Jerusalem Timeline 1004 BCE - 2007

Jerusalem Timeline

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
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 1980 1998	Six Day War - Jerusalem reunified under Israeli control The Israel Knesset passes the  Basic Law: Jerusalem, declaring Jerusalem the Capital of Israel and a united city. Passing of the "Jerusalem Day Law", establishes the 28th Iyar, Yom Yerushalayim, as a national holiday.
1992	25 years for reunification
1996 2007	3000 years since the establishment of Jerusalem as the capital city by King David Israel and the city of Jerusalem celebrates 40 years of reunification.