Quranic timeline

• 22 December 609 CE, Muhammad recites a chapter of the Quran for the first time after angel Gabriel, according to Islamic tradition, reveals surah Al-Alaq in the Cave of Hira.
• 610 CE, Muhammad receives the second revelation with surah Al-Muddaththir.[1]
• 622 CE Al-Baqarah, the first surah after the Hegira is revealed.[2]
• 624 CE Al-Anfal is revealed mentioning the Battle of Badr.[3]
• 632 CE surah Al-Ma'ida is revealed, the last sura.[4]

• 653 CE The Quran is canonized by Uthman ibn Affan[5]
• 657 CE; pages of the Quran are wrapped around swords by Muawiyahs forces during the Battle of Siffin
• 661 CE - 671 CE: the estimated radiocarbon dating of the oldest surviving copy of the Quran, the Sanaa manuscript[6]
• 859 CE, the oldest quranic school (madrasa) in University of al-Karaouine is built[7]
• 883 CE; the oldest surviving major tafsir collection was completed, namely Tafsir al-Tabari
• 884 CE; the first complete translation of the Quran into a foreign language[8]
• 1609 CE Quranic calligraphy for the Taj Mahal is created by Abdul Haq, aka Amanat Khan
• 1649 CE; the first known translation of the Quran into the English language by Alexander Ross, chaplain to King Charles I.[9]

Some modern scientific methods discussed in "Nassourou, Mohamadou (2013), 'The Qurʾanic verses : history, computer-supported reconstruction of the order of revelation, examining the concept of abrogation', AVM - Akademische Verlagsgemeinschaft, Munich, Germany, ISBN 978-3869244754" have also been used to reconstruct the entire chronology of the Quranic verses.