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ASTRONOMY. The beginning of king David’s reign - The foundation of Solomon’s temple The Argonautic expedition - Lycurgus forms his excellent laws - Arbaces, the firft king of the Medes Mandaucus, the fecond - - Sofarmus, the third The beginning of the Olympiads Artica, the fourth king of the Medes The Catonian epocha of the building of Rome The sera of Nabonaflar . . . The deftruftion of Samaria by Salmanefer The firll: eclipfe of the moon on record Cardicea, the fifth king of the Medes Phraortes, the fixth .... Gyaxares, the feventh The firft Babylonilh captivity by Nebuchadnezzar The long war ended between the Medes and Lydians The fecond Babylonilh captivity, and birth of Cyrus The deftruftion of Solomon’s temple Nebuchadnezzar ftruck with madnefs Daniel’s vifion of the four monarchies Cyrus begins to reign in the Perfian empire The battle of Marathon - - - _ Artaxerxes Longimanus begins to reign The beginning of Daniel’s ieventy weeks of years The beginning of the Pelopennefian war Alexander’s vidtory at Arbela ... The death of Alexander . . . . The captivity of 100000 Jews by king Ptolemy The Coloflus of Rhodes thrown down by an earthquake Antiochus defeated by Ptolemy Philopater The famous Archimedes murdered at Syracufe Jafon butchers the inhabitants of Jerufalem Corinth plundered and burnt by conful Mummius Julius Csefar invades Britain ... He corretfts the kalendar - - Is killed in the Senate-houfe - - Herod made king of Judea .... Anthony defeated at the Battle of Adtium Agrippa builds the Pantheon at Rome The true asra of Chrift’s birth ... The death of Herod ... 53. The Dionyfian, or vulgar sera of Chrift’s birth .... 54. The true year of his crucifixion 55. The deftrudtion of Jerufalem - 5-6. Adrian builds the long wall in Britain .... 5 7. Conftantius defeats the Pidts in Britain 58. The council of Nice - - - 59. The death of Conftantine the great ... . . 60. The, Saxons invited into Britain 61. The Arabian Hegira .... 62. The death of Mohammed the pretended prophet ... 63. The Perfian Yefdegird 64. The fun, moon, and all the planets in Libra, Sep. 14. as feen from the earth 65. The art of printing difcovered .... . 46, The reformation begun by Martin Luther -

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