32 events with tag "Jerusalem"
1003 BC
ID: 2743
David captures Jerusalem - makes it capital of united kingdom, 'City of David' established
ID: 2743
925 BC
ID: 2753
Shishak of Egypt invades - raids Jerusalem, Rehoboam pays tribute from Temple treasures (confirmed by Karnak inscription)
ID: 2753
701 BC
ID: 2763
Sennacherib besieges Jerusalem - Hezekiah pays tribute but city not taken, army destroyed (Sennacherib's prism confirms tribute)
ID: 2763
597 BC
ID: 2769
Second deportation to Babylon - Jehoiachin surrenders, 10,000 exiled including Ezekiel (Babylonian Chronicle confirms March 16, 597 BC)
ID: 2769
588 BC
ID: 2773
January 588 BC
Final siege of Jerusalem begins - Nebuchadnezzar's army surrounds city, 18-month siege starts
ID: 2773
586 BC
ID: 2774
July 586 BC
Destruction of First Temple - Jerusalem falls on 9th of Av, Temple burned, walls demolished, mass deportation to Babylon
ID: 2774
538 BC
ID: 2785
First return from exile - Zerubbabel leads 42,000 Jews back to Jerusalem, altar rebuilt
ID: 2785
445 BC
ID: 2793
Jerusalem's walls rebuilt - completed in 52 days despite threats, armed workers, night and day guards
ID: 2793
169 BC
ID: 2965
Antiochus plunders Temple - returning from Egypt, kills thousands of Jews, takes Temple treasures including golden altar
ID: 2965
168 BC
ID: 2966
Jason attacks Jerusalem - hearing false rumor of Antiochus's death, Jason tries to retake priesthood, civil war erupts
ID: 2966
167 BC
ID: 2967
Antiochus massacres Jerusalem - 40,000 killed in three days, 40,000 sold as slaves, attacks on Sabbath when Jews won't fight
ID: 2967
63 BC
ID: 2994
Pompey conquers Jerusalem - enters Holy of Holies (shocking sacrilege), 12,000 Jews killed, Judea becomes Roman client
ID: 2994
40 BC
ID: 4665
Parthians invade Roman Syria - briefly control Jerusalem, install Antigonus as king
ID: 4665
34
ID: 4098
Martyrdom of St. Stephen - first Christian martyr, stoned to death outside Jerusalem while Saul (later Paul) holds the cloaks
ID: 4098
49
ID: 4123
Council of Jerusalem - first Church council, decides Gentiles need not be circumcised, Paul and Barnabas attend
ID: 4123
62
ID: 4100
Martyrdom of St. James the Just - brother of the Lord, first bishop of Jerusalem, thrown from Temple pinnacle then stoned
ID: 4100
68
ID: 3011
Jewish civil war in Jerusalem - John of Gischala, Simon bar Giora, and Eleazar fight each other, burn food supplies
ID: 3011
70
ID: 4126
Destruction of Jerusalem Temple - Titus destroys Second Temple on 9th of Av, fulfilling Christ's prophecy
ID: 4126
70
ID: 4820
August 9, 70
Destruction of Second Temple - Romans destroy Jerusalem Temple, Jewish Christians flee to Pella, end of Temple Judaism
ID: 4820
107
ID: 4109
St. Simeon of Jerusalem martyred at 120 - successor of James the Just, crucified under Trajan after long torture
ID: 4109
132
ID: 4019
Bar Kokhba revolt begins - Hadrian's plan to rebuild Jerusalem as pagan city triggers massive Jewish revolt
ID: 4019
135
ID: 4134
Bar Kokhba revolt crushed - Jerusalem renamed Aelia Capitolina, Jews banned from city, Judea renamed Syria Palaestina
ID: 4134
350
ID: 4917
St. Cyril becomes Bishop of Jerusalem - writes 23 Catechetical Lectures for those preparing for baptism
ID: 4917
614
ID: 4689
Persians capture Jerusalem - take True Cross to Ctesiphon, Jews help Persian assault
ID: 4689
614
ID: 4877
Persian conquest of Jerusalem - Jews help Persians, briefly control city, massacre of Christians reported
ID: 4877
630
ID: 4765
Heraclius recovers True Cross - returns it to Jerusalem after defeating Persians
ID: 4765
638
ID: 4878
Muslim conquest of Jerusalem - Jews allowed to return after Byzantine ban, new era begins
ID: 4878
1034
ID: 3734
Robert the Magnificent goes on pilgrimage - leaves for Jerusalem, appoints young bastard son William as heir
ID: 3734
1099
ID: 177
July 15, 1099
First Crusade captures Jerusalem - Crusaders massacre Muslims and Jews, blood knee-deep in streets
ID: 177
1119
ID: 183
Knights Templar founded by nine knights - protect pilgrims, become international bankers
ID: 183
1187
ID: 164
October 2, 1187
Christina rejoices wildly knowing Jerusalem falls to Saladin - says Christ celebrates souls to be saved through reconquest attempts
ID: 164
1413
ID: 2470
March 20, 1413
Death of Henry IV - dies in Jerusalem Chamber at Westminster, fulfilling prophecy he would die in Jerusalem
ID: 2470