13 events with tag "David"
1020 BC
ID: 5796
David defeats Goliath of Gath - young shepherd kills Philistine champion with sling and stone
ID: 5796
1003 BC
ID: 2743
David captures Jerusalem - makes it capital of united kingdom, 'City of David' established
ID: 2743
1000 BC
ID: 2744
Davidic Covenant - Nathan prophesies eternal dynasty for David, theological foundation of monarchy
ID: 2744
1000 BC
ID: 5797
David subdues Philistines - breaks their military dominance, makes them tributaries but doesn't expel them
ID: 5797
975 BC
ID: 2745
David's census and plague - unauthorized census brings plague, David buys threshing floor of Araunah for future Temple site
ID: 2745
970 BC
ID: 2746
Death of David, Solomon becomes king - after succession struggle with Adonijah, Solomon established on throne
ID: 2746
970 BC
ID: 5798
Hiram of Tyre allies with David and Solomon - provides cedar, craftsmen, and expertise for Temple construction
ID: 5798
842 BC
ID: 2797
Tel Dan Stele erected - Aramean king mentions 'House of David,' first extra-biblical reference to David (discovered 1993)
ID: 2797
784
ID: 4081
Alcuin creates palace academy - gives classical nicknames: Charlemagne is 'David', himself 'Flaccus' (Horace)
ID: 4081
1149
ID: 2613
Henry of Anjou knighted by David of Scotland - builds alliance for future claim to English throne
ID: 2613
1453
ID: 5131
Donatello completes bronze David for Medici palace - first free-standing nude sculpture since antiquity
ID: 5131
1501
ID: 5143
Michelangelo begins carving David from rejected marble block - commissioned by Florence as symbol of republic
ID: 5143
1504
ID: 5144
September 8, 1504
Michelangelo's David unveiled in Piazza della Signoria - symbol of Florentine liberty against tyranny
ID: 5144