Timeline
**NOTE: BCE means "Before Common Era" (which is the same as BC-before Christ) and CE means "Common Era" ( which is the same as AD- after death)
1812 BCE - Time of Abraham begins
1712 BCE - Time of Isaac begins
1652 BCE - Time of Jacob begins
1544 BCE - Joseph sold into slavery
1522 BCE - Joseph welcomes his family to Egypt
1428 BCE -Israelites enslaved in Egypt
1392 BCE - Time of Moses begins
1312 BCE - Exodus
1312 BCE - Torah given at Mount Sinai
1272 BCE - Conquest of Promised Land
1106 BCE - Time of the Judges begins
879 BCE - Saul anointed king
877 BCE - Time of King David begins
836 BCE - King Solomon begins his rule
825 BCE - First Temple completed
796 BCE - Israel split into two kingdoms
555 BCE - Assyrians overturn northern Israel; Ten tribes are lost
547 BCE - Sennacherib attacks Jerusalem
422 BCE - Babylonians conquer Israel & destroy Temple
370 BCE - Jews return from Babylonian exile
355 BCE - Miracle of Purim
352 BCE - Construction of Second Temple begins
347 BCE - Time of the Great Assembly begins
312 BCE - Greeks conquer Israe
245 BCE - Torah is translated into Greek; Greeks persecute Jews
167 BCE - Revolt of Maccabees begins
139 BCE - Miracle of Chanukah
63 BCE - Romans invade Israel
37 BCE - Herod, the Great, begins his rule
32 BCE - Time of Hillel & Shammai
67 CE - The Great Revolt of Jews against Rome begins
70 CE - Jerusalem conquered by the Romans, 17th of Tammuz
70 CE - Temple destroyed by the Romans, 9th of Av
120 CE - Rebellion of Bar Kochba
136 CE - Rabbi Akiva martyred
219 CE - Mishna compiled by Rabbi Yehuda HaNassi
312 CE - Constantine converts Roman Empire to Christianity
638 CE - Islamic conquest of Jerusalem
1040 CE - Time of Rashi begins
1135 CE - Time of Maimonides begins
1096 CE - Time of Crusades begins
1144 CE - First Blood Libel
1263 CE - The Great Disputation; time of Nachamanides
1348 CE - Black Plague
1478 CE - The Inquisition begins
1492 CE - Jews expelled from Spain; Columbus discovers America
1517 CE - Protestant Reformation; time of Martin Luther
1567 CE - Jews invited into Poland
1570 CE - Time of the Ari & Kabbalists
1648 CE - Chmielnicki Massacres in Eastern Europe
1651 CE - Time of Shabbetai Tzvi, false messiah
1654 CE - First Jews arrive in America
1698 CE - Time of the Ba’al Shem Tov begins; the Hassidic Movement
1772 CE - Time of the Misnagdim & Vilna Goan
1791 CE - Jews herded into Pale of Settlement in Russia
1810 CE - Reform Movement begins in Germany
1881 CE - Jews made scapegoats for Czar of Russia
1882 CE - first aliyah to Israel
1887 CE - Conservative Movement founded in America
1894 CE - Dreyfus Affair in France
1897 CE - First Zionist Congress
1917 CE - British Mandate begins in Palestine; Balfour Declaration
1927 CE - Country of Jordan created by the British on the East Bank of the Jordan River
1933 CE - Hitler comes to power in Germany
1942 CE - Final Solution formulated by the Nazis
1947 CE - Partition of Palestine by the UN
1948 CE - State of Israel declared
1948 CE - War of Independence
1964 CE - PLO founded
1967 CE - Six Day War and Reunification of Jerusalem
1712 BCE - Time of Isaac begins
1652 BCE - Time of Jacob begins
1544 BCE - Joseph sold into slavery
1522 BCE - Joseph welcomes his family to Egypt
1428 BCE -Israelites enslaved in Egypt
1392 BCE - Time of Moses begins
1312 BCE - Exodus
1312 BCE - Torah given at Mount Sinai
1272 BCE - Conquest of Promised Land
1106 BCE - Time of the Judges begins
879 BCE - Saul anointed king
877 BCE - Time of King David begins
836 BCE - King Solomon begins his rule
825 BCE - First Temple completed
796 BCE - Israel split into two kingdoms
555 BCE - Assyrians overturn northern Israel; Ten tribes are lost
547 BCE - Sennacherib attacks Jerusalem
422 BCE - Babylonians conquer Israel & destroy Temple
370 BCE - Jews return from Babylonian exile
355 BCE - Miracle of Purim
352 BCE - Construction of Second Temple begins
347 BCE - Time of the Great Assembly begins
312 BCE - Greeks conquer Israe
245 BCE - Torah is translated into Greek; Greeks persecute Jews
167 BCE - Revolt of Maccabees begins
139 BCE - Miracle of Chanukah
63 BCE - Romans invade Israel
37 BCE - Herod, the Great, begins his rule
32 BCE - Time of Hillel & Shammai
67 CE - The Great Revolt of Jews against Rome begins
70 CE - Jerusalem conquered by the Romans, 17th of Tammuz
70 CE - Temple destroyed by the Romans, 9th of Av
120 CE - Rebellion of Bar Kochba
136 CE - Rabbi Akiva martyred
219 CE - Mishna compiled by Rabbi Yehuda HaNassi
312 CE - Constantine converts Roman Empire to Christianity
638 CE - Islamic conquest of Jerusalem
1040 CE - Time of Rashi begins
1135 CE - Time of Maimonides begins
1096 CE - Time of Crusades begins
1144 CE - First Blood Libel
1263 CE - The Great Disputation; time of Nachamanides
1348 CE - Black Plague
1478 CE - The Inquisition begins
1492 CE - Jews expelled from Spain; Columbus discovers America
1517 CE - Protestant Reformation; time of Martin Luther
1567 CE - Jews invited into Poland
1570 CE - Time of the Ari & Kabbalists
1648 CE - Chmielnicki Massacres in Eastern Europe
1651 CE - Time of Shabbetai Tzvi, false messiah
1654 CE - First Jews arrive in America
1698 CE - Time of the Ba’al Shem Tov begins; the Hassidic Movement
1772 CE - Time of the Misnagdim & Vilna Goan
1791 CE - Jews herded into Pale of Settlement in Russia
1810 CE - Reform Movement begins in Germany
1881 CE - Jews made scapegoats for Czar of Russia
1882 CE - first aliyah to Israel
1887 CE - Conservative Movement founded in America
1894 CE - Dreyfus Affair in France
1897 CE - First Zionist Congress
1917 CE - British Mandate begins in Palestine; Balfour Declaration
1927 CE - Country of Jordan created by the British on the East Bank of the Jordan River
1933 CE - Hitler comes to power in Germany
1942 CE - Final Solution formulated by the Nazis
1947 CE - Partition of Palestine by the UN
1948 CE - State of Israel declared
1948 CE - War of Independence
1964 CE - PLO founded
1967 CE - Six Day War and Reunification of Jerusalem