544 BC, the land of Nephi. Jacob receives the small plates. The Book of Jacob begins. Between 544 and 421 BC, the land of Nephi. Nephi grows old and appoints a man to be king and ruler. The Nephite rulers are called "second Nephi, third Nephi, and so forth". Nephi dies. The Nephites begin "to grow hard in their hearts, and indulge themselves ...

A year zero does not exist in the Anno Domini (AD) calendar year system commonly used to number years in the Gregorian calendar (nor in its predecessor, the Julian calendar); in this system, the year 1 BC is followed directly by year AD 1.However, there is a year zero in both the astronomical year numbering system (where it coincides with the Julian year 1 BC), and the …