Israel Jewish Time Line
Arranged by Matania Ginosar
(BCE - Before the Common Era) | HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS of ISRAEL |
17th-6th C. BCE | BIBLICAL TIMES |
c. 17th century | The Patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob - patriarchs of the Jewish people and bearers of a belief in one God - settle in the Land of Israel. Famine forces Israelites to migrate to Egypt |
c. 13th century | Exodus from Egypt: Moses leads Israelites from Egypt, followed by 40 years of wandering in the desert.Torah, including the Ten Commandments, received at Mount Sinai. |
13th-12th centuries | Israelites settle the Land of Israel |
c. 1020 | Jewish Monarchy established; Saul, first king |
c. 1000 | Jerusalem made capital of David's kingdom |
c. 960 | First Temple, the national and spiritual center of the Jewish people, built in Jerusalem by King Solomon |
c. 930 | Divided kingdom: Judah and Israel |
722-720 | Israel crushed by Assyrians; 10 tribes exiled (Ten Lost Tribes). |
586
| Judah conquered by Babylonia; Jerusalem and First Temple destroyed; most Jews exiled to Babylonia |
536-142 | PERSIAN AND HELLENISTIC PERIODS |
538-515 | Many Jews return from Babylonia; Temple rebuilt |
332
| Land conquered by Alexander the Great; Hellenistic rule |
166-160 | Maccabean (Hasmonean) revolt against restrictions on practice of Judaism and desecration of Temple |
142-129 | Jewish autonomy under Hasmoneans. |
129-63 | Jewish independence under Hasmonean monarchy. |
63
| Jerusalem captured by Roman general, Pompey. |
63 BCE-313 CE | ROMAN RULE, 376 yrs |
Herod, Roman vassal king, rules the Land of Israel; | |
(CE - Common Era) 37 BCE – 4 CE | Temple in Jerusalem refurbished |
c. 20-33 | Ministry of Jesus |
66
| Jewish revolt against the Romans |
70
| Destruction of Jerusalem and Second Temple. |
73
| Last stand of Jews at Masada. |
132-135 | Bar Kokhba uprising against Rome. |
c. 210 | Codification of Jewish oral law, Mishnah, completed. |
313-636 | BYZANTINE RULE, 323 yrs |
c. 390 | Commentary on the Mishnah, the Jerusalem Talmud, completed. |
70 - 632 | Mohammad |
614
| Persian invasion |
636-1099 | ARAB RULE, 463 yrs |
691
| On site of First and Second Temples in Jerusalem, Dome of the Rock built by Caliph Abd el-Malik |
1099-1291 | CRUSADER DOMINATION; (Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem), 192 yrs |
1291-1516 | MAMLUK RULE, 225 yrs |
1517-1917 | OTTOMAN RULE, 400 yrs |
1564
| Code of Jewish law, Shulhan Arukh, published. |
1860
| First neighborhood, Mishkenot Sha'ananim, built outside Jerusalem's walls. |
1882-1903 | First Aliya (large-scale immigration), mainly from Russia. |
1897
| First Zionist Congress convened by Theodor Herzl in Basel, Switzerland; Zionist Organization founded. |
1904-14 | Second Aliya, mainly from Russia and Poland. |
1909
| First kibbutz, Degania, and first modern all-Jewish city, Tel Aviv, founded. |
1917
| British Foreign Minister Balfour pledges support for establishment of a "Jewish national home in Palestine", the Balfour Declaration |
1917
| 400 years of Ottoman rule ended by British conquest |
1918-48 | BRITISH RULE – 30 years |
1919-23 | Third Aliya, mainly from Russia |
Histadrut (Jewish labor federation) and Haganah (Jewish defense organization) founded. | |
1920
| Vaad Leumi (National Council) set up by Jewish community (yishuv) to conduct its affairs. |
1921
| First moshav, Nahalal, founded. |
Britain granted Mandate for Palestine (Land of Israel) by League of Nations; | |
Transjordan set up on three-fourths of the area, leaving one-fourth for the Jewish national home. | |
1922
| Jewish Agency representing Jewish community vis-a-vis Mandate authorities set up. |
1924
| Technion, first institute of technology, founded in Haifa. |
1924-32 | Fourth Aliya, mainly from Poland. |
1925
| Hebrew University of Jerusalem opened on Mt. Scopus. |
1929
| Hebron Jews massacred by Arab militants. |
1931
| Etzel, (Irgun) Jewish underground organization, founded. |
1933-39 | Fifth Aliya, mainly from Germany. |
1936-39 | Anti-Jewish riots instigated by Arab militants. |
1939
| Jewish immigration severely limited by British White Paper. 100,000 maximum. |
1939-45 | World War II; Holocaust in Europe. British Navy curtails emigration from Europe. |
1941
| Lehi underground movement formed; Palmach- strike force of Haganah, set up. |
1944
| Jewish Brigade formed as part of British forces. |
1947
| UN proposes the establishment of Arab and Jewish states in the Land. Arabs rejected it. |
1948
| STATE OF ISRAEL proclaimed (14 May). 600,000 Jews in the land. |
End of British Mandate (14 May) | |
Israel invaded by five Arab states (15 May) | |
War of Independence (May 1948-July 1949) | |
1948
| Israel Defense Forces (IDF) established |
Armistice agreements signed with Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon. | |
Jerusalem divided under Israeli and Jordanian rule. | |
First Knesset (parliament) elected. | |
1949
| Israel admitted to United Nations as 59th member. |
1948-52 | Mass immigration from Europe and Arab countries. |
1956
| Sinai Campaign against Nasser, with England and France, Pres. Eisenhower defeated it. |
1962
| Adolf Eichmann tried and executed in Israel for his key part in the Holocaust. |
1964
| National Water Carrier completed, bringing water from Lake Kinneret in the north to the semi-arid south. |
1967
| Six-Day War, Jerusalem reunited. |
1968-70 | Egypt's War of Attrition against Israel |
1973
| Yom Kippur War |
1975
| Israel becomes an associate member of the European Common Market. |
1977
| Likud forms government after Knesset elections, end of 30 years of Labor rule. Visit of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to Jerusalem. |
1978
| Camp David Accords & framework for comprehensive peace in Middle East and proposal for Palestinian self-government. |
Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty signed. | |
1979
| Prime Minister Menachem Begin and President Anwar Sadat awarded Nobel Peace Prize. |
1981
| Israel Air Force destroys Iraqi nuclear reactor just before it is to become operative. |
Israel's three-stage withdrawal from Sinai completed. | |
1982
| Operation Peace for Galilee removes PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) terrorists from Lebanon. |
1984
| National unity government (Likud & Labor) formed after elections. Operation Moses, Immigration of Jews from Ethiopia. Itzhak Shamir and Shimon Peres alternate PM. |
1985
| Free Trade Agreement signed with United States. |
1987
| Widespread violence (intifada) starts in Israeli-administered areas. |
1988
| Likud government in power following elections, Itzhak Shamir PM. |
Four-point peace initiative proposed by Israel. | |
1989
| Start of mass immigration of Jews from former Soviet Union. |
1991
| Israel attacked by Iraqi Scud missiles during Gulf war. |
Middle East peace conference convened in Madrid; | |
1991
| Operation Solomon, airlift of Jews from Ethiopia. President Bush major assistance. |
Diplomatic relations established with China and India. | |
1992
| New government headed by Yitzhak Rabin of Labor party. |
1993
| Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements for the Palestinians signed by Israel and PLO, as representative of the Palestinian people. |
Implementation of Palestinian self-government in Gaza Strip and Jericho area. | |
Full diplomatic relations with the Holy See. | |
Morocco and Tunisia interest offices set up. | |
Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty signed. | |
1994
| Rabin, Peres, Arafat awarded Nobel Peace Prize. |
Broadened Palestinian self-government implemented in West Bank and Gaza Strip; Palestinian Council elected. | |
Prime Minister Rabin assassinated at peace rally. | |
1995
| Shimon Peres becomes prime minister. |
Fundamentalist Arab terrorism against Israel escalates. | |
Operation Grapes of Wrath, retaliation for Hezbollah terrorists' attacks on northern Israel. | |
Trade representation offices set up in Oman and Qatar. | |
Likud forms government after Knesset elections. | |
Benjamin Netanyahu becomes prime minister. | |
1996
| Omani trade representation office opened in Tel Aviv. |
1997
| Hebron Protocol signed by Israel and the PA. |
1998
| Israel celebrates its 50th anniversary. |
2000
| Arafat rejects President Clinton's effort to achieve peace after generous offer by PM Barak |
Arafat PA starts intensive terrorism against Israeli civilians | |
Summer 2005 | Israel evacuates all Jewish communities in Gaza, Palestinian infighting starts; Kassam rockets from Gaza attacks Israel on regular basis. |
Jan 2006 | PM Sharon incapacitated by massive stroke, Olmert takes over as PM. Hamas won election |
July 2006 | Hezbollah war in Lebanon, massive rocket attacks on Israeli civilians in Northern Israel |
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