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  • Judea Province
    136
    Roman Empire

    Hadrian's army crushed the Bar Kokhba revolt

    Judea Province
    136

    Hadrian's army crushed the Bar Kokhba revolt, a massive Jewish uprising in Judea (132–136).




  • Jerusalem
    629
    Byzantine Empire

    Heraclius restored the True Cross

    Jerusalem
    629

    In 629, Heraclius restored the True Cross to Jerusalem in a majestic ceremony.




  • Jerusalem
    Thursday Oct 19, 1009
    Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah

    Destruction of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

    Jerusalem
    Thursday Oct 19, 1009

    Al-Ḥākim's destruction of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in 1009.




  • Fatimid Caliphate (now West Bank)
    Tuesday Dec 10, 1033
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    1033 Ramala Earthquake

    Fatimid Caliphate (now West Bank)
    Tuesday Dec 10, 1033

    1033 Ramala earthquake occurred on December 10, 1033 in Fatimid Caliphate (now West Bank), there were an estimated 77,000 deaths.




  • Jerusalem
    1073
    Crusades

    Jerusalem was taken from the Fatimids

    Jerusalem
    1073

    Jerusalem was taken from the Fatimids by the Turkish warlord Atsiz, who seized most of Syria and Palestine as part of the expansion of the Seljuks throughout the Middle East. The Seljuk hold on the city resulting in pilgrims reported difficulties and the oppression of Christians.




  • Jerusalem
    Wednesday Jun 7, 1099
    Crusades

    Siege of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem
    Wednesday Jun 7, 1099

    Bohemond remained in Antioch, retaining the city, despite his pledge to return it to Byzantine control, while "Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse" led the remaining Crusader army rapidly south along the coast to Jerusalem. An initial attack on the city failed, and the siege of Jerusalem of 1099 became a stalemate until they breached the walls on 15 July 1099. For two days the Crusaders massacred the inhabitants and pillaged the city.




  • Jerusalem
    1099
    Crusades

    Kingdom of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem
    1099

    The First Crusade led to the establishment of the Kingdom of Jerusalem under Godfrey of Bouillon.


  • Jerusalem
    Friday Oct 2, 1187
    Crusades

    Siege of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem
    Friday Oct 2, 1187

    The siege of Jerusalem lasted from September 20 to October 2, 1187, when Balian of Ibelin surrendered the city to Saladin.


  • Jerusalem
    1228
    Holy Roman Empire

    Frederick led the Sixth Crusade

    Jerusalem
    1228

    Frederick led the Sixth Crusade in 1228, which ended in negotiations and a temporary restoration of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.


  • Palestine
    1834
    Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt

    Peasants' revolt in Palestine

    Palestine
    1834

    During the 1834 peasants' revolt in Palestine, Ibrahim Pasha besieged the Transjordanian city of Al-Karak for 17 days, in pursuit of the revolt's leader Qasim al-Ahmad.


  • Gaza
    1841
    Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt

    Ibrahim Pasha lost most of his army, ammunition and animals

    Gaza
    1841

    In 1841, as the Pasha and his troops took the Hajj road from Damascus, they were persistently attacked all the way from Qatraneh to Gaza. The weary army was killed and robbed, and by the time Ibrahim Pasha reached Gaza, the commander had lost most of his army, ammunition, and animals.


  • Gaza&Sinai, Egypt and Palestine
    Monday Mar 26, 1917
    World War 1

    Battles of Gaza

    Gaza&Sinai, Egypt and Palestine
    Monday Mar 26, 1917

    In March and April 1917, at the First and Second Battles of Gaza, German and Ottoman forces stopped the advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, which had begun in August 1916 at the Battle of Romani.


  • Tulkarm, Palestine
    Thursday May 3, 1917
    World War 1

    Ottoman army was defeated

    Tulkarm, Palestine
    Thursday May 3, 1917

    In two days the British and Indian infantry, supported by a creeping barrage, broke the Ottoman front line and captured the headquarters of the Eighth Army (Ottoman Empire) at Tulkarm, the continuous trench lines at Tabsor, Arara, and the Seventh Army (Ottoman Empire) headquarters at Nablus.


  • Jerusalem, Palestine
    Saturday Nov 17, 1917
    World War 1

    Battle of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem, Palestine
    Saturday Nov 17, 1917

    Jerusalem was captured following another Ottoman defeat at the Battle of Jerusalem.


  • Jerusalem, Israel
    Tuesday May 8, 1962
    Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)

    the Avenue of the Righteous

    Jerusalem, Israel
    Tuesday May 8, 1962

    8 May 1962, Yad Vashem invited Schindler to a ceremony in which a carob tree was planted in his honor on the Avenue of the Righteous.


  • Jerusalem, Israel
    Wednesday Oct 9, 1974
    Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)

    Death

    Jerusalem, Israel
    Wednesday Oct 9, 1974

    He died on 9 October 1974 and is buried in Jerusalem on Mount Zion, the only member of the Nazi Party to be honored in this way.


  • Jerusalem, Israel
    Thursday Jun 24, 1993
    Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)

    Righteous Among the Nations

    Jerusalem, Israel
    Thursday Jun 24, 1993

    He and his wife, Emilie, were named Righteous Among the Nations, an award bestowed by the State of Israel on non-Jews who took an active role to rescue Jews during the Holocaust. on 24 June 1993. Schindler, along with Karl Plagge, Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz, Helmut Kleinicke, and Hans Walz are among the few Nazi Party members to be given this award. Other awards include the German Order of Merit.


  • Jerusalem, Israel
    Wednesday Mar 12, 2014
    David Cameron

    Cameron's first visit to Israel as Prime Minister

    Jerusalem, Israel
    Wednesday Mar 12, 2014

    In March 2014, during his first visit to Israel as Prime Minister, Cameron addressed Israel's Knesset in Jerusalem, where he offered his full support for peace efforts between Israelis and Palestinians, hoping a two-state solution might be achieved.


  • Jerusalem, Israel
    Monday May 22, 2017
    Donald Trump

    First U.S. president to visit the Western Wall in Jerusalem

    Jerusalem, Israel
    Monday May 22, 2017

    Trump has supported the policies of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. On May 22, 2017, he was the first U.S. president to visit the Western Wall in Jerusalem, during his first foreign trip.


  • Jerusalem, Israel
    Wednesday Dec 6, 2017
    Donald Trump

    Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel

    Jerusalem, Israel
    Wednesday Dec 6, 2017

    Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on December 6, 2017, despite criticism and warnings from world leaders. He subsequently opened a new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem in May 2018.


  • Tel Aviv, Israel
    Jun, 2018
    Prince William

    Israel visit

    Tel Aviv, Israel
    Jun, 2018

    In June 2018, Prince William visited Israel and Palestine, being the first British royal to visit the area officially since the expiry of the British Mandate. He visited Tel Aviv, meeting with mayor Ron Huldai and touring the beach area and city center; Jerusalem, meeting with President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; and Ramallah, meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.


  • Jerusalem District, Israel
    2nd Millenium BC
    Arameans

    Arameans conquered Sam'al

    Jerusalem District, Israel
    2nd Millenium BC

    During the 11th and the 10th centuries BCE, the Arameans conquered Sam'al (modern Zenjirli), also known as Yaudi, the region from Arpad to Aleppo.


  • Gaza
    601 BC
    Ancient Egypt

    Battle of Gaza

    Gaza
    601 BC

    In the year 608 BC. After the alliance with the Assyrians, the Egyptian forces reached the Euphrates in northern Iraq, and they fought the Babylonians for three consecutive years. In the year 605 BC. The Babylonians, led by Nebuchadnezzar II, son of Nabopolassar, defeated the Egyptian army at Carchemish. In the year 604 BC. The extension of the Babylonians control over the bulk of Syria's part and Palestine. Remained Syria and Palestine rebel against Babylonian rule with the support of Egypt, King Nebuchadnezzar decided to wage a war against Egypt, and already equipped with a large army to attack Egypt went out the king of Egypt Necho II on the Egyptian head of the army to meet the Babylonians years 601 BC in the place known today in the Gaza Strip and a fierce and deadly war inflicted heavy losses on both sides, and the battle ended in the defeat of the Babylonians.


  • Jerusalem
    587 BC
    Babylon

    Destruction of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem
    587 BC

    Although Nebuchadnezzar is famously portrayed unflatteringly in the Bible, owing to his destruction of Jerusalem in 587 BC, Nebuchadnezzar's 43-year reign would bring with it a golden age for Babylon, which was to become the most powerful kingdom in the Middle East.


  • Gaza
    Oct, 332 BC
    Ancient Greece

    Siege of Gaza

    Gaza
    Oct, 332 BC

    During the Siege of Gaza, Alexander succeeded in reaching the walls by utilizing the engines he had employed against Tyre. After three unsuccessful assaults, the stronghold was taken by storm. With Gaza taken, Alexander marched into Egypt. The Egyptians hated the Persians, in part because Persia considered Egypt as nothing more than a breadbasket. They welcomed Alexander as their king, placed him on the throne of the Pharaohs, giving him the crown of Upper and Lower Egypt, and named him the incarnation of Ra and Osiris. He set in motion plans to build Alexandria, and, though future tax revenues would be channeled to him, he left Egypt under the management of Egyptians, which helped to win him their support.


  • Gaza
    Jun, 217 BC
    Seleucid Empire

    Battle of Raphia

    Gaza
    Jun, 217 BC

    Although initially unsuccessful in the Fourth Syrian War against Egypt, which led to a defeat at the Battle of Raphia (217 BC), Antiochus would prove himself to be the greatest of the Seleucid rulers after Seleucus I himself.


  • Israel
    143 BC
    Seleucid Empire

    Jews in the form of the Maccabees had fully established their independence

    Israel
    143 BC

    Meanwhile, the decay of the Empire's territorial possessions continued apace. By 143 BC, the Jews in the form of the Maccabees had fully established their independence.


  • Judea Province
    136
    Roman Empire

    Hadrian's army crushed the Bar Kokhba revolt

    Judea Province
    136

    Hadrian's army crushed the Bar Kokhba revolt, a massive Jewish uprising in Judea (132–136).


  • Jerusalem
    629
    Byzantine Empire

    Heraclius restored the True Cross

    Jerusalem
    629

    In 629, Heraclius restored the True Cross to Jerusalem in a majestic ceremony.


  • Jerusalem
    Thursday Oct 19, 1009
    Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah

    Destruction of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

    Jerusalem
    Thursday Oct 19, 1009

    Al-Ḥākim's destruction of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in 1009.


  • Fatimid Caliphate (now West Bank)
    Tuesday Dec 10, 1033
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    1033 Ramala Earthquake

    Fatimid Caliphate (now West Bank)
    Tuesday Dec 10, 1033

    1033 Ramala earthquake occurred on December 10, 1033 in Fatimid Caliphate (now West Bank), there were an estimated 77,000 deaths.


  • Jerusalem
    1073
    Crusades

    Jerusalem was taken from the Fatimids

    Jerusalem
    1073

    Jerusalem was taken from the Fatimids by the Turkish warlord Atsiz, who seized most of Syria and Palestine as part of the expansion of the Seljuks throughout the Middle East. The Seljuk hold on the city resulting in pilgrims reported difficulties and the oppression of Christians.


  • Jerusalem
    Wednesday Jun 7, 1099
    Crusades

    Siege of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem
    Wednesday Jun 7, 1099

    Bohemond remained in Antioch, retaining the city, despite his pledge to return it to Byzantine control, while "Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse" led the remaining Crusader army rapidly south along the coast to Jerusalem. An initial attack on the city failed, and the siege of Jerusalem of 1099 became a stalemate until they breached the walls on 15 July 1099. For two days the Crusaders massacred the inhabitants and pillaged the city.


  • Jerusalem
    1099
    Crusades

    Kingdom of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem
    1099

    The First Crusade led to the establishment of the Kingdom of Jerusalem under Godfrey of Bouillon.


  • Jerusalem
    Friday Oct 2, 1187
    Crusades

    Siege of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem
    Friday Oct 2, 1187

    The siege of Jerusalem lasted from September 20 to October 2, 1187, when Balian of Ibelin surrendered the city to Saladin.


  • Jerusalem
    1228
    Holy Roman Empire

    Frederick led the Sixth Crusade

    Jerusalem
    1228

    Frederick led the Sixth Crusade in 1228, which ended in negotiations and a temporary restoration of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.


  • Palestine
    1834
    Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt

    Peasants' revolt in Palestine

    Palestine
    1834

    During the 1834 peasants' revolt in Palestine, Ibrahim Pasha besieged the Transjordanian city of Al-Karak for 17 days, in pursuit of the revolt's leader Qasim al-Ahmad.


  • Gaza
    1841
    Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt

    Ibrahim Pasha lost most of his army, ammunition and animals

    Gaza
    1841

    In 1841, as the Pasha and his troops took the Hajj road from Damascus, they were persistently attacked all the way from Qatraneh to Gaza. The weary army was killed and robbed, and by the time Ibrahim Pasha reached Gaza, the commander had lost most of his army, ammunition, and animals.


  • Gaza&Sinai, Egypt and Palestine
    Monday Mar 26, 1917
    World War 1

    Battles of Gaza

    Gaza&Sinai, Egypt and Palestine
    Monday Mar 26, 1917

    In March and April 1917, at the First and Second Battles of Gaza, German and Ottoman forces stopped the advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, which had begun in August 1916 at the Battle of Romani.


  • Tulkarm, Palestine
    Thursday May 3, 1917
    World War 1

    Ottoman army was defeated

    Tulkarm, Palestine
    Thursday May 3, 1917

    In two days the British and Indian infantry, supported by a creeping barrage, broke the Ottoman front line and captured the headquarters of the Eighth Army (Ottoman Empire) at Tulkarm, the continuous trench lines at Tabsor, Arara, and the Seventh Army (Ottoman Empire) headquarters at Nablus.


  • Jerusalem, Palestine
    Saturday Nov 17, 1917
    World War 1

    Battle of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem, Palestine
    Saturday Nov 17, 1917

    Jerusalem was captured following another Ottoman defeat at the Battle of Jerusalem.


  • Jerusalem, Israel
    Tuesday May 8, 1962
    Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)

    the Avenue of the Righteous

    Jerusalem, Israel
    Tuesday May 8, 1962

    8 May 1962, Yad Vashem invited Schindler to a ceremony in which a carob tree was planted in his honor on the Avenue of the Righteous.


  • Jerusalem, Israel
    Wednesday Oct 9, 1974
    Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)

    Death

    Jerusalem, Israel
    Wednesday Oct 9, 1974

    He died on 9 October 1974 and is buried in Jerusalem on Mount Zion, the only member of the Nazi Party to be honored in this way.


  • Jerusalem, Israel
    Thursday Jun 24, 1993
    Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)

    Righteous Among the Nations

    Jerusalem, Israel
    Thursday Jun 24, 1993

    He and his wife, Emilie, were named Righteous Among the Nations, an award bestowed by the State of Israel on non-Jews who took an active role to rescue Jews during the Holocaust. on 24 June 1993. Schindler, along with Karl Plagge, Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz, Helmut Kleinicke, and Hans Walz are among the few Nazi Party members to be given this award. Other awards include the German Order of Merit.


  • Jerusalem, Israel
    Wednesday Mar 12, 2014
    David Cameron

    Cameron's first visit to Israel as Prime Minister

    Jerusalem, Israel
    Wednesday Mar 12, 2014

    In March 2014, during his first visit to Israel as Prime Minister, Cameron addressed Israel's Knesset in Jerusalem, where he offered his full support for peace efforts between Israelis and Palestinians, hoping a two-state solution might be achieved.


  • Jerusalem, Israel
    Monday May 22, 2017
    Donald Trump

    First U.S. president to visit the Western Wall in Jerusalem

    Jerusalem, Israel
    Monday May 22, 2017

    Trump has supported the policies of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. On May 22, 2017, he was the first U.S. president to visit the Western Wall in Jerusalem, during his first foreign trip.


  • Jerusalem, Israel
    Wednesday Dec 6, 2017
    Donald Trump

    Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel

    Jerusalem, Israel
    Wednesday Dec 6, 2017

    Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on December 6, 2017, despite criticism and warnings from world leaders. He subsequently opened a new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem in May 2018.


  • Tel Aviv, Israel
    Jun, 2018
    Prince William

    Israel visit

    Tel Aviv, Israel
    Jun, 2018

    In June 2018, Prince William visited Israel and Palestine, being the first British royal to visit the area officially since the expiry of the British Mandate. He visited Tel Aviv, meeting with mayor Ron Huldai and touring the beach area and city center; Jerusalem, meeting with President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; and Ramallah, meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.


  • Jerusalem District, Israel
    2nd Millenium BC
    Arameans

    Arameans conquered Sam'al

    Jerusalem District, Israel
    2nd Millenium BC

    During the 11th and the 10th centuries BCE, the Arameans conquered Sam'al (modern Zenjirli), also known as Yaudi, the region from Arpad to Aleppo.


  • Gaza
    601 BC
    Ancient Egypt

    Battle of Gaza

    Gaza
    601 BC

    In the year 608 BC. After the alliance with the Assyrians, the Egyptian forces reached the Euphrates in northern Iraq, and they fought the Babylonians for three consecutive years. In the year 605 BC. The Babylonians, led by Nebuchadnezzar II, son of Nabopolassar, defeated the Egyptian army at Carchemish. In the year 604 BC. The extension of the Babylonians control over the bulk of Syria's part and Palestine. Remained Syria and Palestine rebel against Babylonian rule with the support of Egypt, King Nebuchadnezzar decided to wage a war against Egypt, and already equipped with a large army to attack Egypt went out the king of Egypt Necho II on the Egyptian head of the army to meet the Babylonians years 601 BC in the place known today in the Gaza Strip and a fierce and deadly war inflicted heavy losses on both sides, and the battle ended in the defeat of the Babylonians.


  • Jerusalem
    587 BC
    Babylon

    Destruction of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem
    587 BC

    Although Nebuchadnezzar is famously portrayed unflatteringly in the Bible, owing to his destruction of Jerusalem in 587 BC, Nebuchadnezzar's 43-year reign would bring with it a golden age for Babylon, which was to become the most powerful kingdom in the Middle East.


  • Gaza
    Oct, 332 BC
    Ancient Greece

    Siege of Gaza

    Gaza
    Oct, 332 BC

    During the Siege of Gaza, Alexander succeeded in reaching the walls by utilizing the engines he had employed against Tyre. After three unsuccessful assaults, the stronghold was taken by storm. With Gaza taken, Alexander marched into Egypt. The Egyptians hated the Persians, in part because Persia considered Egypt as nothing more than a breadbasket. They welcomed Alexander as their king, placed him on the throne of the Pharaohs, giving him the crown of Upper and Lower Egypt, and named him the incarnation of Ra and Osiris. He set in motion plans to build Alexandria, and, though future tax revenues would be channeled to him, he left Egypt under the management of Egyptians, which helped to win him their support.


  • Gaza
    Jun, 217 BC
    Seleucid Empire

    Battle of Raphia

    Gaza
    Jun, 217 BC

    Although initially unsuccessful in the Fourth Syrian War against Egypt, which led to a defeat at the Battle of Raphia (217 BC), Antiochus would prove himself to be the greatest of the Seleucid rulers after Seleucus I himself.


  • Israel
    143 BC
    Seleucid Empire

    Jews in the form of the Maccabees had fully established their independence

    Israel
    143 BC

    Meanwhile, the decay of the Empire's territorial possessions continued apace. By 143 BC, the Jews in the form of the Maccabees had fully established their independence.


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