Birth Pangs
Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?"
And Jesus answered and said to them: "Take heed that no one deceives you.
"For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many.
"And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
"For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.
"All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Messianic Claimants
Below is a timeline produced using data from Wikipedia article List of people claimed to be Jesus. For purposes of plotting, date-of-birth + 30 years is used as the date for each individual, and quantity of individuals is summed inside 10 year intervals.
Wars and Rumors of Wars
Famines
The Wikipedia article List of famines contains the following timeline of famines during the past 160 years:
Pestilences
Below is a timeline produced using data from Wikipedia article List of epidemics and pandemics. This timeline shows quantity of epidemic and pandemic events recorded during 20 year intervals, but doesn't show total populations affected by the event.
Earthquakes and Volcanoes
The Smithsonian article Has volcanic activity been increasing? contains the following timeline of volcanic activity:
