Dates Related to the Book of Daniel and the End Times

750 BC*	Isaiah prophesied that Cyrus would release Israel to return to Jerusalem (Isaiah 44:28)
721 BC	Assyria exiles Israel under Sennacherib
626–539 BC	Babylonian Empire
606 BC	The first deportation of Jewish captives to Babylon, Daniel taken to Babylon
606–536 BC	70 years in which the Jewish captives were in Babylon
600 BC*	Jeremiah prophesied that the captivity in Babylon would last for 70 years (Jer. 29:10-14)
603 BC	Daniel chapter 2 vision (Nebuchadnezzar)
597 BC	The second deportation of Jewish captives to Babylon, including Ezekiel
586 BC	Jerusalem and the temple destroyed (by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon)
586 BC	The third deportation of Jewish captives to Babylon
553–539 BC	Belshazzar’s reign
553 BC	Daniel received his 1st vision – Daniel 7
551 BC	Daniel received his 2nd vision – Daniel 8
539–331 BC	Persian Empire
539 BC	King Cyrus of Persia conquered Babylon
538 BC	First year of Darius the Mede
538 BC	King Cyrus’ decree issued, allowing the exiles to return to Israel
538 BC	Daniel received his 3rd vision (while reading Jeremiah 29) – Daniel 9 (70-weeks prophecy)
536 BC	Daniel received his 4th vision – Daniel 10-12
536 BC	The Jewish exiles arrived in Jerusalem (to build the temple with Zerubbabel
520 BC	The Jerusalem temple was restarted (after a 16-year delay) – Haggai and Zechariah
516 BC	The Jerusalem temple construction was completed
458 BC	King Artaxerxes’ decree to Ezra starts the 70 weeks (Ezra 4:12, 21; 7:12-26).
445 BC	Artaxerxes’ decree to Nehemiah
409 BC	Ezra and Nehemiah finish initial rebuilding Jerusalem
407 BC	New governor of Judah takes over from Nehemiah (from “The Elephantine Papyri”)
331–146 BC	Greek Empire
323 BC	Death of Alexander the Great, 32 years old
175–164 BC	Reign of Antiochus Epiphanes (desecrated the temple, foreshadows the Antichrist)
167–160 BC	Maccabean Revolt
146 BC–1453 AD	Roman Empire – east and west
146 BC–476 AD	Roman Empire – western division
330–1453 AD	Roman Empire – eastern division
26/27 AD	Start of Jesus’ ministry
29/30 AD	Crucifixion of Jesus
66–73 AD	Jewish-Roman war
70 AD	Destruction of Second Temple and Jerusalem by Rome (Titus)

(*dates are approximate, since the precise date is unknown)