Chronological order arranges events in your writing in the order in which they happened. It is very frequently used in telling stories, but can also be used in describing a process. Less frequently, chronological order is reversed telling what has happened from more recent to oldest events.

Chronological Order Vocabulary

later	earlier	formerly	former
latter	previous	previously	prior to
at last	in conclusion	finally	simultaneously
simultaneous with	at the same time as	at birth	in childhood
in infancy	in adolescence	as an adult	in adulthood
in old age	at death	now	nowadays
when	before	after	while
during	in ________ [year]	first, second, etc.	since
at the same time as	between ___ and _____