Christoph Helvig (1581–1617) was a German chronologist and historian, theologian and linguist. Helvig was born at Sprendlingen. In chronology he generally was a follower of Joseph Scaliger. He is mentioned by Sir Thomas Browne, and John Locke.He remained an authority cited well into the eighteenth century; Samuel Johnson's General Plan of Education described a course in this way: His Theatrum historicum et chronologicum was published in 1609.