| Jewish Year | Civil Year | Historic Event |
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| 1 | 3760 BCE | Adam & Eve created 1st Generation |
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| 130 | 3630 BCE | Seth born 2nd Generation |
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| 235 | 3525 BCE | Enosh born 3rd Generation |
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| 325 | 3435 BCE | Kenan born 4th Generation |
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| 395 | 3365 BCE | Mehalalel born 5th Generation |
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| 460 | 3300 BCE | Yered born 6th Generation |
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| 622 | 3138 BCE | Enoch born 7th Generation |
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| 687 | 3074 BCE | Mehtuselah born 8th Generation |
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| 874 | 2886 BCE | Lemech born 9th Generation |
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| 930 | 2831 BCE | Adam dies |
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| 1056 | 2704 BCE | Noah born 10th Generation |
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| 1558 | 2203 BCE | Shem born 11th Generation |
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| 1658 | 2102 BCE | The Flood |
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| 1658 | 2102 BCE | Arpachshad born 12th Generation |
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| 1693 | 2067 BCE | Shelach born 13th Generation |
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| 1723 | 2038 BCE | Eber born 14th Generation |
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| 1757 | 2003 BCE | Peleg born 15th Generation |
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| 1787 | 1973 BCE | Reu born 16th Generation |
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| 1819 | 1941 BCE | Serug born 17th Generation |
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| 1849 | 1911 BCE | Nachor born 18th Generation |
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| 1878 | 1882 BCE | Terach born 19th Generation |
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| 1948 | 1813 BCE | Abraham born 20th Generation |
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| 1996 | 1765 BCE | The Tower of Babel |
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| 2006 | 1755 BCE | Noah dies |
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| 2018 | 1743 BCE | Covenant with Abraham |
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| 2023 | 1738 BCE | Abraham settles in Canaan |
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| 2048 | 1713 BCE | Isaac born 21st Generation |
| | Abraham circumcises himself |
| | Sodom & Gomorrah destroyed |
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| 2084 | 1677 BCE | Isaac prepared as sacrifice |
| | Sarah dies |
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| 2108 | 1653 BCE | Jacob born 22nd Generation |
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| 2123 | 1638 BCE | Abraham dies |
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| 2171 | 1590 BCE | Isaac blesses Jacob instead of Esau |
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| 2192 | 1569 BCE | Jacob marries Leah |
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| 2195 | 1565 BCE | Levi born 23rd Generation |
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| 2199 | 1562 BCE | Joseph born |
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| 2215 | 1545 BCE | Kehath born 24th Generation |
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| 2216 | 1546 BCE | Joseph sold into slavery |
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| 2228 | 1533 BCE | Isaac dies |
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| 2229 | 1532 BCE | Joseph becomes viceroy of Egypt |
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| 2238 | 1523 BCE | Jacob and family move to Egypt |
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| 2255 | 1523 BCE | Jacob dies |
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| 2261 | 1499 BCE | Amram born 25th Generation |
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| 2309 | 1452 BCE | Joseph dies |
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| 2332 | 1429 BCE | Egyptian enslavement begins |
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| 2368 | 1393 BCE | Moses born 26th Generation |
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| 2406 | 1355 BCE | Joshua born |
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| 2447 | 1314 BCE | Moses sees the burning bush |
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| 2448 | 1313 BCE | Exodus from Egypt |
| | Revelation at Mt Sinai |
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| 2449 | 1312 BCE | Moses brings down second set of tablets |
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| 2488 | 1272 BCE | Death of Moses |
| | Yehoshua (Joshua) leads Jews into Israel |
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| 2516 | 1244 BCE | Death of Yehoshua (Joshua) |
| | Zekainim (Elders) lead the nation |
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| 2533 | 1227 BCE | Othniel, first Judge leads Israel |
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| 2573 | 1187 BCE | Ehud judges Israel |
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| 2654 | 1106 BCE | Dvorah (Deborah) and Barak judge Israel |
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| 2694 | 1066 BCE | Gideon judges Israel |
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| 2734 | 1026 BCE | Avimelech (Abimelech) judges Israel |
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| 2779 | 981 BCE | Yiftach (Jephthah) judges Israel |
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| 2810 | 950 BCE | Shimshon (Samson) judges Israel |
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| 2830 | 930 BCE | Eli the High Priest judges Israel |
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| 2871 | 889 BCE | Shmuel (Shamuel) the Prophet judges Israel |
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| 2881 | 879 BCE | Saul anointed king over Israel |
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| 2883 | 877 BCE | David anointed king over Israel |
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| 2892 | 868 BCE | King David establishes rule over all of Israel |
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| 2924 | 836 BCE | King Solomon (Shlomo) begins his rule |
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| 2928 | 832 BCE | First Temple construction begins |
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| 2935 | 825 BCE | First Temple completed |
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| 2964 | 796 BCE | Split of the kingdom. |
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| | (Israel) begin their rule |
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| 3320 | 510 BCE | Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon conquers Judea. He removes part of the Temple's holy vessels and children of the royal family take them to Babylon (Daniel 1) |
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| 3327 | 503 BCE | Yehoyachim (Yechonia) ben Yehoyakim becomes king and reigns for only three months. Nebuchadnezzar exiles him to Babylon together with 10,000 people and the Torah Sages (2 Kings 24:16) Zedekiah ben Yehoyakim becomes the last King of Judea (24:18) |
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| 3338 | 492 BCE | The First Temple is destroyed. It had stood for 410 years. |
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| 3392 | 438 BCE | Achashverosh becomes king of Persia |
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| 3395 | 435 BCE | Achashverosh's Feast (180 days) |
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| 3399 | 431 BCE | (Tevet) Esther taken to Achashverosh |
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3404
| 426 BCE | (Nissan) Haman casts lots |
| (13 Nissan) First decrees dispatched by Haman |
| (1416 Nissan) Three days' Fast ordered by Esther |
| (17 Nissan) Haman's downfall and execution |
| (23 Sivan) Second decrees, reversing the first |
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| 3405 | 425 BCE | (13 Adar ) Haman's ten sons executed |
| (14 Adar ) Purim celebration |
| (15 Adar ) Purim celebration in Shushan |
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| 3406 | 424 BCE | The Megillah recorded |
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| 3408 | 422 BCE | Second Temple Period |
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| 3597 | 136 BCE | Miracle of Hanukkah |
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| 3828 | 68 CE | Second Temple Destroyed by Titus. It had stood for 420 years. |
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| 3840 | 80 CE | Leadership of Rabbi Akiva (Akiba) begins |
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| 3880 | 120 CE | Rebellion of Bar Kochba |
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| 3979 | 219 CE | Mishna compiled |
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| 4118 | 358 CE | Hillel II establishes a permanent Jewish calendar |
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| 4128 | 368 CE | Jerusalem Talmud compiled |
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| 4186 | 426 CE | Babylonian Talmud compiled |
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| 4260 | 500 CE | Babylonian Talmud recorded |
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| 4398 | 638 CE | Islamic conquest of Jerusalem |
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| 4800 | 1040 CE | Birth of "RASHI" |
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| 4891 | 1131 CE | Birth of "RAMBAM" (Maimonides) |
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| 4970 | 1210 CE | 300 French and English rabbis make alliah and settle in Israel |
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| 5002 | 1242 CE | Burning of the Talmud in Paris |
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| 5004 | 1244 CE | Tartars capture Jerusalem |
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| 5027 | 1267 CE | "Ramban" (Nachmanides) arrives in Israel |
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| 5050 | 1290 CE | Expulsion of all Jews from England |
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| 5155 | 1394 CE | Expulsion of all Jews from France |
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| 5235 | 1475 CE | Rashi commentary printed in Reggio de Calabria (Beginning of Hebrew printing o on printing press) |
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| 5240 | 1480 CE | Inquisition established in Spain |
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| 5252 | 1492 CE | Expulsion of all Jews from Spain |
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| 5324 | 1564 CE | Publication of the Shulchan Aruch by Rav Yoseph Caro (in the city of Safed) |
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| 5414 | 1654 CE | First Jewish settlement established in North America (New Amsterdam) |
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| 5551 | 1791 CE | French National Assembly grants full civil rights to Jews. |
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| 5654 | 1894 CE | Dreyfus trial (France) |
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| 5680 | 1920 CE | England receives Mandate over Palestine |
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| 5698 | 1938 CE | Kristallnacht riot against Jews in Germany |
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| 5708 | 1948 CE | STATE OF ISRAEL IS DECLARED |
I thought the second temple was destroyed by Titus in 70 A.D. Please cite your authority that says it was two years earlier (68 A.D.).
ReplyDeleteThanks,
Wendell