29 events with tag "beginning"
966 BC
ID: 2747
Solomon begins Temple construction - with Hiram of Tyre's help, using cedar of Lebanon, forced labor
ID: 2747
753 BC
ID: 2641
April 21, 753 BC
Traditional founding of Rome - Romulus kills Remus, founds city on Palatine Hill, establishes Senate and basic institutions
ID: 2641
588 BC
ID: 2773
January 588 BC
Final siege of Jerusalem begins - Nebuchadnezzar's army surrounds city, 18-month siege starts
ID: 2773
431 BC
ID: 246
Peloponnesian War begins - Athens versus Sparta, democracy versus oligarchy, sea versus land power
ID: 246
430 BC
ID: 2809
Malachi prophesies - last Old Testament prophet, announces coming of Elijah before 'great and terrible day,' 400 years of prophetic silence begins
ID: 2809
343 BC
ID: 2653
First Samnite War begins - Rome starts 50-year struggle for control of Italy, learns mountain warfare
ID: 2653
334 BC
ID: 287
Alexander crosses Hellespont - begins conquest of Persian Empire with 35,000 men
ID: 287
167 BC
ID: 2970
Maccabean Revolt begins - Mattathias kills Jew sacrificing to pagan god and king's officer at Modi'in, flees to hills
ID: 2970
58 BC
ID: 2692
Caesar begins Gallic Wars - defeats Helvetii and Ariovistus, conquest of Gaul begins
ID: 2692
19 BC
ID: 2998
Herod begins Temple reconstruction - massive beautification project, won't be fully complete until 64 AD
ID: 2998
66
ID: 3006
Massacre at Caesarea - Greeks kill 20,000 Jews in one day, Florus does nothing, revolt spreads
ID: 3006
79
ID: 5934
August 24, 79
Mount Vesuvius begins erupting - 1 PM, umbrella pine-shaped cloud rises 20 miles high, pumice rains on Pompeii
ID: 5934
568
ID: 4809
Lombards invade Italy - Alboin leads entire nation across Alps, 200,000+ people, April 2, 568
ID: 4809
573
ID: 2841
Civil war between Sigebert and Chilperic begins - brothers fight over territories, Brunhilda vs Fredegund feud intensifies
ID: 2841
715
ID: 2861
Charles Martel escapes imprisonment - Pepin's widow Plectrude imprisons him, he escapes and raises army in Austrasia
ID: 2861
772
ID: 2890
First Saxon War begins - Charlemagne invades Saxony, destroys Irminsul (sacred tree), begins 30-year struggle
ID: 2890
789
ID: 2623
First Viking raid on England - three ships land at Portland, reeve killed trying to collect taxes
ID: 2623
793
ID: 2918
Viking Age begins - raid on Lindisfarne shocks Christian Europe, Charlemagne strengthens coastal defenses
ID: 2918
793
ID: 2548
June 8, 793
Vikings raid Lindisfarne - 'dragons' seen in sky, monastery destroyed, beginning of Viking Age in England
ID: 2548
960
ID: 5849
Benedictine Reform begins - Dunstan as Archbishop, backed by Edgar, starts replacing secular clergy with monks
ID: 5849
1100
ID: 5265
William IX of Aquitaine begins composing troubadour poetry - grandfather of Eleanor, creates first known vernacular love lyrics in Occitan
ID: 5265
1139
ID: 2607
The Anarchy begins - Matilda lands in England to claim throne, 19 years of civil war follow
ID: 2607
1455
ID: 2491
May 22, 1455
First Battle of St. Albans - Wars of the Roses begin, York defeats royal army, Somerset killed in street fighting
ID: 2491
1797
ID: 5781
Johnny Appleseed begins planting apple nurseries - travels Ohio River valley with apple seeds from cider presses
ID: 5781
1965
ID: 1815
US chemical abortions begin (estimated 756 million by 2019)
ID: 1815
1968
ID: 4580
Gabriele Veneziano discovers dual resonance model - birth of string theory
ID: 4580
1973
ID: 1908
US surgical abortions begin (over 62 million by 2019)
ID: 1908
2012
ID: 3215
Edward Snowden begins downloading sensitive intelligence material
ID: 3215
2015
ID: 3278
First 5G trials begin
ID: 3278