Hebrew dates begin at sundown the evening before the Gregorian date shown. Festival days follow Diaspora practice (second days of Yom Tov, Simchat Torah on 23 Tishri). Fasts that would fall on Shabbat are shown on their nominal date, not the postponed one.
Where Scripture gives a calendar date, it is listed in the Hebrew month the text names. "Traditional" follows the rabbinic chronology of Seder Olam, which underlies the Hebrew year count; "Historical" follows the academic reconstruction anchored to Assyrian, Babylonian and Persian records. Day-level dates are Julian, the convention historians use for antiquity; the proleptic Gregorian equivalent is 5 to 8 days earlier in this period.
| Event | Reference | Date in the text | Traditional | Historical | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creation | Gen 1 | — | 3761 BCE (1 Tishri, year 1) | — | Not datable |
| The Flood begins | Gen 7:11 | 17 Heshvan | 2105 BCE | — | Not datable |
| Abraham leaves Haran | Gen 12:4 | — | 1738 BCE | c. 2000–1800 BCE if historical | Not datable |
| The Exodus | Ex 12:17, 40–41 | 15 Nisan | 1313 BCE | 1446 BCE (1 Kgs 6:1 reckoning) or c. 1250 BCE | Contested, ±200 yrs |
| Revelation at Sinai | Ex 19:1, 16 | 6 Sivan (trad.) | 1313 BCE | Seven weeks after the Exodus date | Follows Exodus |
| Crossing the Jordan | Josh 4:19 | 10 Nisan | 1273 BCE | 1406 BCE or c. 1210 BCE | Follows Exodus |
| David king over all Israel | 2 Sam 5:4–5 | — | 877 BCE | c. 1003 BCE | ±10 yrs |
| Solomon begins the Temple | 1 Kgs 6:1 | Month of Ziv (Iyar) | 832 BCE | 967 or 966 BCE | Year |
| Kingdom divides | 1 Kgs 12 | — | 796 BCE | 931/930 BCE | Year |
| Fall of Samaria | 2 Kgs 17:6 | — | 556 BCE | 722/721 BCE | Year |
| Sennacherib besieges Jerusalem | 2 Kgs 18:13 | Hezekiah year 14 | — | 701 BCE | Year |
| Josiah's Passover | 2 Kgs 23:23 | 14 Nisan, Josiah year 18 | — | Spring 622 BCE | Year |
| Daniel taken to Babylon | Dan 1:1 | Jehoiakim year 3 | — | 605 BCE (after Carchemish) | Year |
| Jehoiachin exiled | 2 Kgs 24:12 | 2 Adar (Babylonian Chronicle) | — | 16 March 597 BCE | Day |
| Ezekiel's first vision | Ezek 1:1–2 | 5 Tammuz, exile year 5 | — | 31 July 593 BCE | Day |
| Temple burned, First Temple falls | 2 Kgs 25:8; Jer 52:12 | 7 or 10 Av | 423 BCE | July/August 587 or 586 BCE | Year ±1 |
| Fall of Babylon | Dan 5:30 | 16 Tishri (Nabonidus Chronicle) | 371 BCE | 12 October 539 BCE | Day |
| Decree of Cyrus | Ezra 1:1 | Cyrus year 1 | 370 BCE | 538 BCE | Year |
| Haggai's first oracle | Hag 1:1 | 1 Elul, Darius year 2 | — | 29 August 520 BCE | Day |
| Second Temple completed | Ezra 6:15 | 3 Adar, Darius year 6 | 350 BCE | 12 March 515 BCE | Day |
| Esther: Purim deliverance | Esth 9:1 | 13–14 Adar, Xerxes year 12 | — | March 473 BCE if historical | Year, if historical |
| Ezra arrives in Jerusalem | Ezra 7:8–9 | 1 Av, Artaxerxes year 7 | — | 458 BCE (or 398 BCE if Artaxerxes II) | Year, disputed king |
| Jerusalem's wall finished | Neh 6:15 | 25 Elul, Artaxerxes year 20 | — | c. 2 October 445 BCE | Day |
| Temple rededicated (Hanukkah) | 1 Macc 4:52 (deuterocanonical) | 25 Kislev | — | 14 December 164 BCE | Day |
| Birth of Jesus | Matt 2:1; Luke 2:1–7 | — | — | c. 6–4 BCE (before Herod's death) | ±2 yrs |
| Death of Herod the Great | Matt 2:19 | Shortly before Passover (Josephus) | — | Spring 4 BCE (some argue 1 BCE) | Year |
| Census of Quirinius | Luke 2:2 | — | — | 6 CE per Josephus; how it fits Luke is debated | Contested |
| John the Baptist begins preaching | Luke 3:1–3 | Tiberius year 15 | — | 28 or 29 CE | Year ±1 |
| Crucifixion | John 19:14, 31 | 14 Nisan (Friday) | — | 7 April 30 CE or 3 April 33 CE | Two candidates |
| Pentecost | Acts 2:1 | Shavuot (Feast of Weeks) | — | 28 May 30 CE or 24 May 33 CE | Follows crucifixion |
| Paul's conversion | Acts 9:3; Gal 1:18 | — | — | c. 33–36 CE | ±2 yrs |
| Death of Herod Agrippa I | Acts 12:23 | — | — | 44 CE (Josephus) | Year |
| Famine under Claudius | Acts 11:28 | — | — | c. 45–48 CE | Range |
| Jerusalem council | Acts 15; Gal 2:1 | — | — | c. 48–49 CE | ±1 yr |
| Claudius expels Jews from Rome | Acts 18:2 | — | — | 49 CE (Suetonius, Orosius) | Year |
| Paul before Gallio in Corinth | Acts 18:12 | — | — | 51–52 CE (Delphi inscription) | Year |
| Festus succeeds Felix | Acts 24:27 | — | — | c. 59–60 CE | Year ±1 |
| Paul's two years in Rome | Acts 28:30 | — | — | c. 60–62 CE | ±1 yr |
| Second Temple destroyed | Foretold Matt 24:2; not narrated | 9–10 Av | 68 CE | August 70 CE | Year |