Jewish people History

Some landmarks in the history of the Jewish people.

587 B.C. : destruction of the first Temple. First exile under Nebuchadnezzar.

537 B.C. : end of the exile

332 B.C. : beginning of the conquests of Alexander the Great.

165 B.C. : Rebellion of the Maccabees, beginning of the Hasmonean period

60 B.C. : Pompey imposed the Roman power in Judea

70 A.D. : First Jewish rebellion, destruction of the 2nd Temple by Titus.

135 : 2nd rebellion with Bar Kokhba. Jerusalem is totally destroyed under Hadrian.

220 : Compiling of the Mishna (a part of the Talmud dealing with ethical behaviour) by Yehouda ha Nassi.

500 : end of the talmudic period

1040-1105 : Rabbi Rachi of Troyes.

1138-1204 : Maimonide

XVIIIth Century : writing of the Zohar

1290 : expulsion of the Jews from England

1306 and 1394 : expulsion of the Jews from France

1391 : forced conversions of the Jews in Spain

1492 : expulsion of the Jews from Spain. Birth of news communities in the Holy Land, in Turkey, Poland and Lithuania.

1648 : Poland is invaded by the Cossacks. Slaughters of Jewish communities (pogroms).

1720 : Birth of the Hassidic movement in Poland.

1880 : beginning of modern anti-semitism.

1894 : Dreyfus affair in France.

1897 : The "Jewish State" by Theodore Herzl. Beginning of political sionism.

1933-1945 : Nazism and the Shoah. 6 millions of Jews are killed in Europe.

1948 : declaration of independence of Israel. Recognition of the new state by the UNO.