|
BCE |
BEFORE THE COMMON ERA |
|
1004 |
King David establishes Jerusalem
as the capital of the Kingdom of Israel |
|
967 |
King Solomon's reign begins |
|
960 |
Solomon builds the First Temple
as the religious and spiritual center of the Jewish People |
|
922 |
The Kingdom divides between North
(Israel) and South (Judah) - Jerusalem is the capital of Judah |
|
586 |
Nebuchadnezzer, King of Babylon
conquers Jerusalem and destroys the First Temple - the Jews are exiled
to Babylon |
|
MID-530s |
Jews return to Eretz Israel from
Babylon and start to build the Second Temple |
|
517 |
Second Temple is completed |
|
MID 5th Century |
Ezra and Nehemiah rebuild
Jerusalem's walls and strengthen the Jewish community |
|
332 |
Alexander the Great (Greece)
conquers Jerusalem |
|
Late 4th Century |
Ptolemy I takes control of the
city |
|
199 |
Jerusalem is conquered by the
Seleucids of Syria |
|
167-164 |
Maccabean revolt against the
Hellenistic domination; Jerusalem is restored to jewish autonomy under
Hasmonean (Maccabean Empire) |
|
63 |
Roman invasion led by Pompey |
|
37 |
King Herod appointed as ruler of
Judah by the Romans, restores the Temple |
|
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|
CE |
COMMON ERA |
|
33 |
Jesus crucified in Jerusalem |
|
66-73 |
First Jewish Revolt against Rome |
|
70 |
Jerusalem and the Second Temple
are destroyed after Roman siege |
|
132-135 |
Second Jewish revolt led by Bar
Kochba, Jews slaughtered, exiled from the city |
|
324 |
Byzantine rule - the Roman Empire
including Jerusalem becomes christian under Emperor Constantine |
|
614-638 |
Jerusalem falls to the Persians
(614), Byzantines (629) and Arab Muslims (638) |
|
688-691 |
Dome of the Rock and El-Aksa
built |
|
1099 |
First Crusaders capture Jerusalem |
|
1187 |
Saladin captures Jerusalem |
|
1260 |
Mamelukes rule Jerusalem |
|
1516-17 |
Turkish Ottoman Empire (sultan
Selim) conquers Jerusalem |
|
1535-38 |
Suleiman the Magnificent rebuilds
city walls |
|
1858-60 |
Mishkenot Sha'ananim built by
Montefiore - first jewish settlement outside Old City walls |
|
1917 |
British conquer Jerusalem;
British Mandate period |
|
1947 |
Partition plan calls for
internationalization of Jerusalem |
|
1949 |
Jerusalem proclaimed Capital of
the state of Israel |
|
1965 |
Teddy Kollek becomes Mayor |
|
1967 |
Six Day War - Jerusalem reunified
under Israeli control |
|
1992 |
25th anniversary of reunification |
|
1996 |
3000 years since the
establishment of Jerusalem as the capital city by King David |
