Appendix A
Chronology
436 events under 206 dates, as printed. A ± after a date means that it is approximate, and a reference opens the text there.
987,000,000,000 years ago
- Andronover space conditions reported favorable (57:1.3)
900,000,000,000 years ago
- Master Force Organizer dispatched to Andronover (57:1.4)
875,000,000,000 years ago
- Andronover initiated (57:1.6)
800,000,000,000 years ago
- Andronover well established (57:2.2)
700,000,000,000 years ago
- Andronover began to condense (57:2.3)
600,000,000,000 years ago
- Andronover acquired maximum mass (57:2.4)
500,000,000,000 years ago
- first Andronover sun broke away (57:3.6)
400,000,000,000 years ago
300,000,000,000 years ago
- Michael arrived on Salvington (57:3.8-9)
200,000,000,000 years ago
- oldest inhabited planets in Nebadon date from (57:3.10)
100,000,000,000 years ago
- apex of Andronover condensation reached (57:3.12)
75,000,000,000 years ago
- Andronover at height of sun-family stage (57:4.2)
50,000,000,000 years ago
- Andronover tertiary stage (57:4.3)
25,000,000,000 years ago
- Andronover tertiary stage completed (57:4.4)
10,000,000,000 years ago
- Andronover reached maximum nuclear-mass temperature (57:4.5)
8,000,000,000 years ago
- Andronover terminal eruption began (57:4.6)
7,000,000,000 years ago
- height of Andronover breakup (57:4.7)
6,000,000,000 years ago
- end of Andronover’s terminal breakup (57:4.8)
5,000,000,000 years ago
4,500,000,000 years ago
- Monmatia created (57:5.4)
4,000,000,000 years ago
- Saturn and Jupiter organized (57:6.6)
3,500,000,000 years ago
- Monmatia’s planets assembling (57:6.7)
3,000,000,000 years ago
- Monmatia registered (57:6.8-9)
2,500,000,000 years ago
- Urantia 1/10 present size (57:6.10)
2,000,000,000 years ago
- Urantia 1/5 current size, gaining on moon; meteoric era (57:7.2)
1,500,000,000 years ago
- Urantia 2/3 current size; volcanic action (57:7.4)
1,000,000,000 years ago
- Urantia registered and named (57:8.1)
950,000,000 years ago
- one continent, one ocean on Urantia (57:8.5)
900,000,000 years ago
- first Satania scouting party arrived (57:8.7)
850,000,000 years ago
- earth’s crust began to stabilize (57:8.16)
800,000,000 years ago
- first land epoch began (57:8.19)
750,000,000 years ago
- continental drift began (57:8.23)
700,000,000 years ago
- shallow bays formed (57:8.24)
650,000,000 years ago
- oceans attaining requisite saltiness (57:8.25)
600,000,000 years ago
- Life Carriers arrived (58:1.1)
550,000,000 years ago
- Life Carriers implanted life (58:4.2)
500,000,000 years ago
- primitive marine life well established (58:4.3)
450,000,000 years ago
- transition from vegetable to animal life (58:6.1)
400,000,000 years ago
- vegetation crawled upon land (59:1.2-3)
390,000,000 years ago
- land elevated (59:1.6)
380,000,000 years ago
- Atlantic Ocean appeared (59:1.8)
370,000,000 years ago
- Americas submerged (59:1.15)
360,000,000 years ago
- land elevated (59:1.17)
350,000,000 years ago
- beginning of great flood period (59:2.2)
340,000,000 years ago
- great limestone age (59:2.3)
330,000,000 years ago
- eastern Kentucky volcano erupted (59:2.5)
320,000,000 years ago
- major floods (59:2.6)
310,000,000 years ago
- land elevated (59:2.7)
300,000,000 years ago
- land submergence (59:3.1)
290,000,000 years ago
- land emergence (59:3.3)
280,000,000 years ago
- land emergence (59:3.9)
270,000,000 years ago
- land emergence (59:4.4)
260,000,000 years ago
- land depression (59:4.6)
250,000,000 years ago
- appearance of fishes (59:4.9)
240,000,000 years ago
- land submergence (59:4.15)
230,000,000 years ago
- land emergence, volcanic activity (59:4.16)
220,000,000 years ago
- age of ferns (59:5.2-3)
210,000,000 years ago
- land animals appeared; age of frogs (59:5.4-10)
200,000,000 years ago
- beginning of active Carboniferous age (59:5.13)
190,000,000 years ago
- sea covered Rocky Mountains (59:5.19)
180,000,000 years ago
- end of Carboniferous period (59:5.20)
170,000,000 years ago
- appearance of glaciers, seed plants (59:6.6-7)
160,000,000 years ago
- atmosphere ideal for animal respiration (59:6.10)
150,000,000 years ago
- early land life began (60:1.5)
140,000,000 years ago
- reptiles appeared (60:1.9)
130,000,000 years ago
- Triassic era (60:1.13)
120,000,000 years ago
- evolution and decline of dinosaurs (60:2.1)
110,000,000 years ago
- marine life further evolved (60:2.9)
100,000,000 years ago
- modern mountain-building stage (60:3.4)
95,000,000 years ago
- land submergence (60:3.5)
90,000,000 years ago
- emergence of angiosperms (60:3.7)
85,000,000 years ago
- Bering Strait closed (60:3.8)
80,000,000 years ago
- Pacific shore-line upcrumpled (60:3.11)
75,000,000 years ago
- end of continental drift (60:3.12)
70,000,000 years ago
- crustal deformation and volcanic activity (60:3.14)
65,000,000 years ago
- great lava flows (60:3.16)
60,000,000 years ago
- more agile dinosaurs predominated (60:3.20)
55,000,000 years ago
- sudden appearance of true birds (60:3.22)
50,000,000 years ago
- land areas above water (61:1.1)
45,000,000 years ago
- mammalian life evolved rapidly (61:1.9)
40,000,000 years ago
- Eocene period (61:1.14)
35,000,000 years ago
- beginning of placental mammal domination (61:2.3)
30,000,000 years ago
- modern mammals appeared (61:2.8)
25,000,000 years ago
- slight land submergence (61:3.3)
20,000,000 years ago
- golden age of mammals (61:3.4)
15,000,000 years ago
- mountains of Eurasia rising (61:3.7)
10,000,000 years ago
- Pliocene age (61:4.7)
5,000,000 years ago
- Pliocene migrations (61:4.5)
2,000,000 years ago
- advance of 1st North American glacier (61:5.5)
1,500,000 years ago
- retreat of 1st glacier (61:5.6)
1,000,000 years ago
- Urantia registered as inhabited world (61:6.2)
993,419 years ago
- birth of Andon and Fonta (62:5.1)
993,408 years ago
- Urantia recognized as inhabited world (62:7.7)
983,323 years ago
- Onagar born (63:6.8)
950,000 years ago
- extensive Andonic migrations (64:1.6)
900,000 years ago
- Andonic civilization at low ebb (64:2.1)
850,000 years ago
- Badonans exterminated inferiors (64:3.5)
800,000 years ago
- Neanderthalers dominant (64:4.2)
750,000 years ago
700,000 years ago
- 4th glacier in recession (64:4.6)
650,000 years ago
- Alps almost denuded of snow (64:4.8)
600,000 years ago
- 4th glacier at farthest point of retreat (64:4.9)
550,000 years ago
- advance of 5th glacier (64:4.10)
500,000 years ago
350,000 years ago
- Fantad led green race (64:6.17)
300,000 years ago
250,000 years ago
- advance of 6th and last glacier (61:7.6)
200,000 years ago
199,500 years ago
- Orlandof taught blue race (64:6.23)
150,000 years ago
- 6th glacier reached farthest point (61:7.9)
100,000 years ago
- retreat of 6th and last glacier (61:7.11)
- orange race ceased to exist (64:6.13)
- Singlangton led yellow race (64:6.15-16)
100,000 to 85,000 years ago
65,000 years ago
- Onamonalonton led red man (64:6.7)
40,000 years ago
35,915 B.C.
35,798 B.C.
- default of Adam and Eve (74:8.14)
35,000 B.C.
- Adamson founded center of civilization (77:4.13)
33,000 B.C.
30,000 to 10,000 B.C.
- racial mixtures taking place (78:3.4)
25,000 to 5000 B.C.
- Chinese had highest mass civilization (79:6.8)
20,000 B.C.
- western India tinged with Adamic blood (79:2.3)
19,000 B.C.
- Adamites were nation of 4.5 million (78:2.5)
18,000 B.C.
- strong centers of Chinese culture existed (79:6.5)
16,000 B.C.
- 100 Sethite priests entered India (79:3.4)
15,000 B.C.
- Adamites amalgamated with Nodites and Sangiks (78:0.2)
- Adamites in Europe; red and indigo races isolated; green and orange races exterminated (78:3.5-9)
- Amosad regenerated Sethite priesthood (78:5.1)
- first extensive Andite movement toward India (79:2.4)
- Chinese were aggressive militarists numbering 12 million (79:6.9)
- civilization in world-wide stalemate (81:1.2)
13,000 B.C.
12,000 B.C.
10,000 B.C.
- Andites racially submerged in India (79:2.6)
- Chinese began to build cities and manufacture (79:7.5)
- Adamsonites settle Greece (80:7.3-4)
- independent cities arose (81:3.3)
9000 B.C.
- bronze culture in Turkestan (81:3.4)
8000 B.C.
8000 to 6000 B.C.
7000 B.C.
- Dravidian commerce active by land and sea (79:3.7)
7000 to 6000 B.C.
- Andite invasions of Europe (80:4.5)
6500 B.C.
- Andite spiritual decline (80:7.8)
6000 B.C.
5000 B.C.
- Egyptians improved calendar (77:2.12)
- floods throughout Euphrates valley (78:7.2)
- white races dominant throughout northern Europe (80:5.8)
- flood period in Mesopotamia (80:6.2)
- Andites concentrated in Sumeria, northern Europe, and Greece (80:7.9)
- Andites settled Cyprus (80:7.10)
- animals domesticated (81:2.10-12)
- horse in general use (81:3.6)
4000 to 500 B.C.
- political reunification of yellow race (79:8.5)
3000 B.C.
- intermarriage of Eskimos and Indian tribe (64:7.19)
- aridity drove Andonites back into Turkestan (80:9.6)
- New Stone Age and Bronze Age (80:9.12-13)
2500 B.C.
2500 to 2000 B.C.
- nomads on rampage (78:8.11)
2000 B.C.
1980 B.C.
- Melchizedek incarnated (93:2.1)
1886 B.C.
- Melchizedek terminated incarnation (93:8.1)
1500 B.C.
- Salem missionaries arrived in China (94:5.1)
1000 to 900 B.C.
- Hebrew nation divided into 2 kingdoms (97:2.1)
900 B.C.
- Hebrews began writing (74:8.9)
700 B.C.
- Sargon carried 25,000 Jews into captivity (143:4.1)
700 to 600 B.C.
- century of great religious awakening (92:5.12)
600 B.C.
- great awakening in China (79:8.15)
600 to 500 B.C.
- presentation of manifold religious truth (94:6.1-2)
- Gautama Siddhartha born in Nepal (94:7.1)
- Zoroaster appeared in Iran (95:6.1)
75 B.C.
- forcible conversion of Galilee to Judaism (139:0.2)
29 B.C.±
8 B.C.
7 B.C.
6 B.C.
February
- Mary visits Elizabeth (122:2.4)
October
- Herod massacres boy babies (122:10.4)
4 B.C.
- Herod the Idumean dies; Herod Antipas begins rule of Galilee and Perea (121:2.11)
August
- Joseph and Mary return to Palestine (123:0.4)
October
- Joseph and Mary depart Bethlehem for Nazareth (123:0.6)
3 B.C.
2 B.C.
1 B.C.
June
- John the Baptist and parents visit Jesus (135:0.3)
1 A.D.
2 A.D.
- Jesus begins harp lessons (123:6.5)
January
- Jesus at uncle’s farm (123:6.2)
February
- Jesus declines opportunity for Jerusalem schooling (123:6.8-9)
April 14
- Simon brother of Jesus born (123:6.7)
May
- Jesus’ first fishing trip (123:6.2)
3 A.D.
- Jesus draws picture of chazan on floor (124:1.4-5)
September 13
- Martha sister of Jesus born (124:1.7)
5 A.D.
June 24
- Jude brother of Jesus born (124:3.4)
7 A.D.
8 A.D.
September 25
- Joseph father of Jesus killed in Sepphoris (126:2.1)
9 A.D.
- Jesus’ financial struggle (126:5sec)
- Herod refuses to pay money due Joseph (126:5.7)
- caravan repair shop taken over by Jesus’ uncle (126:5.8)
- Jesus rents land as garden plot (126:5.10)
April 17
- Ruth sister of Jesus born (126:3.2)
August 21
- Jesus gives Greek copy of Scriptures to synagogue (126:5.6)
11 A.D.
- Jesus declines to join Zealots (127:2sec)
October
- coins struck in Tiberius’s honor (136:2.8)
12 A.D.
- caravan shop repurchased (127:3.1)
- except for home, all Joseph’s property gone (127:3.1)
April
- Jesus takes James to Passover (127:3.1-6)
- Simon father of Lazarus dies by (127:3.4)
July
- Zacharias dies by (135:2.1)
September
- John the Baptist and Elizabeth visit Jesus and Mary (135:2.2)
December 3
- Jesus’ brother Amos dies (127:3.13)
13 A.D.
- Rebecca falls in love with Jesus (127:5sec)
- Annas deposed as high priest (129:1.5)
14 A.D.
- Jesus attends Passover with Lazarus (127:6.3-7)
- Lazarus’s mother deceased by (127:6.5)
- John and Elizabeth moved to Hebron (135:2.3)
- Augustus dies (136:2.8)
15 A.D.
- Jesus attends Passover with brother Joseph (128:1.14)
16 A.D.
- Jesus installs James as head of house; works as smith in Sepphoris (128:2.3-4)
17 A.D.
- Jesus takes Simon to Passover; meets Stephen (128:3sec)
- Jesus meets merchant of Damascus in Philadelphia (128:3.3)
September
- Jesus in Damascus for 4 months (128:4.1)
18 A.D.
- Jesus comparatively free from family responsibilities (128:5.1)
- Jesus declines offer of assistant chazanship at Alexandria (128:5.2-5)
19 A.D.
- Jesus takes Jude to Passover; Jude jailed (128:6.3-8)
20 A.D.
- Jude runs away to become fisherman (128:7.8)
November
- double wedding of James and Miriam (128:7.10)
- Jesus gives caravan repair shop to James; abdicates as head of family (128:7.13)
21 A.D.
January
- Jesus leaves home; works for Zebedee in Capernaum (129:1.1-2)
October
- wedding of Martha sister of Jesus (129:1.6)
22 A.D.
23 A.D.
24 A.D.
25 A.D.
- Jesus’ year of solitary wandering (134:7sec)
March
April 1
- Jesus returns to Capernaum (134:2.5)
April 15±
- Jesus leaves Nazareth for Tyre (134:7.1)
May
- priests inquire if John the Baptist is Messiah (135:6.6)
August-September
- Jesus’ sojourn on Mount Hermon (134:8.1,4)
December
- John the Baptist reached Pella (135:8.1)
26 A.D.
- Pontius Pilate becomes governor of Judea (136:2.8)
January 11±
- Jesus lays down his tools (134:9.8)
January 14
- Jesus baptized by John (135:8.6)
February 23
- Jesus rejoins John at Pella after 40 days in hills (135:9.7) (137:0.1)
- Jesus chooses Andrew, Peter, James, and John (137:1sec)
February 24
- Jesus chooses Philip and Nathaniel (137:2sec)
- Jesus leaves John the Baptist at Pella (137:2.1)
February 27
- wedding at Cana (137:3.1)
March 2
- Jesus in Capernaum synagogue (137:6.1)
March 3
- John the Baptist journeys south (135:10.1)
March-June
- 4 months of training (137:7.1)
June 12
- Herod places John under arrest (135:10.3) (137:8.1)
June 18
- Jesus’ last work at carpenter bench (137:8.3)
June 22
- sermon on the kingdom (137:8.1)
June 23
- Jesus imparts final instructions to 6 apostles (138:1.1)
July
- call of Matthew, Simon, Alpheus twins, Thomas, and Judas (138:3-5secs)
August
- apostles begin work (138:8.1)
27 A.D.
- Jesus takes over work of John (141:1.5)
January 12
- ordination of apostles (138:10.11) (140:0.1)
January 19
- apostles begin public work (141:0.1)
January 21-February 7±
- Jesus and apostles at Pella (141:1.2)
February 7-26
February 26
- apostles journey to Bethany beyond Jordan (141:7.1)
March 31
- apostles leave for Jerusalem (141:9.1)
April
May
- apostles in Bethlehem and Hebron (142:8.1)
June 1
- apostles in Jerusalem (142:8.4)
June 25±
- Simon, Sanhedrin member, converted (142:8.5)
June 28
- apostles leave Jerusalem for Samaria (143:0.1)
August 1-15±
- apostles at Archelais and Phasaelis (143:1.1)
August 15-31±
September
- apostles alone on Mount Gilboa (144:0.1)
October
- conference with John’s apostles (144:6.1)
November 2
- Gilboa camp broken up (144:6.13)
December 20±
- apostles at Pella (144:8.1)
28 A.D.
January 10
- John the Baptist executed (144:9.1)
January 16
January 17
- healing at sundown (145:3.1)
January 18
March 17
March 29
- healing of centurion’s servant (147:1sec)
April 2
- apostles arrive at Jerusalem (147:2.1)
May 3-October 3
October 1
- paralytic healed at Bethsaida (148:9.2)
October 3
- 2nd preaching tour of Galilee begins (149:0.1)
December 30
29 A.D.
January 16
- conference with apostles of John (150:0.1)
January 18-March 4
March 5
March 10
March 15±
- Kheresa lunatic healed (151:6sec)
March 16±
- Veronica and Jairus’s daughter healed (152:0-1secs)
March 30
- feeding the 5000; Peter’s vision (152:2-4secs)
April 6
- apostles arrive at Bethany (152:7.1)
April 24
- apostles leave Jerusalem (152:7.3)
April 30
May 8
- Sanhedrin closes synagogues to Jesus; Hebron synagogue burned (154:2.1)
May 16
- 2nd Tiberias conference (154:3.1)
May 21
- Herod permitted Sanhedrin to seize Jesus (154:3sec)
May 22
- Jesus’ flight from Capernaum (154:5-7secs)
May 24
- Peter and disciples in Chorazin; Jesus at Caesarea-Philippi (155:2.1)
June 9
- discourses on true religion (155:5-6secs)
June 10-July 24
June 11
- Norana’s daughter healed (156:1.1)
July 24
- apostles leave Tyre (156:6.1)
August 7
August 9
- Peter’s confession (157:3.1)
August 15
- transfiguration (158:1.1)
August 16
- healing of James of Safed’s son (158:4-5secs)
August 18
- Decapolis tour begins (159:0.2)
September 16
- end of Decapolis tour; return to Magadan Park (159:6.2)
September 18-28±
September 26
- apostles depart for Jerusalem (161:0.1)
October 10±
- woman taken in adultery (162:3sec)
October 30±
- apostles leave Jerusalem (162:0.4)
November 2-19
November 19
- ordination of the 70 evangelists (163:1.1)
December 6
- camp moved to Pella (163:5.1-2)
December
- Josiah healed (164:3.8)
December 30
30 A.D.
January 3
- Abner sends out evangelists (165:0.1)
January 28
- sermon on trust and spiritual preparedness (165:3.1)
February 11-20
- tour of northern Perea (166:0.1)
February 18
- visit with Nathaniel the Pharisee (166:1sec)
February 19
- healing the 10 lepers (166:2sec)
February 22
- Jesus arrives at Philadelphia (167:0.3)
February 26
March 2
- resurrection of Lazarus (168:2sec)
March 6
- arrival at Pella (169:0.1)
March 11
- sermon on kingdom at Pella (170:0.1)
March 13
- departure from Pella (171:1.1)
March 15
- visitors’ camp at Pella closed (171:1.4)
March 29 (Wednesday)
- camp at Livias (171:4.1)
March 30 (Thursday)
- healing of Bartimeus in Jericho (171:5sec)
March 31 (Friday)
- arrival in Bethany (172:0.1)
April 2 (Palm Sunday)
- Jesus enters Jerusalem on donkey (172:2-3secs)
April 3 (Monday)
- cleansing the temple (173:1.1)
April 4 (Tuesday)
April 5 (Wednesday)
- rest day (Paper 177)
April 6 (Thursday)
- last day at Gethsemane (Paper 178)
- Last Supper (Paper 179)
April 7 (Friday)
- crucifixion of Jesus (Paper 187)
April 8 (Saturday)
- time of the tomb (188:0-3secs)
April 9 (Sunday)
- resurrection of Jesus (Paper 189)
- 1st appearance, at tomb (189:4.10)
- 2nd appearance, at tomb (189:5.4)
- 3rd appearance, at Bethany (190:2.3-4)
- 4th appearance, in Bethany (190:2.6)
- 5th appearance, in Jerusalem (190:3.1)
- 6th appearance, to Greeks (190:4.1)
- 7th appearance, on road to Emmaus (190:5sec)
- 8th appearance, to Peter (191:1.2-3)
- 9th appearance, to apostles (191:2.1)
April 10 (Monday)
- Jesus with morontia creatures (191:3sec)
April 11 (Tuesday)
- 10th appearance, at Philadelphia (191:4sec)
April 12 (Wednesday)
- Jesus with morontia creatures (191:4.7)
April 15 (Saturday)
- 11th appearance, to apostles (191:5sec)
April 18 (Tuesday)
- 12th appearance, in Alexandria (191:6sec)
April 21 (Friday)
- 13th appearance, to apostles in Bethsaida (192:1sec)
April 22 (Saturday)
- 14th appearance, to apostles near Capernaum (192:3sec)
April 29 (Saturday)
- 15th appearance, in Bethsaida (192:4.3)
May 3 (Wednesday)
- Elijah Mark dies (192:4.5)
May 5 (Friday)
- 16th appearance, in Jerusalem (193:0.1)
May 13 (Saturday)
- 17th appearance, at Sychar (193:1sec)
May 16 (Tuesday)
- 18th appearance, at Tyre (193:2sec)
May 18 (Thursday)
- 19th appearance and ascension (193:5sec)
- Pentecost–bestowal of Spirit of Truth (Paper 194)
June
- David Zebedee marries Ruth (190:1.10)
31 A.D.
- Mary mother of Jesus dies (187:2.7)
39 A.D.
- Herod Antipas rules Galilee and Perea until (121:2.11)
40 A.D.
- Matthew’s record of Jesus’ sayings edited (121:8.6)
67 A.D.
- Simon Peter dies (121:8.3)
68 A.D.
- Gospel of Mark completed (121:8.3)
70 A.D.
- armies of Titus invest Jerusalem (121:8.7)
71 A.D.
- Isador writes Gospel according to Matthew (121:8.7)
74 A.D.
November 21
- Abner dies (166:5.7)
78 A.D.
- Cedes makes record of Jesus’ life (121:8.9)
80 A.D.
- Christian church rapidly expanding and crystallizing (170:2.25)
82 A.D.
90 A.D.
- Luke dies (121:8.8)
101 A.D.
- Nathan begins writing Gospel of John (121:8.10)
103 A.D.
- John Zebedee dies at Ephesus (139:4.15)
200 to 300 A.D.
- Mithraic and Christian churches very similar (98:6.3)
416 A.D.
- Matthew’s original record destroyed in fire at Syrian monastery (121:8.6)
500 to 600 A.D.
- Mohammed founds Islam (92:5.14)
1000 A.D.
- white man lands in America (64:7.19)
1034 A.D.±
- Crab nebula originated (41:8.4)
1200 A.D.
- Genghis Khan conquers much of Asia (79:1.9)