3338/423
B.C.E. |
Destruction
of First Temple and beginning of Babylonian Exile |
3389/372
B.C.E. |
Babylon
falls to Medes and Persians under Darius the Mede and Cyrus the Great
of Persia |
3391/370
B.C.E. |
Cyrus
reigns; permits Jews to return to Eretz Yisrael |
3408/353
B.C.E. |
Darius
the Persian permits Jews to rebuild Temple |
3442/319
B.C.E. |
Beginning
of Greek era |
3448/313
B.C.E. |
Egyptian
Ptolemaic dynasty rules Eretz Yisrael |
3562/199
B.C.E. |
Antiochus
III the Great, scion of the Seleucid dynasty and ruler of Syria, wrests
Eretz Yisrael from Egypt |
3571/190
B.C.E. |
Rome
defeats Antiochus III at Magnesia |
3586/175
B.C.E. |
Antiochus
IV reigns |
3594/168
B.C.E. |
Desecration
of Temple by Antiochus |
3597/165
B.C.E. |
Conquest
of Temple by Hasmoneans, the miracle of Chanukah |
3598/163
B.C.E. |
Antiochus
IV dies |
3599/162
B.C.E. |
His
son, Antiochus V besieges Jerusalem |
3600/161
B.C.E. |
Demetrius
I (son of Seleucus IV) rules; Alcimus appointed Kohen Gadol, defeat
and death of Syrian general Nikanor (13 Adar) |
3601
/160 B.C.E. |
Yehudah
killed in battle; Yonasan elected leader of the Jewish rebellion |
3602/159
B.C.E. |
Alcimus
dies |
3609/152
B.C.E. |
Alexander
(Balas) I, alleged son of Antiochus IV, contests rule of Demetrius I;
both recognize Yonasan as Kohen Gadol |
3610/151
B.C.E. |
Alexander
I rules |
3614/147
B.C.E |
Alexander
I deposed (by Ptolemy IV king of Egypt); Demetrius II (son of
Demetrius I) rules |
3617/144
B.C.E. |
Tryphon
deposes Demetrius II (who escapes), and rules on (approx.) behalf of
the infant Antiochus VI (son of Alexander I) |
3619/142
B.C.E. |
Tryphon
tricks Yonasan and kills him; Shimon takes over Kehunah Gedolah;
proclaims himself 'Prince of the Jews' |
3619/142
B.C.E. |
Tryphon
kills Antiochus VI and proclaims himself king |
3621/140
B.C.E. |
Sanhedrin
and the People proclaim Shimon 'Prince of the Jews' 18 Elul). |
3621-3725/ |
Rule
of the Hasmonean dynasty (Shimon, Yochanan Hyrkanos, |
140-36
B.C.E. |
Yehudah
Aristobulus, Alexander Yannai, Queen Alexandra Hyrkanos and
Aristobulus) |
3630/131
B.C.E. |
Yochanan
Hyrkanos forms an alliance with Antiochus VII |
3632/129
B.C.E. |
Antiochus
VII dies |
3698/63
B.C.E. |
Roman
consul Pompei conquers Jerusalem |
3725-3828/
|
Rule
of Herodian dynasty and Roman governors (Herod, 36 B.C.E.-68 C.E.
Archelaus, Roman governors, Agrippa I, Roman governors) |
3828/68
C.E. |
Destruction
of Second Temple by Romans (according to some, the year was 3829) |
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