 1250 Expedition of the Argonauts to Colchis took place about this time . 1245 an d Gideon routs the Midianites , Israel had rest in the fortieth year after that given by Deborah . 1243 A colony of Arcadians conducted by Evander into Italy. 1234 Theseus settles a democracy in Attica, and renews the Isth 123 mian games ; others s ay in 1 . 1 — 0 E 233 1 88 B . C . H ANDBO O K O F DAT S . [ Carthage founded by the Tyrian s . The Theban war of. the seven heroes The celebration of the O lympic games by Hercules . Helen dishonored by Theseus . The fifth servitude of the Israelites under the Philistines and n 1 8 . Ammo ites , which continued years “ Helen dishonored by Paris . ' w ar be in s . The Trojan g , and lasts ten years i 408 Troy s taken and burned by the Greeks , years before - ZEn the first O lympiad . ea s s et sail in the beginning of autumn for Thrace . ZEn ea s s The kingdom of the Latins begins , under , who build L avin iu m . The maritim e power of the Mediterranean acquired by the Lydians .