• 10,900 BC
    - Start of the darkness before the chaos.
    - Three ball plasmoids light up in the south.
    - Start of the "first creation" of the Olmecs.
  • 8,347 BC
    - End of the "first creation" of the Olmecs.
  • 4077 BC
    - Saturn lights up; "time" starts, creation (from King List).
    - First descent of Mars.
    - 8 Kings reign 1072 years by the King List.
    - Birth of Adam (Saturn), 930 years before 3147 BC.
  • 3147 BC
    - Actual starting date of Maya calendar.
  • 3114 BC
    - Popularly starting date of the Maya calendar.
  • ca 3067 BC
    - Most likely first regular appearance of Mars/Horus.
  • ca 2860 BC
    - Jupiter enters the asteroid belt, assumes the "shen" shape.
    - End of the first Egyptian dynasty.
    - Construction of the Sphinx at Giza.
    - First possible use of shen for Olmec day names.
  • ca 2750 - 2700 BC
    - Most likely the end of visits by Mars/Horus (2770 BC).
    - Egyptian Old Kingdom third dynasty - to 2200 BC.
    - Gilgamesh, dated King of Uruk, in contact with Aga.
  • ca 2686 BC
    - Step-pyramid of Zoser completed.
  • ca 2438 BC
    - Jupiter loses its mountain-shaped coma (estimated).
  • 2349 BC - September 8
    - Disturbance by Venus, September 8 (Olmecs)
    - Noachian flood (fall of the Absu).
    - Old Kingdom reduces agriculture and construction.
    - Dating of flood legend in China.
    - Stonehenge reconstruction stops.
    - Year to 260 days.
    - Jupiter again develops a mountain-shaped coma.
    - Tzolkin 260 day calendar introduced.
  • 2193 BC (156 years after the fall of the Absu)
    - A third disturbance by Venus.
    - Severe climatic downturn.
    - 200 years of drought worldwide.
    - Fall of Akkad, end of Old Kingdom.
    - Malta depopulated.
    - Year goes to 273 days.
    - Fire on the Moon.
  • 2150 BC
    - Yao (Jupiter) dies, listed as 2257 BC.
    - Chilam Balam: "fire on high" (sb 2167 - 2147 BC).
    - 2155 BC -- Annals of Shu: Celestial Phenomena.
    - ca 2150 -- Cylinder of Gudea: splendor of Ningirsu.
    - 2150 BC -- extent of Abraham's lifetime, 175 years.
    - likely date for Ussher's "Tower of Babel."
  • 1936 BC
    - Estimated return of Mars, 1130 years after 3067.
    - Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
  • 1492 BC - April 19
    - Disturbances of Earth by Venus, April 19 (Olmec).
    - Exodus of Moses.
    - Abrupt end of the Middle Kingdom.
    - Chinese Xia dynasty suddenly ends.
    - Twenty years of dense cloud cover.
    - Year to 360 days.
    - Start of the Haab calendar,
  • 806 BC
    - First appearance of Mars near Earth (9 times to 687 BC).
  • 776 BC
    - A visit by Venus, Mars, and Mercury (the ballgame).
    - Visit of One-Hunahpu and Seven-Hunahpu to the underworld.
  • 747 BC - February 27
    - Mars jars Earth, changes the Earth orbit, February 26;
    - Nabonassar introduces a new chronology, effective February 27.
    - Olmecs set Long Count to 6.0.0.0.0, February 28.
    - Calendar reforms follow worldwide (Rome February 28).
    - Founding of Rome (there are other dates).
    - Four more close calls by Mars over next 60 years (Olmec).
    - (before 747 BC) Rome adds two months to the calendar.
    - Haab modified with 5 additional days.
  • 686 BC - March 23
    - March 23: Mercury jars Earth. Mercury on fire.
    - Sennacherib's army disaster.
  • 685 BC - June 15, July 25
    - Temple of Marduk rebuilt at Babylon.
    - Venus and Mercury start to blaze, June 15.
    - Jupiter develops a coma, July 9.
    - Jupiter releases a plasmoid bolt, July 14.
    - Jupiter's plasmoids lands at the Sun, July 25.
  • 612 BC
    - Library of Assurbanipal at Nineveh burns down.
  • 239 BC
    - Canopus Decree attempts calendar reform.
  • 213 BC
    - Book burning in China.
  • ca AD 900
    - Last of the red ring disappeared.
  • ca AD 1800
    - Last of the falling Absu sprinkles.
  • ca AD 1840
    - Last of the path of the ecliptic faded.