Events
Displaying events 1 - 300 of 1136 in total
ID | Category | Subcategory | Date | Summary |
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5402 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 22000BC | Mal'ta-Buret' culture west of Lake Baikal similar to coeval cultures of Western and Eastern Europe |
5488 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 14000BC | Sunduki the Siberian Stonehenge |
5489 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 14000BC | Giant Megaliths in Siberia Largest in the World |
5418 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 12500BC | Natufian culture of the Eastern Mediterranean; domestication of dogs |
5388 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 11000BC | Göbekli Tepe predates pottery, metallurgy, and the invention of writing or the wheel |
5365 | Archeology | Climate Evidence | 10900BC | The Younger Dryas; sharp decline in temperature over most of the northern hemisphere |
5367 | Archeology | Comet/Asteroid Evidence | 10900BC | Younger Dryas impact hypothesis; Clovis comet cause Holocene extinction, global cooling |
5368 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 10900BC | Ice core data supports ancient space impact idea |
5369 | Archeology | Volcanic Eruption Evidence | 10900BC | Laacher See formed by a Plinian eruption; widespread destruction; two decades of environmental disruption |
5376 | Archeology | Comet/Asteroid Evidence | 10900BC | Palaeolithic extinctions and the Taurid Complex |
5378 | Archeology | Comet/Asteroid Evidence | 10900BC | Very high-temperature impact melt products as evidence for cosmic airbursts and impacts 12,900 years ago |
5379 | Archeology | Comet/Asteroid Evidence | 10900BC | Evidence from central Mexico supporting the Younger Dryas extraterrestrial impact hypothesis |
5424 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 10900BC | Holocene extinction; The Sixth Extinction; Younger Dryas Impact Event |
5377 | Archeology | Comet/Asteroid Evidence | 10800BC | Evidence for deposition of 10 million tonnes of impact spherules across four continents 12,800 years ago |
5380 | Archeology | Comet/Asteroid Evidence | 10800BC | Comprehensive Analysis of Impact Spherules Supports Theory of Cosmic Impact 12,800 Years Ago |
5420 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 10200BC | Mureybetian culture, Pre-Pottery Neolithic A, northern Syria; early agriculture, animal domestication |
5374 | Archeology | Climate Evidence | 9100BC | The 11.1 kiloyear "Bond" event |
5423 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 9000BC | Karaca Dağ, eastern Turkey, site of first domestication of einkorn wheat |
5421 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 8700BC | Tell Aswad settlement, Syria, invented bricks, trade network, domesticated emmer wheat |
5419 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 8400BC | Nevalı Çori, Anatolia; temples and monumental sculpture; Einkorn wheat first domesticated; ceramic firing |
5373 | Archeology | Climate Evidence | 8300BC | The 10.3 kiloyear "Bond" event |
5441 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 8000BC | Stonehenge complex early stages of development |
5389 | Archeology | Comet/Asteroid Evidence | 7640BC | Tollmann's hypothetical bolide impact event |
5422 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 7500BC | Çatalhöyük, southern Anatolia, proto-city, trade network |
5464 | Archeology | Climate Evidence | 7500BC | Neolithic subpluvial wet period begins; wet and rainy N. Africa for 2K years |
5372 | Archeology | Climate Evidence | 7400BC | The 9.4 kiloyear "Bond" Event |
5243 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 7250BC | 'Ain Ghazal Neolithic site near Amman, Jordan, settled |
5244 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 6850BC | Sesklo culture, Thessaly, Greece used advanced agriculture and made pottery |
5413 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 6300BC | Bug-Dniester culture, Moldavia and Ukraine |
5364 | Archeology | Climate Evidence | 6200BC | The 8.2 kiloyear "Bond" event; Misox oscillation; Finse event; sudden decrease in global temperatures |
5414 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 6200BC | Starčevo–Kőrös–Criş culture, central and south central Europe, Romania to Serbia, Montenegro |
1633 | Archeology | Tsunami Evidence | 6000BC | Towering ancient tsunami in Mediterranean, Etna avalanche |
1805 | Archeology | Tsunami Evidence | 6000BC | Storegga slide tsunami, North Sea Doggerland |
5409 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 6000BC | Cucuteni-Trypillian culture centered on modern-day Moldova with small villages to "vast settlements" |
5460 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 6000BC | Choga Mami, Samarran culture site, S. Iraq; first evidence of canal irrigation |
5426 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 5700BC | Vinča culture, Balkans, earliest copper metallurgy |
5430 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 5500BC | Dnieper–Donets culture, north of Black Sea, late Cro-Magnons contemporaneous with Samara culture, succeeded by Yamna |
5439 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 5500BC | Early metallurgy: copper smelting, Belovode, Serbia: Vinča culture |
5461 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 5500BC | Sumer: first urban civilization in Mesopotamia |
5459 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 5400BC | Eridu: earliest city in southern Mesopotamia |
5428 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 5025BC | Samara culture, middle Volga; Dnieper-Donets culture |
5427 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 5000BC | Khvalynsk on the Volga culture |
5458 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 5000BC | Uruk of Sumer; early state formation and urbanization |
5457 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 4350BC | Leyla-Tepe culture; S. Caucasus Azerbaijan; amphora burials |
5057 | Geology | Earthquake | 4000BC | Earthquake Palestine - Jericho |
5429 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 4000BC | Sredny Stog culture on the Dnieper river, origin of Indo-Europeans? Horse domestication, corded ware pottery |
5435 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 3950BC | Maykop culture W. Caucasus between Black Sea and Caspian; ties to the Iranian plateau and to South Central Asia |
5370 | Archeology | Climate Evidence | 3900BC | The 5.9 kiloyear "Bond" event; intense aridification, cooling; triggered worldwide migrations |
5401 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 3600BC | Yamna or Yamnaya culture; Pit Grave Culture; Ochre Grave Culture, develops on the Pontic Steppes |
5432 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 3500BC | Afanasevo culture, south Siberia, Altai mountains, mixed Europoid, wheel, metals, Tarim mummies |
5058 | Geology | Earthquake | 3300BC | Earthquake Palestine |
5463 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 3300BC | Egyptian hieroglyphs |
5466 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 3300BC | Indus Valley Civilisation; urban planning, metallurgy, wheeled transport, trade network, writing |
5462 | Archeology | Climate Evidence | 3250BC | Piora Oscillation sudden cooling: volcanic eruption or a meteor or an asteroid impact event |
5442 | Archeology | Mass Migration Evidence | 3200BC | Ancient Irish ancestors came from Middle East, Pontic steppe |
5193 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 3123BC Jun. 29 | Overhead comet/asteroid explosion; Köfels’ Impact |
5438 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 3000BC | Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex civilisation of Central Asia; monumental structures; evidence of wheeled transport |
5400 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 2900BC | Corded Ware culture, Battle Axe Culture, Single Grave Culture; major north and central European culture from the Rhine to the Volga; related to Yamna |
5425 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 2800BC | Bell-Beaker maritime culture, spread over Europe, emerged from the lower Rhine and North Sea regions |
5431 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 2800BC | Catacomb culture, Ukraine, corded ware pottery, polished battle axe, cranial deformation |
5059 | Geology | Earthquake | 2700BC | Earthquake Palestine |
5386 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 2600BC | Umm an-Nar culture in northern Oman and Abu Dhabi; beehive tombs with pottery vessels of Mesopotamian origin |
5394 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 2600BC | Cretan hieroglyphs, artefacts of Minoans |
5393 | Archeology | Epigraphic Evidence | 2500BC | Linear A writing system; Minoan language connected to Etruscan? |
5390 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 2400BC | Gutian people in Zagros mountains; pale in complexion and blonde; rapacious barbarians from east central Asia |
5387 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 2350BC | Akkadian Empire created by Sargon controlled Mesopotamia, the Levant, and parts of Iran |
1154 | Archeology | Climate Evidence | 2349BC | Tree ring evidence, Ireland, "Noah's flood" |
5151 | Archeology | Climate Evidence | 2300BC | Abrupt Climate Change Syria and Palestine |
5152 | Archeology | Earthquake Evidence | 2300BC | Earthquake Site destruction and abandonment in Palestine/Syria |
5153 | Archeology | Climate Evidence | 2300BC | Adverse Climate Changes Mesopotamia/Iran |
5154 | Archeology | Earthquake Evidence | 2300BC | Site Destruction and abandonment in Mesopotamia/Iran |
5163 | Archeology | Climate Evidence | 2300BC | Adverse Climate Changes in Anatolia and Cyprus |
5164 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 2300BC | Site Destruction and abandonment in Anatolia (Troy incl.) |
5166 | Archeology | Earthquake Evidence | 2300BC | Earthquake and crustal warping in Anatolia, Black Sea, and Rhodes |
5168 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 2300BC | Site Destruction and abandoment in southern and central Greece |
5170 | Society | Mass Death | 2300BC | Adverse Climate Changes in Egypt, dynasty collapse, severe famine, cannibalism |
5171 | Environment | Drought | 2300BC | Adverse Climate Changes in Egypt, desertification |
5172 | Society | Mass Migration | 2300BC | Exodus event? |
5173 | Environment | Dust/Ash Veil | 2300BC | Dust from unknown source |
5174 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 2300BC | Widespread destruction event, possible Tunguska-like |
5175 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 2300BC | Pre-Harappan civilization disappears from Indus region |
5176 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 2300BC | Widespread site abandonment in Central Asia |
5182 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 2300BC | Earthquakes, crustal movement, floods, Indus Valley |
5185 | Archeology | Earthquake Evidence | 2300BC | Land subsidence, Sri Lanka |
5186 | Archeology | Comet/Asteroid Evidence | 2300BC | Rakshasos, falling meteoroids, associated with "terrible clamor" and sea level rise in Southern India |
5468 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 2300BC | Urukagina; first law code in recorded history |
5416 | Society | Politics | 2214BC | Gutian dynasty of Sumer, destruction of Akkad |
5177 | Archeology | Mass Migration Evidence | 2200BC | Harappan culture migrates from Western Asia to Indus region |
5371 | Archeology | Climate Evidence | 2200BC | The 4.2 kiloyear "Bond" event; aridification, cooling; empire collapse; cultural upheaval; mass migrations |
5417 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 2181BC | First Intermediate Period of Egypt, Divided Egypt, famine, chaos |
5415 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 2112BC | Third Dynasty of Ur, Neo-Sumerian Empire, Law Code of Ur-Nammu |
5060 | Geology | Earthquake | 2100BC | Earthquake Palestine |
5169 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 2100BC | Earthquakes in Anatolia |
5242 | Other | Other | 2100BC | Epic of Gilgamesh stories composed |
5433 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 2000BC | Srubna culture; along the N. shore of Black Sea; precursors of Cimmerians? |
5434 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 2000BC | Andronovo culture in W. Siberia, W. Asiatic steppes; early Indo-Aryans/Iranians; Cimmerians and Saka/Scythians; Thracians |
5183 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1900BC | End of Harappan Civilization, floods, earthquakes |
5467 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1806BC | Ipuwer Papyrus, turmoil, arrival of the Asiatics |
5465 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 1800BC | Tarim mummies; tall, red-haired Europoids in W. China |
5253 | Archeology | Volcanic Eruption Evidence | 1780BC | Vesuvius Vented Its Wrath during Bronze Age |
5399 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 1700BC | Trzciniec culture of Eastern Europe develops around Łódź; spread to parts of Poland and Western Ukraine; from Corded Ware culture |
5469 | Archeology | Pestilence Evidence | 1686BC | Early Divergent Strains of Yersinia pestis found in Kytmanovo, Russia |
1632 | Archeology | Epigraphic Evidence | 1650BC | Tempest Stele with meteorological data erected by Pharaoh Ahmose, dates eruption of Thera |
5127 | Archeology | Volcanic Eruption Evidence | 1650BC | Eruption of Thera, Collapse of Bronze Age Mediterranean civilization, Volcanic Winter around the World |
5155 | Archeology | Volcanic Eruption Evidence | 1650BC | Eruption of Thera Changed World |
5156 | Archeology | Tsunami Evidence | 1650BC | Tsunami generated by Theran eruption |
5157 | Archeology | Earthquake Evidence | 1650BC | Earthquake caused by Theran Eruption |
5158 | Archeology | Epigraphic Evidence | 1650BC | Worldwide effects of Theran Eruption - China |
5159 | Archeology | Comet/Asteroid Evidence | 1650BC | Theran eruption/possible comet/asteroid event related |
5160 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 1650BC | Dating the Eruption of Thera |
5161 | Archeology | Mass Migration Evidence | 1650BC | Mass displacement of populations resulting from Theran eruption |
5408 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 1600BC | The Tumulus culture dominates Central Europe |
5407 | Society | Politics | 1570BC | Kassites rule of Babylon |
5061 | Geology | Earthquake | 1560BC | Earthquake Palestine |
5396 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 1500BC | Kingdom of Mitanni aristocracy shows Indo-Aryan roots |
5436 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 1500BC | Karasuk culture; Central Asian steppes; advanced, industrial metal workers |
5440 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 1500BC | Yaz culture; early Iranian culture as described in Avesta; sky burial |
5395 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 1450BC | Linear B: syllabic script used for writing Mycenaean Greek |
5403 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 1450BC | Kaskians, peoples living in mountainous Pontic Anatolia during Hittite times; unknown origins |
5383 | Society | Economy | 1300BC | Urnfield Culture appears in Central Europe; grows out of Tumulus culture |
5398 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 1300BC | Lusatian culture of Eastern Europe develops from preceding Trzciniec culture |
5411 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 1280BC | Canegrate Culture, Northern Italy; first migratory wave of the proto-Celts |
5358 | Society | War | 1274BC | Battle of Kadesh and subsequent peace treaty |
5397 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 1250BC | Bryges or Briges related to Phrygians, migrated to Balkans from Lausitz culture of Poland |
5701 | Archeology | War/Battle Evidence | 1250BC | Colossal Bronze Age battle in Germany on Tollense River near Baltic Sea; unprecedented warfare; warriors from all over Europe |
2231 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 1226BC | Mount Etna erupts |
5354 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1200BC | Late Bronze Age collapse; almost every significant city in the eastern Mediterranean world destroyed |
5355 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1190BC | Mycenaean Greece perishes with the collapse of Bronze-Age culture in the eastern Mediterranean |
5357 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1190BC | Syrian Cities destroyed in conflagration during collapse of the Late Bronze Age |
5360 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1190BC | Cities of Cyprus destroyed during Late Bronze Age collapse |
5361 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1190BC | Cities of Anatolia destroyed during Late Bronze Age collapes; many never re-occupied |
5359 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1189BC | Cities of the Levant destroyed by fire during Late Bronze Age collapse |
5200 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 1188BC | Fall of Troy |
5201 | Celestial | Comet | 1188BC | Pleiades-Arctic comet "trails out for a long distance" associated with the fall of Troy recorded in Roman texts |
5362 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1185BC | Areas in Mesopotamia that marginally survived Late Bronze Age collapse |
5356 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1180BC | Hattusas burned to the ground; Hittite kingdom vanishes from the historical record |
5381 | Society | Mass Migration | 1180BC | Phrygians appear in historical record; migrate from southern Balkans to Anatolia upon collapse of Hittite empire |
5382 | Society | Mass Migration | 1180BC | Mushki appear in historical record, migrating from the West, following collapse of Late Bronze Age |
5184 | Archeology | Earthquake Evidence | 1175BC | Earthquakes destroyed Bronze Age civilization |
5646 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1150BC | Collapse of the Terramare culture in northern Italy; settlements abandoned for several centuries |
5202 | Celestial | Comet | 1140BC | Very large, bright comet or meteor with tail like a scorpion observed in Babylon |
5404 | Society | People | 1114BC | Tiglath-Pileser I; made Assyria the leading power of the Middle East |
5385 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 1100BC | The Greek Dark Age following widespread collapse of Bronze Age civilization in the eastern Mediterranean |
5473 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 1100BC | Latins: Indo-Europeans migrated to Italy after collapse of Bronze Age |
5363 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1070BC | Egyptian empire falls during Late Bronze Age collapse |
133 | Celestial | Comet | 1059BC | Comet, broom star with tail observed in China |
5062 | Geology | Earthquake | 1050BC | Earthquake Palestine |
134 | Celestial | Unspecified Prodigies | 1034BC (Spr.) | A new star appears near the North Star, comet or nova; observed in China |
5366 | Archeology | Volcanic Eruption Evidence | 1021BC | Hekla 3 eruption causes 18 years of global cooling; tree ring and ice core evidence |
5470 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 1000BC | Ligures: earliest Indo-European speakers of the European West; direct descendants of Cro-Magnon? |
5203 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 975BC | Terrible comet-like ball of fire seen over Ethiopia and Egypt |
135 | Celestial | Comet | 974BC Mar. | Bushy Star Comet in the north polar region; observed in China |
5392 | Archeology | Mass Migration Evidence | 950BC | Dorian invasion hypothesis becomes Dorian migration and settling after collapse of Bronze Age |
1613 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 910BC | Early construction at Rome |
5405 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 900BC | Kingdom of Tabal; neo-Hittite, Luwian speaking, south central Anatolia |
5410 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 900BC | Golasecca culture, Northern Italy |
5412 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 900BC | Villanovan culture of central and northern Italy related to the Central European Urnfield culture |
5406 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 860BC | Urartu, Ararat, Vannic Kingdom, successor of the Late Bronze Age Hurrian state of Mitanni |
2885 | Society | Mass Death | 850BC | Olympic Games restored to end long period of war and pestilence |
5384 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 800BC | Hallstatt culture becomes predominant Central European culture; spread to western Iberian peninsula, Britain, and Ireland |
5437 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 800BC | Tagar culture south Siberia; bronze-smelting; Scythian circle |
5178 | Celestial | Canonical Solar Eclipse | 791BC Jun. 24 | Solar eclipse, annular, crosses Mediterranean |
5093 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 780BC Jun. 4 | Solar eclipse observed in China |
5179 | Celestial | Canonical Solar Eclipse | 778BC Apr. 4 | Solar eclipse, annular, crosses Mediterranean |
5087 | Society | People | 776BC | Retrospective calculation of the First Olympiad used for dating purposes |
5180 | Celestial | Canonical Solar Eclipse | 775BC Jan. 31 | Solar eclipse, partial, visible from central and southern Europe |
5223 | Society | People | 771BC Mar. 28 | Traditional Birth of Romulus, founder and King of Rome |
5181 | Celestial | Canonical Solar Eclipse | 771BC Nov. 8 | Solar eclipse, annular, crosses Mediterranean |
5187 | Celestial | Canonical Solar Eclipse | 765BC Feb. 10 | Solar eclipse, total, crosses Mediterranean |
5636 | Society | War | 763BC | War with Fidenae and Veii under Romulus |
2607 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 763BC Jun. 15 | Solar eclipse, key to ancient chronology |
5188 | Celestial | Canonical Solar Eclipse | 763BC Jun. 15 | Solar eclipse, total, crosses Arabia |
2413 | Archeology | Earthquake Evidence | 760BC | The Amos Earthquake |
5165 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 753BC Apr. 21 | Founding of Rome |
5234 | Society | People | 750BC | Homer |
5350 | Society | People | 747BC | Reign of Nabonassar, King of Babylon |
5351 | Society | Science | 747BC | Beginning of Babylonian Chronicles; first step in development of ancient historiography |
5352 | Society | Science | 747BC | Beginning of Babylonian Astronomical Diaries recording 21 years of instability of the orbit of Venus |
2525 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 747BC Feb. 6 | Lunar eclipse |
5083 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 747BC Aug. 2 | Lunar eclipse |
5084 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 746BC Jan. 26 | Lunar Eclipse |
5085 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 746BC Jul. 22 | Lunar eclipse |
5090 | Society | Politics | 745BC | Tiglath-Pileser III siezes Assyrian throne |
5189 | Celestial | Canonical Solar Eclipse | 744BC Dec. 9 | Solar eclipse, annular, crosses Central Europe |
5094 | Society | Politics | 739BC | Hiram II becomes King of Tyre |
5190 | Celestial | Canonical Solar Eclipse | 737BC Jul. 26 | Solar eclipse, annular, crosses north Africa |
5095 | Society | Mass Migration | 734BC | Syracuse Sicily founded |
5096 | Society | Mass Migration | 734BC | Naxus, Sicily founded |
5092 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 732BC | Deportation of Israelites Tiglath-Pileser III |
5089 | Society | Politics | 727BC | Babylon rebels against Assyria |
5091 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 722BC | Deportation of Israelites - Shalmaneser V, Sargon II |
5114 | Society | War | 722BC | Sargon II usurps throne - 17 years of war and mass death |
2608 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 721BC Mar. 19 | Lunar eclipse |
2609 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 719BC Mar. 8 | Lunar eclipse |
5086 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 719BC Sep. 1 | Lunar eclipse |
5162 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 717BC Jul. 5 | Solar eclipse, Descending cloud, blasts of wind and rain, disappearance/ascent of Romulus |
5220 | Society | People | 715BC | Reign of Numa Pompilius, second King of Rome |
5349 | Archeology | Epigraphic Evidence | 715BC | Archaeologists Find Biblical-Era Seal Of King Hezekiah In Jerusalem; winged sun and ankhs |
2516 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 714BC Oct. 24 | Lunar eclipse, Sargon II of Assyria |
5167 | Celestial | Canonical Solar Eclipse | 709BC Jul. 17 | Solar eclipse, total crosses northern Italy |
689 | Society | Mass sickness | 707BC | Numa Pompilius, pestilence |
5227 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 707BC | "Shield" falls from the sky during pestilence |
5124 | Society | Mass Migration | 706BC | Spartans found Tarentum |
5346 | Society | People | 705BC | Reign of Sennacherib, king of Assyria |
5347 | Society | War | 701BC | Assyrian Siege of Jerusalem; a calamity has come down from the Lord |
5348 | Society | War | 701BC | Siege of Lachish |
5126 | Society | Politics | 700BC | End of Villanovan, rise of Etruscan in Italy |
5222 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 700BC | Temple from the time of Numa Pompilius found |
5528 | Society | Laws and legal system | 700BC | Vestal Virgins; state supported priestesses |
398 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 687BC Mar. 23 | Stars fall like rain, with rain, bright night without stars |
2920 | Geology | Earthquake | 680BC | Earth quaked for a whole day during Esarhaddon's reign |
5310 | Society | People | 680BC | Archilochus: earliest known Greek author to compose almost entirely on the theme of his own emotions and experiences |
1253 | Celestial | Comet | 674BC Oct. | Comet observed by Babylonians |
5219 | Society | People | 673BC | Reign of Tullus Hostilius, third King of Rome |
2615 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 669BC May 17 | Solar eclipse observed by Babylonians |
5637 | Society | War | 663BC | Second War with Fidenae and Veii, under Tullus Hostilius |
5338 | Society | Politics | 657BC | Expulsion of the Bacchiadae from Corinth |
2618 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 657BC Apr. 15 | Solar eclipse Assyrian astrological reports |
2706 | Geology | Earthquake | 656BC Mar. | Earthquake recorded by Assyrians |
2648 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 648BC Apr. 6 | Earliest solar eclipse to be chronicled by the Greeks |
2914 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 644BC Dec. 24 | Fireball observed in Babylon and China; falling stones |
5249 | Society | People | 642BC | Reign of Ancus Marcius, fourth King of Rome |
5270 | Society | War | 640BC | First Latin War; Rome against the Latins; people captured and made citizens of Rome |
19 | Celestial | Comet | 632BC | Broom Star, Auriga |
2865 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 631BC May 24 | Lunar eclipse |
5228 | Society | People | 624BC | Thales of Miletus philosopher and mathematician, one of the Seven Sages of Greece |
2619 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 620BC Apr. 21 | Lunar eclipse recorded by Babylonians, analyzed by Ptolemy |
5250 | Society | People | 616BC | Reign of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, Tarquin the Elder, fifth King of Rome |
1268 | Celestial | Other | 612BC | Venus "casts a shadow by its rays" (Pythagoras) |
2881 | Society | War | 612BC | Fall of Nineveh, Assyrian Empire collapses |
5191 | Society | Famine | 612BC | Famine in Babylon reported with lunar eclipse observation |
2856 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 612BC Nov. 5 | Lunar eclipse |
20 | Celestial | Comet | 611BC Aug. | Broom Star Great Bear, Big Dipper - possible Halley's sighting? |
5192 | Society | Famine | 610BC | Famine in Babylon reported with lunar eclipse observation |
5229 | Society | People | 610BC | Anaximander |
2610 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 610BC Sep. 15 | Lunar eclipse |
5375 | Archeology | Mass Migration Evidence | 600BC | The 1.4 kiloyear "Bond" event; mass migration period |
5271 | Society | War | 588BC | Second Latin War; Rome acquires more territory |
5230 | Society | People | 585BC | Anaximenes of Miletus |
1269 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 584BC May 28 | First predicted solar eclipse, Thales of Miletus |
2900 | Society | War | 580BC | Battle of the Sagra: Apparition of the Dioscuri |
5311 | Society | Assassination | 578BC | Assassination of Tarquinius by the sons of Ancus Marcius |
5312 | Society | People | 578BC | Reign of Servius Tullius, the Etruscan 'Mastarna', sixth King of Rome; building of defenses, division of Rome into districts, other reforms |
5638 | Society | War | 571BC Nov. 25 | War with Veii and the Etruscans, under Servius Tullius |
5213 | Society | People | 570BC | Pythagoras |
5231 | Society | People | 570BC | Xenophanes |
2627 | Celestial | Unspecified Prodigies | 567BC Mar. 12 | Sky glowing red in the West observed from Babylon |
2882 | Society | War | 557BC May 19 | Solar eclipse, Cyrus the Great captures Larissa |
5471 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 550BC | Lepontic Language |
2512 | Geology | Earthquake | 544BC | Earthquake predicted by Pherecydes of Syros |
5194 | Society | War | 539BC Oct. | Fall of Babylon to Cyrus the Great |
5233 | Society | People | 535BC | Heraclitus of Ephesus |
5313 | Society | People | 534BC | Reign of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, seventh and last King of Rome |
38 | Celestial | Comet | 532BC (Spr.) | Comet or nova in Aquarius, China |
39 | Celestial | Comet | 525BC (Win.) | Bushy Star, Antares, China |
5063 | Geology | Earthquake | 525BC | Earthquake Palestine |
2632 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 523BC Jul. 16 | Lunar eclipse 7th year of Cambyses analyzed by Ptolemy |
5214 | Society | People | 522BC | Pindar |
5293 | Society | People | 519BC | Cincinnatus, patrician opponent of justice and equality under the law |
40 | Celestial | Comet | 516BC | Broom Star, China |
5235 | Society | People | 515BC | Parmenides of Elea |
5314 | Society | Politics | 509BC | Expulsion of Tarquinius Superbus, Founding of Roman Republic; Consuls: Lucius Iunius Brutus and Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus |
5624 | Society | War | 509BC | Horatius Cocles defends Rome at the Sublicius bridge against Etruscans, Lars Porsenna |
5639 | Society | War | 509BC | War with Veii and Tarquinii, after the overthrow of the monarchy in 509 BC |
5272 | Society | War | 508BC | Lars Porsena War between Clusium and Aricia; Rome acquires survivors as citizens |
5640 | Society | War | 508BC | War with Etruscan Clusium; siege of Rome |
5641 | Society | War | 505BC | War between Rome and the Sabines/Etruscans |
5273 | Society | War | 503BC | The Pometian revolt against Rome |
2633 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 502BC Nov. 19 | Lunar eclipse 20th year of Darius, analyzed by Ptolemy |
5622 | Society | Politics | 501BC | Titus Lartius first Roman dictator |
41 | Celestial | Comet | 500BC | Broom Star, China |
5391 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 500BC | La Tène culture develops from Iron Age Hallstatt culture; Celtoi, Galli; expands to Hispania, Italy, the Balkans, Asia Minor |
5274 | Society | War | 499BC | Battle of Lake Regillus; thirty cities revolt against Rome |
5693 | Society | Laws and legal system | 497BC Dec. | Temple of Saturn dedicated; first Saturnalia in Rome |
5275 | Society | War | 495BC | Volscian invasion; Rome's plebs refuse to fight without reforms and debt relief |
5537 | Society | Politics | 495BC | Conflict of the Orders develops; political struggle between the Plebeians (commoners) and Patricians (aristocrats) |
5626 | Society | Politics | 495BC | P. Servilius Priscus Structus passed edict for partial amelioration of debt slavery in order to levy an army |
5627 | Society | War | 495BC | Rome defended against Volscians by army-of-debtors; soldiers allowed to plunder to relieve their poverty |
5628 | Society | Politics | 495BC | Civil discord at Rome due to debt slavery and extreme poverty; plebs refuse military service |
5623 | Society | Politics | 494BC | Agitation of impoverished plebs; Titus Lartius unsuccessfully advocated measures to relieve the plebs from the burdens of debt |
5629 | Society | War | 494BC | Volscians, the Aequi, and the Sabines join forces against Rome; defense by debtor-army |
5540 | Society | Politics | 494BC Dec. | First Secession of the Plebs due to extreme debt and wealth/political inequality |
5276 | Society | Politics | 493BC | Foedus Cassianum, military alliance between the Latin cities with Rome |
5543 | Society | Politics | 493BC | Plebeian Council's authority recognized by Patricians (unwillingly) |
5197 | Society | War | 492BC | First Persian Invasion of Greece |
5633 | Society | Famine | 492BC | Famine due to war |
5625 | Society | Politics | 491BC | Gaius Marcius Coriolanus defects to the Volscii after enraging the patricians and plebeians |
2636 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 491BC Apr. 25 | Lunar eclipse, 31st year of Darius, Ptolemy |
2637 | Geology | Other | 490BC | Earthquake at Delos, said to be first by Herodotus |
5236 | Society | People | 490BC | Zeno of Elea |
5237 | Society | People | 490BC | Empedocles formulates 4 elements and 2 powers of the cosmos |
5240 | Society | People | 490BC | Protagoras, first relativist |
2638 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 490BC Sep. 12 | Battle of Marathon Divine Intervention |
5195 | Society | Massacre | 490BC Sep. 12 | Battle of Marathon |
5621 | Society | Politics | 486BC | Spurius Cassius Viscellinus authored agrarian law; accused of pandering to the masses and seeking kingship; executed |
5630 | Society | Expiation | 485BC | Supernatural portents expiated by punishment of Oppia, a Vestal virgin who was convicted of unchastity |
5211 | Society | People | 484BC | Herodotus |
5694 | Society | Laws and legal system | 484BC Jul. | Temple of Castor and Pollux dedicated |
5615 | Society | Expiation | 483BC | Following a series of portents the vestal virgin Oppia/Opimia was found guilty of a breach of chastity; buried alive |
5642 | Society | War | 483BC | The Fabian war with Veii |