Ussher Chronology - Ussher's History of The Earth

Ussher's History of The Earth

Ussher's chronology provides the following dates for key events in the Biblical history of the world:

  • 4004 BC - Creation
  • 2349-2348 BC - Noah's Flood
  • 1921 BC - God's call to Abraham
  • 1491 BC - The Exodus from Egypt
  • 1012 BC - Founding of the Temple in Jerusalem
  • 588 BC - Destruction of Jerusalem by Babylon and the beginning of the Babylonian Captivity
  • 4 BC - Birth of Jesus

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