The accusers punished; Darius's decree honouring the God of Daniel (Dan 6:24–27)

What else was happening? (model-independent)

• Daniel's refusal of the king's food and the ten-day test (Dan 1:8–16): 606 BC – ?
• Nebuchadnezzar's golden image on the plain of Dura (Dan 3:1–7): 603 BC – ?
• Nebuchadnezzar's decree honouring the God of the three Judeans (Dan 3:28–30): 603 BC – ?
• The refusal of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego and the fiery furnace (Dan 3:8–27): 603 BC – ?
• Belshazzar slain; Darius the Mede receives the kingdom (Dan 5:30–31): 539 BC
• Belshazzar's feast and the writing on the wall (Dan 5:1–29): 539 BC
• Fall of Babylon to Cyrus (October 539 BC): 539 BC
• Daniel continues until the first year of King Cyrus (Dan 1:21): 538 BC – 537 BC
• Cyrus II (the Great) (reign): 539 BC – 530 BC
• Nabonidus (reign): 556 BC – 539 BC
• The thirty-day decree and Daniel in the lions' den (Dan 6:4–23): 539 BC – ?
• Darius appoints 120 satraps and three chief officials (Dan 6:1–3, 28): 539 BC – ?
• Daniel's night vision of the four beasts and its interpretation (Dan 7): ? – 539 BC
• Daniel's vision of the ram and the goat at Susa (Dan 8): ? – 539 BC
• Artaxerxes sends Nehemiah to rebuild Jerusalem, Nisan of his twentieth year (Neh 2:1–8): 446 BC – 444 BC
• Artaxerxes I (Longimanus) (reign): 465 BC – 423 BC
• Hanani's report at Susa and Nehemiah's prayer (Chislev, Artaxerxes's 20th year): 447 BC – 445 BC
• Cyrus's proclamation permitting the return and the rebuilding of the Temple (Ezra 1; 6:3–5): 538 BC – 537 BC
• The rebuilt Temple completed on 3 Adar of Darius's sixth year (Ezra 6:15): 516 BC – 515 BC
• Darius I (the Great) (reign): 522 BC – 486 BC
• Darius I confirms Cyrus's decree and orders the Temple completed (Ezra 6:1–12): 520 BC – 515 BC
• Gabriel comes at the evening offering with the word of the seventy weeks (Dan 9:20–27): 539 BC – 536 BC
• Daniel reads Jeremiah's seventy years and prays (Dan 9:1–19): 539 BC – 536 BC
• Artaxerxes' decree to Ezra in his seventh year (Ezra 7): 459 BC – 457 BC
• Daniel's vision by the Tigris in the third year of Cyrus (Dan 10:1–11:1): 536 BC – 535 BC
• Desecration of the Temple: the "abomination of desolation" (15 Chislev 145 SE, 168/167 BC): 168 BC – 166 BC
• Popillius Laenas orders Antiochus IV out of Egypt at Eleusis (168 BC): 168 BC
• Rededication of the Temple by Judas Maccabaeus (25 Chislev 148 SE, 165/164 BC): 165 BC – 163 BC
• The closing dialogue by the river: the oath, the numbers and Daniel's dismissal (Dan 12:5–13): 536 BC – 535 BC
• Gedaliah governs from Mizpah and is assassinated (2 Kgs 25:22–26): 589 BC – ?
• Cyrus returns the Temple vessels to Sheshbazzar; the first return (Ezra 1:5–11): 538 BC – 530 BC
• The altar rebuilt in Jerusalem and the Feast of Booths kept (Ezra 3:1–7): 538 BC – 530 BC
• The return of the exiles with Zerubbabel and Jeshua; the list of returnees (Ezra 2): 538 BC – 531 BC
• The foundation of the Second Temple laid (Ezra 3:8–13): 537 BC – 530 BC
• Tattenai governor of Beyond the River inquires and writes to Darius (Ezra 5:3–17): 520 BC – 515 BC
• Haggai and Zechariah stir the people; the Temple work resumes (Darius's second year, 520 BC): 520 BC – 519 BC
• Opposition from the people of the land; the Temple work ceases until Darius's second year (Ezra 4:1–5, 24): 537 BC – 519 BC
• Accusations to Ahasuerus and the Rehum–Shimshai letter to Artaxerxes; the city's rebuilding stopped (Ezra 4:6–23): 537 BC – ?
• The returned exiles keep the Passover after the Temple's dedication (Ezra 6:19–22): 516 BC – 515 BC
• Haggai's oracles of 24/IX, Darius year 2: "from this day I will bless you"; Zerubbabel the signet: 520 BC – 519 BC
• Haggai's oracle on the latter glory of the house (21/VII, Darius year 2): 520 BC – 519 BC
• Zechariah's first oracle: the call to return (8th month, Darius year 2): 520 BC – 519 BC
• Zechariah's night visions (24 Shebat, Darius year 2; Zech 1:7–6:8): 520 BC – 519 BC
• Crowns made from the exiles' gifts and set on Joshua; the oracle of the Branch (Zech 6:9–15): 520 BC – 515 BC
• The Bethel delegation and the question of fasting; Zechariah's answer (4/IX, Darius year 4): 518 BC – 517 BC
• Ezra's caravan from the Ahava to Jerusalem (Ezra 7:7–10; 8): 459 BC – 457 BC
• The mixed-marriages crisis: Ezra's confession, the assembly in the rain (20/IX) and the commission (Ezra 9–10): 459 BC – 457 BC
• Nehemiah arrives, inspects the walls by night and calls for rebuilding (Neh 2:9–20): 446 BC – 444 BC
• The rebuilding of Jerusalem's wall and gates, section by section (Neh 3): 446 BC – 444 BC
• Mockery, threats and the armed builders (Neh 4): 446 BC – 444 BC
• The debt crisis and the remission of pledges (Neh 5:1–13): 446 BC – 423 BC
• Plots against Nehemiah: Ono, the open letter, Shemaiah (Neh 6:1–14): 446 BC – 444 BC
• The wall completed on 25 Elul after fifty-two days (Neh 6:15–19): 446 BC – 444 BC
• Nehemiah's first governorship: twelve years, 20th–32nd year of Artaxerxes (445–433 BC): 446 BC – 444 BC
• Jerusalem guarded under Hanani and Hananiah; the registry of the first returnees found (Neh 7:1–5): 446 BC – ?
• Ezra reads the Law on the first day of the seventh month (Neh 7:73b–8:12): 446 BC – 444 BC
• The Feast of Booths kept "as it is written" (Neh 8:13–18): 446 BC – 444 BC
• The sealed covenant to keep the law and support the temple (Neh 9:38–10:39): 446 BC – 444 BC
• The fast of the twenty-fourth day and the Levites' confession (Neh 9): 446 BC – 444 BC
• Nehemiah's return and second-term reforms (Neh 13:4–31): 434 BC – 423 BC
• Jerusalem repopulated: one in ten by lot (Neh 11): 446 BC – ?
• The dedication of the wall of Jerusalem (Neh 12:27–13:3): 446 BC – 423 BC
• The priestly and Levitical registers to the days of Jaddua (Neh 12:1–26): 446 BC – ?
• The first "burden" of Zechariah 9–11 (undated oracle collection): 518 BC – ?
• The second "burden" of Zechariah 12–14 (undated oracle collection): 518 BC – ?
• Malachi's disputations with priests and people (Mal 1–4; undated, mid-fifth century BC): 465 BC – 423 BC
• Mordecai uncovers the plot of Bigthan and Teresh (Esth 2:19–23): 479 BC – 464 BC
• Esther made queen in Tebeth of Xerxes's seventh year (Esth 2:1–18; winter 479/478 BC): 479 BC – 478 BC
• Xerxes I (reign): 486 BC – 464 BC
• Ahasuerus's third-year feast at Susa and the deposing of Vashti (Esth 1; 483/482 BC): 483 BC – 482 BC
• Mordecai mourns; Esther resolves to go to the king (Esth 4): 474 BC
• Haman casts pur and the decree against the Jews (Esth 3; Nisan 474 BC): 474 BC
• Esther before the king; the first banquet; Haman's gallows (Esth 5): 474 BC
• The sleepless king; Mordecai honoured by Haman (Esth 6): 474 BC
• The institution of Purim; Mordecai second to the king (Esth 9:20–10:3): 474 BC – ?
• The Jews defend themselves on 13–14 Adar (Esth 9:1–19; 473 BC): 474 BC – 473 BC
• Mordecai's counter-decree of 23 Sivan (Esth 8; June 474 BC): 474 BC
• The second banquet; Haman hanged (Esth 7): 474 BC
• Antiochus IV Epiphanes (reign): 175 BC – 164 BC
• Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV defeats Antiochus III (217 BC): 217 BC
• Battle of Panium: Antiochus III defeats Scopas (c. 200–198 BC): 200 BC – 198 BC
• Battle of Magnesia: Rome defeats Antiochus III (190 BC): 190 BC
• Assassination of Seleucus IV and accession of Antiochus IV (175 BC): 175 BC
• Death of Antiochus IV at Tabae in Persia (164 BC): 164 BC