B.C.2750  	 Founding of Tyre, according to Herodotus.
B.C.2000 (circa) 	Taaut or Thoth the first Hermes invented the alphabet.
B.C.1700 (circa) 	Cadmus introduced the alphabet to the Greeks.
B.C.1590 	The Phoenician Canaanites are spoken of as battling against the Egyptians.
B.C.1500 (circa) 	The Phoenicians settle Cyprus.
B.C.1300 	They make commercial treaties with Egypt.
B.C.1260 (circa) 	Sanchuniathon Phoenician priest and writer became known in the ancient world.
B.C.1250 (circa) 	Posidonius the Stoic name Mochus of Sidon, as the originator of the atomic theory.
B.C.1252 	War of Sidon against the Philistines, and possible devastation of Sidon.
B.C.1200 	Tyre becomes the chief Phoenician city at the time when the Trojan wars begin.
B.C.1100 	Cadiz and other colonies planted on the Atlantic shores.
B.C.1020 	Abibal, the earliest known king of Tyre.
B.C.980 	Hiram succeeded Abibal, formed alliance with kings David and Solomon, built up Tyre, and sent out rich trading expeditions.
B.C.990 (circa) 	Zadok the Priest, pagan Phoenician priest and king of Jerusalem anointed Solomon king.
B.C.970 (circa) 	Hiram, king of Tyre, builds the Temple of Solomon
B.C.887 	Eth-baal, the priest king, seizes the throne
B.C.876 	Phoenician cities pay tribute to Assyria.
B.C.860 (circa) 	Jezebel, princess of Tyre, married Ahab, king of Israel.
B.C.854 	Phoenicians defeated by the Assyrians.
B.C.813 	Carthage founded.
B.C.727 	Luliya of Tyre asserts his independence and Phoenicia is ravaged by the Assyrians.
B.C.725 	Tyre wins against the Assyrians the first naval battle of history, and withstands a five years' siege.
B.C.701 	Luli, king of Sidon, abandoned his city to Sennacherib of Assyria and escaped to Cyprus where he perished
B.C.695 	Spain becomes an independent Phoenician kingdom.
B.C.678 	Sidon besieged for three years and captured by the Assyrians.
B.C.636 	Phoenician cities escape from the weakened Assyrian empire.
B.C.600 	Phoenician Thales of Miletus became known as the first known philosopher, scientist and mathematician.
B.C.587 	Nebuchadnezzar begins his great thirteen year siege of Tyre. The city finally capitulates.
B.C.585 	Phoenician Thales of Citium forecasted the solar eclipse of that year.
B.C.570 (circa) 	Pythagoras, Phoenician mathematician and scientist was trained in the mysteries of Phoenician religion in the temples of Phoenicia.
B.C.538 	Phoenicia becomes a Persian province; Carthage asserts its independence.
B.C.536 	The Carthaginians drive the Greeks from Corsica.
B.C.509 	Carthage acknowledged by Rome as ruler of the western seas.
B.C.500 (circa) 	Hanno circumnavigates Africa.
B.C.510 (circa) 	Himilco, Carthaginian voyager, the first known sailor from the Mediterranean to have reached the northwestern shores of Europe.
B.C.440 (circa) 	Herodotus, the Greek historian, visited and wrote about Phoenicia.
B.C.480 	The Phoenician ships under Persian rule defeated by the Greeks at Salamis and the Carthaginians defeated at Himera.
B.C.397 	An African revolt against Carthage suppressed.
B.C.332 	Tyre besieged by Alexander the Great and stormed after a remarkable contest.
B.C.310 	Carthage besieged by the Greeks of Sicily.
B.C.306 (circa) 	Zeno of Citium, Stoic philosopher, became well known for his work.
B.C.276 	Carthage finally conquers Sicily.
B.C.264 	Carthage begins her first war with the Romans and beginning of Punic wars.
B.C.260 	The Carthaginian fleet was defeated at Mylae.
B.C.256 	The Carthaginian fleeet was defeated a second time at Ecnomus; the Romans invade Africa, but are defeated and their army perishes.
B.C.248 	Hamilcar repeatedly defeats the Romans in small battles in Sicily.
B.C.241 	Carthage sues for peace; terrible war of her mercenary soldiers against Carthage.
B.C.237 	Hamilcar crushes the mercenaries.
B.C.236 	Hamilcar begins the building of an empire among the Phoenician cities in Spain.
B.C.228 	Hasdrubal succeeds Hamilcar and continues his work in Spain.
B.C.219 	Hannibal succeeds Hasdrubal and defies the Romans.
B.C.218 	Hannibal crosses the Alps into Italy and wins repeated victories.
B.C.216 	Hannibal's chief victory at Cannae; the Romans no longer dare meet him in the field.
B.C.211 	Hannibal besieges Rome, but abandons the siege as hopeless.
B.C.209 	The Romans victorious in Spain.
B.C.207 	A second Carthaginian army, having crossed the Alps, is defeated at the Metaurus.
B.C.204 	The Romans invade Africa.
B.C.203 	Hannibal recalled to defend Carthage.
B.C.202 	He is defeated at Zama.
B.C.201 	Carthage submits to Rome.
B.C.198 	Tyre came under the rule of the Seleucids.
B.C.183 	Death of Hannibal.
B.C.149 	The Carthaginians commanded to leave their city; they resist and withstand a two years' siege.
B.C.146 	Fall of Carthage and end of Punic wars.
B.C.130 	Zeno of Sidon, the philosopher, wrote on logic, atomic theory, biology, ethics, literary style, oratory, poetry, the theory of knowledge, and to mathematics as well as commentary on the philosopher Epicurus.
B.C.126 	Tyre obtaining self-government from Seleucids.
B.C.29 	A Roman colony rebuilds Carthage under Augustus Caesar; and it becomes a great city.
A.D.27 (circa) 	Jesus Christ visited Sidon
A.D.35 (circa) 	Saint Peter, Paul and other Apostles visited and consecrated Phoenician bishops
A.D.40 (circa) 	John Mark designated Bishop of Byblos by St. Peter
A.D.45 (circa) 	Joseph of Arimathea traveled to Britain.
A.D.100 	Philo of Byblos, Writer, became known for his literary achievements especially the translation of the work of Sanchuniathon the Priest.
A.D.140 	Papinian, jurist at the famous Berytus School of Law and author of several important works was born.
A.D.155 	Phoenician Anicitus became Pope.
A.D.172 	Ulpian of Tyre, Roman jurist, coming from a family of scholars was born.
A.D.203 	Sts. Perpetua and Felicity, Christian martyrs, of Carthage meet their death.
A.D.237 	Barbara of Heliopolis, Christian martyr, meet her death
A.D.250 	Porphyry Malchus of Tyre, the mathematician and disciple of Plotinus, revised and edited of the latter's works.
A.D.253 	Origen died there in Tyre as a consequence of the tortures which he underwent under Decius, and was buried in the church magnificent cathedral.
A.D.293 	Theodosia of Tyre and Aquilina of Byblos, Christian martyrs, meet their deaths
A.D.300 	Christina of Tyre, Christian martyr, meet her death
A.D.306 	St. Ulpianus of Tyre met his martyrdom when he was thrown into the sea.
A.D.307 	St. Theodosia, a young Tyrian girl of eighteen, met her martyrdom when she was horribly tortured and then thrown into the sea on Easter Sunday, 2 April.
A.D.309 	Phoenician St. Pamphilus of Cęsarea Martyred
A.D.311 	A municipal decree was issued forbidding Christians to stay in the city of Tyre.
A.D.328 	Phoenician St. Frumentius became Apostle of Abyssinia and Bishop of Axum, Ethiopia.
A.D.335 	The first council of Tyre, convened by Constantine, judged the cause of St. Athanasius, and deposed him.
A.D.400? 	Saint Jerome visits Tyre when it became the capital of Phoenicia and was the richest and greatest commercial city of the province. Its factory of purple cloth was foremost in the empire.
A.D.425 	Phoenicia Prima was subdivided into two provinces, Phoenicia Maritima and Phoenicia Libanensis
A.D.449 	The second council of Tyre examined the cause of Ibas, Bishop of Edessa, who was accused by the clerics of his church and absolved by this council.
A.D.515 	The third council of Tyre 515 under the presidency of Severus, Patriarch of Antioch, and rejected the Council of Chalcedon.
A.D.534 	Dorotheus, professors of law at the famous Berytus School of Law, with Tribonian and Theophilus (advocates) publish the new Codex of imperial constitutions as ordered by Emperor Justinian.
A.D.613 	The Jews of Tyre formed a vast conspiracy against the Byzantines Empire.
A.D.638 	Tyre fell into the hands of the Arabs.
A.D.685 	Phoenician John V became Pope.
A.D.687 	Phoenician St. Sergius became Pope.
A.D.697 	Carthage was destroyed by the Arabs.
A.D.708 	Phoenician Sisinius became Pope.
A.D.708 	Phoenician Constantine I became Pope.
A.D.731 	Phoenician Gregorius III became Pope.
A.D.1112 	Tyre fell to the Christian crusader King Baldwin I, King of Jerusalem.
A.D.1124 	Second Christian siege of Tyre; it was captured.
A.D.1187 	The Christians in Tyre withstood a two years' siege by the Arabs; but Acre was made the chief port of the Christian kingdom and all the old Phoenician cities decline.
A.D.1210 	John of Brienne was crowned king, and in 1225 his daughter Isabella was crowned queen in Tyre.
A.D.1291 	Tyre fell to the Arabs who completely destroyed it, and it was never wholly restored afterwards.
A.D.1516 	Phoenicia was captured by the Turks and its cities decay utterly.