Summary of History
Fun History Quiz
1. Creation
2. 753 B.C.--according to legend Rome founded by Romulus and Remus
3. 722 B.C.—10 northern tribes defeated and taken captive to Assyria (2 Kings 17)
4. 612 B.C.—Assyria defeated by Babylonian and Median armies (Jonah is book of God’s mercy to Nineveh [based on 2 Kings 14:25 written in 8th century B.C.]; Nahum [somewhere between 663 B.C. & 612 B.C.] book of God’s judgment of Nineveh
5. 586 B.C.—Judah defeated; Jerusalem destroyed and Jews taken captive to Babylon
6. 539 B.C.—Babylon fell to Persia [Daniel 5: Mene, Mene, Teel, Upharsin]
7. 509 B.C.—Roman republic founded [most say ended 31 B.C.] 490 B.C.—Athenian army defeats Persians at Battle of Marathon
8. 490 B.C.--Athenian army defeats Persians at Battle of Marathon
9. 480 B.C.--Hellespont Bridge finished and crossed by Persians; 300 Spartans die at Battle of Thermopylae; Greeks win Battle of Salamis Bay
10. 479 B.C.—Persians defeated by Greek army and leave Greece
11. 460-429 B.C.—Age of Pericles (Golden Age of Greece)
12. 431-404 B.C.—Peloponnesian War; won by Sparta
13. 336 B.C.—Alexander becomes king of Greece
14. 323 B.C.—Alexander the Great dies and kingdom divided into 4 parts
15. 264 B.C.-146 B.C.--3 Punic Wars [Rome versus Carthage which was founded by Phoenicians whose Latin name is Punic]
16. 55 B.C.—Conquest of Britain by Rome
17. March 15, 44 B.C.—assassination of Julius Caesar
18. 31 B.C.—Battle of Actium—Octavian’s navy defeated Antony & Cleopatra; considered by many to be the end of the Roman Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire
19. 31 B.C.-A.D. 180--Pax Romana
20. 4 B.C.--Birth of Jesus Christ
21. A.D. 70—destruction of Jerusalem by Rome
22. A.D. 313—Edict of Milan: Constantine made Christianity legal
23. A.D. 325—Constantine presides over Council of Nicea which declares that Christ is God (Arianism had said that Christ was not divine.)
24. A.D. 418—synod of Carthage; denounce views of Pelagius on human nature, original sin, perfectibility, and grace and affirmed the views of Augustine
25. A.D. 451—Council of Chalcedon—declared that Christ fully human and fully divine
26. A.D. 476—fall of Roman Empire in West; first non-Roman put on throne in west
27. A.D. 622—Muhammad flees from Mecca to Medina
28. 732 A.D.—Charles Martel stopped advance of Muslims into Europe at Battle of Tours in western France
29. A.D. 800—Charlemagne crowned emperor of Holy Roman Empire
30. about A.D. 1000--Leif Ericson and Vikings reach North America and called it Vineland (also went to Greenland & Iceland)--many expected the world to end at this time (Rev. 20)
31. about A.D. 1100-1270--Crusades
32. A.D. 1066--William the Conqueror became first Norman kingof England by defeating Harold at the Battle of Hastings
33. A.D.1215—King John signs Magna Carta
34. A.D. 1453—Ottomans seized Constantinople; collapse of Byzantine Empire
35. Second coming of Christ
1. Creation
2. 753 B.C.--according to legend Rome founded by Romulus and Remus
3. 722 B.C.—10 northern tribes defeated and taken captive to Assyria (2 Kings 17)
4. 612 B.C.—Assyria defeated by Babylonian and Median armies (Jonah is book of God’s mercy to Nineveh [based on 2 Kings 14:25 written in 8th century B.C.]; Nahum [somewhere between 663 B.C. & 612 B.C.] book of God’s judgment of Nineveh
5. 586 B.C.—Judah defeated; Jerusalem destroyed and Jews taken captive to Babylon
6. 539 B.C.—Babylon fell to Persia [Daniel 5: Mene, Mene, Teel, Upharsin]
7. 509 B.C.—Roman republic founded [most say ended 31 B.C.] 490 B.C.—Athenian army defeats Persians at Battle of Marathon
8. 490 B.C.--Athenian army defeats Persians at Battle of Marathon
9. 480 B.C.--Hellespont Bridge finished and crossed by Persians; 300 Spartans die at Battle of Thermopylae; Greeks win Battle of Salamis Bay
10. 479 B.C.—Persians defeated by Greek army and leave Greece
11. 460-429 B.C.—Age of Pericles (Golden Age of Greece)
12. 431-404 B.C.—Peloponnesian War; won by Sparta
13. 336 B.C.—Alexander becomes king of Greece
14. 323 B.C.—Alexander the Great dies and kingdom divided into 4 parts
15. 264 B.C.-146 B.C.--3 Punic Wars [Rome versus Carthage which was founded by Phoenicians whose Latin name is Punic]
16. 55 B.C.—Conquest of Britain by Rome
17. March 15, 44 B.C.—assassination of Julius Caesar
18. 31 B.C.—Battle of Actium—Octavian’s navy defeated Antony & Cleopatra; considered by many to be the end of the Roman Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire
19. 31 B.C.-A.D. 180--Pax Romana
20. 4 B.C.--Birth of Jesus Christ
21. A.D. 70—destruction of Jerusalem by Rome
22. A.D. 313—Edict of Milan: Constantine made Christianity legal
23. A.D. 325—Constantine presides over Council of Nicea which declares that Christ is God (Arianism had said that Christ was not divine.)
24. A.D. 418—synod of Carthage; denounce views of Pelagius on human nature, original sin, perfectibility, and grace and affirmed the views of Augustine
25. A.D. 451—Council of Chalcedon—declared that Christ fully human and fully divine
26. A.D. 476—fall of Roman Empire in West; first non-Roman put on throne in west
27. A.D. 622—Muhammad flees from Mecca to Medina
28. 732 A.D.—Charles Martel stopped advance of Muslims into Europe at Battle of Tours in western France
29. A.D. 800—Charlemagne crowned emperor of Holy Roman Empire
30. about A.D. 1000--Leif Ericson and Vikings reach North America and called it Vineland (also went to Greenland & Iceland)--many expected the world to end at this time (Rev. 20)
31. about A.D. 1100-1270--Crusades
32. A.D. 1066--William the Conqueror became first Norman kingof England by defeating Harold at the Battle of Hastings
33. A.D.1215—King John signs Magna Carta
34. A.D. 1453—Ottomans seized Constantinople; collapse of Byzantine Empire
35. Second coming of Christ
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