What events in the Bible are (as best we can tell) historically accurate? And what kind of external evidence do we have to verify them?

by chyken
Trevor_Culley

I've written a number of different answers about this topic in the past.

How and why the Bible can be used as a historical source

An answer linking off to other answers for more specific details

Specifically relating to events in Israel and Judah/Judea not described in the Bible but found in contemporary texts