History of Israel and the Jewish People

All the people and events

From the earliest biblical traditions to the modern State of Israel · 790 entries.

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Chronicles Fourteen lines of the story, told moment by moment on the map.

Before the kingsFourteen judges, one tribe at a time, from Othniel to Eli.
The united monarchySaul, David and Solomon: three kings, one kingdom, one Temple.
The two kingdomsEvery king of Israel and Judah, reign by reign, side by side.
The voices of the prophetsFrom Hannah to Malachi, north and south, who spoke and to whom.
Exile and returnJerusalem burns, Babylon falls, and the Temple rises again.
The Hasmonean expansionFrom a revolt in Modi'in to a kingdom on both sides of the Jordan.
The house of HerodA builder, a tyrant, and a kingdom divided among his sons.
Against RomeThree revolts in seventy years, and the world they ended.
The chain of traditionFrom the Men of the Great Assembly to our own day: the Torah handed on from hand to hand, period by period.
The high priestsFrom Aaron to Caiaphas, the other line of succession.
The long exileEighteen centuries of expulsions and massacres, up to the Shoah.
The road to the StateIdeas, waves of aliyah and diplomacy, from Alkalai to 1948.
The State of IsraelEvery prime minister and president, the wars and the treaties.
The ingatheringYemen, Iraq, Morocco, Ethiopia, the Soviet Union: the great airlifts.

The journeys The roads of the patriarchs, the prophets, the exiles and the masters, stop by stop.

The places Cities, waters and lands of the story, with everything that happened there.

Primeval History −4026 – −2018 · 15 entries

Creation of Adam−4026
Village of Enoch−3800
The Wheel−3500
Bronze age−3300
Noah−3000 – −2050
Nephilim−2520
Japheth−2500 – −1900
Ham−2499 – −1900
Shem−2498 – −1898
The Great Flood (Noah)−2400
Nimrod's Empire−2300
Tower of Babel−2269
Sumer Civilization−2200
Epic of Gilgamesh−2100
Egyptian Middle Kingdom−2055

The Patriarchs −2018 – −1657 · 18 entries

Abraham−2018 – −1843
Sarah−2008 – −1881
Abraham enters Canaan−1943
Melchizedek (Salem)−1943
Isaac−1918 – −1738
The Binding of Isaac (Akedah)−1881
Rebecca−1881 – −1761
Jacob (Israel)−1858 – −1711
Semitic settle Nile Delta−1800
Rachel−1800 – −1751
Leah−1800 – −1730
Proto-Sinaitic Script−1800
Hammurabi (Babylon)−1792
12 Tribes of Israel−1785 – −1657
Joseph−1767 – −1657
Code of Hammurabi−1754
Joseph arrives Egypt−1750
Papyrus Brooklyn−1743

Egypt & the Exodus −1657 – −1406 · 19 entries

Hyksos Rule in Northern Egypt−1650
Avaris (Tell el-Dab'a)−1620
Hittite Kingdom−1600
Proto-Canaanite Alphabet−1600
Apophis I (Hyksos Egypt)−1583
Slavery in Egypt−1560 – −1446
Hyksos defeated−1550
Egypt New Kingdom begins−1550
Ahmose I (Egypt)−1550
Miriam−1536 – −1406
Aaron (High Priest)−1529 – −1406
Moses−1526 – −1406
Caleb−1485 – −1375
Hatshepsut (Egypt)−1479
Thutmose III (Egypt)−1479
Exodus from Egypt−1446
Ten Commandments−1446
The Tabernacle (Mishkan)−1445
Amenhotep II (Egypt)−1427

Conquest & Judges −1406 – −1050 · 56 entries

Joshua Leadership−1406 – −1375
Eleazar (High Priest)−1406 – −1370
The Torah−1406
Conquest of Canaan−1400
Shasu of YHW−1400
Battle of Jericho−1400
Battle of Ai−1400
Battle of Gibeon−1400
Balak (Moab)−1400
Berlin Pedestal−1390
Amenhotep III (Egypt)−1386
Judge Othniel−1375 – −1335
Phinehas (High Priest)−1370 – −1330
Amarna Letters−1350
Ugarit Tablets (Ras Shamra)−1350
Labayu (Shechem Canaan)−1350
Akhenaten (Egypt)−1350
Abdi-Heba (Urusalim Canaan)−1350
Judge Ehud−1335 – −1295
Tutankhamun (Egypt)−1332
Abishua (High Priest)−1330 – −1290
Judge Shamgar−1320 – −1300
Horemheb (Egypt)−1319
Judge Deborah−1295 – −1255
Ramesses I (Egypt)−1292
Bukki (High Priest)−1290 – −1250
Ramesses II (Egypt)−1279
Yael Eshet Hever−1260
Sisera (Canaan Commander)−1260
Battle of Mount Tabor−1260
Jabin (Hazor Canaan)−1260
Judge Gideon−1255 – −1215
Uzzi (High Priest)−1250 – −1210
Hazor Destruction Layer−1230
Mount Ebal Altar−1220
Abimelech Rule−1215 – −1212
Merneptah (Egypt)−1213
Judge Tola−1212 – −1189
Merneptah Stele−1208
Iron age−1200
Shiloh−1200
Izbet Sartah Abecedary−1200
Bronze age Collapse−1200
Boaz−1200 – −1118
Judge Jair−1189 – −1167
Ramesses III (Egypt)−1186
Judge Jephthah−1167 – −1161
Judge Ibzan−1161 – −1154
Judge Elon−1154 – −1144
Jerubbaal Inscription−1150
Judge Abdon−1144 – −1136
Judge Samson−1136 – −1116
Book of Ruth−1120 – −1080
Prophetess Hannah−1120 – −1040
Judge Eli (High Priest)−1116 – −1076
Ahitub (High Priest)−1110 – −1085

United Monarchy −1050 – −930 · 23 entries

Ahijah / Ahimelech (High Priest)−1085 – −1012
Prophet Samuel−1076 – −1010
Unified Kingdom of Israel−1050
King Saul−1050 – −1010
Battle of Michmash−1045
Battle of the Valley of Elah−1025
Abiathar (High Priest)−1012 – −969
Battle of Mount Gilboa−1010
King David−1010 – −970
Prophet Gad−1010 – −970
David captures Jerusalem−1003
Ophel Inscription−1000
Khirbet Qeiyafa Ostracon−1000
Large Stone Structure−1000
Prophet Nathan−1000 – −960
Paleo-Hebrew alphabet−1000
Gezer Calendar−990
Hiram I (Tyre)−970
King Solomon−970 – −930
Zadok (High Priest)−969 – −940
First Temple built−960
Canaanite-Israelite month names−950
Solomonic Gates−950

Israel & Judah −930 – −586 · 120 entries

Prophet Ahijah (Israel)−940 – −900
Prophet Iddo (Judah)−935 – −920
Israel and Judah Split−930
Prophet Shemaiah (Judah)−930 – −920
King Rehoboam (Judah)−930 – −913
King Jeroboam I (Israel)−930 – −910
Shoshenq I (Egypt)−925
King Abijah (Judah)−913 – −911
Neo-Assyrian Empire−911
King Asa (Judah)−911 – −870
King Nadab (Israel)−910 – −909
Prophet Azariah−910 – −890
King Baasha (Israel)−909 – −886
Goliath Ostracon−900
Tel Arad Temple−900
Prophet Jehu (Israel/Judah)−888 – −850
King Elah (Israel)−886 – −885
King Zimri (Israel)−885
King Omri (Israel)−885 – −874
Samaria Capital of Israel−880
King Ahab (Israel)−874 – −853
Prophet Elijah (Israel)−870 – −850
King Jehoshaphat (Judah)−870 – −848
Prophet Micaiah (Israel/Judah)−860 – −850
Ben-Hadad II (Aram-Damascus)−857
Kurkh Monolith−853
Battle of Qarqar−853
Battle of Ramoth-Gilead−853
King Ahaziah (Israel)−853 – −852
King Jehoram (Israel)−852 – −841
Mesha Stele−850
Mesha (Moab)−850
Prophet Elisha (Israel)−850 – −795
King Jehoram (Judah)−848 – −841
Tel Dan Stele−841
King Ahaziah (Judah)−841
King Jehu (Israel)−841 – −814
Jehoiada (High Priest)−841 – −810
Hazael of Aram (Damascus)−841
Queen Athaliah (Judah)−841 – −835
King Joash (Judah)−835 – −795
Prophet Joel (Judah)−830 – −800
Black Obelisk−825
Shalmaneser III (Assyria)−825
King Jehoahaz (Israel)−814 – −798
Samaria Ostraca−800
Deir Alla Inscription−800
Kuntillet Ajrud Inscriptions−800
King Jehoash (Israel)−798 – −782
King Amaziah (Judah)−795 – −767
King Jeroboam II (Israel)−782 – −753
Prophet Jonah (Israel)−780 – −750
King Uzziah (Judah)−767 – −740
Prophet Amos (Israel)−760 – −750
Prophet Hosea (Israel)−760 – −722
King Zechariah (Israel)−753
King Shallum (Israel)−752
King Menahem (Israel)−752 – −742
Khirbet el-Qom Inscription−750
King Pekahiah (Israel)−742 – −740
King Pekah (Israel)−740 – −732
King Jotham (Judah)−740 – −732
Prophet Isaiah (Judah)−740 – −680
Prophet Micah (Judah)−735 – −700
Syro-Ephraimite War−734
Rezin (Aram-Damascus)−732
Tiglath-Pileser III (Assyria)−732
King Hoshea (Israel)−732 – −722
King Ahaz (Judah)−732 – −716
Nimrud Tablet−730
Shalmaneser V (Assyria)−724
Fall of Israel (Assyria)−722
Khorsabad Annals−722
Sargon II (Assyria)−722
King Hezekiah (Judah)−716 – −687
Merodach-Baladan II (Babylon)−710
Hezekiah's Tunnel−705
Lachish Reliefs−701
Siloam Inscription−701
Sennacherib's siege of Jerusalem−701
Sennacherib (Assyria)−701
Taharqa (Kush and Egypt)−701
Bullae of Hezekiah−700
Bullae of Isaiah−700
LMLK seal−700
Taylor Prism−691
King Manasseh (Judah)−687 – −642
Esarhaddon (Assyria)−681
Ashurbanipal (Assyria)−669
Prophet Nahum (Judah)−660 – −630
King Amon (Judah)−642 – −640
Prophet Zephaniah (Judah)−640 – −620
King Josiah (Judah)−640 – −609
Hilkiah (High Priest)−640 – −609
Mesad Hashavyahu Ostracon−630
Prophet Jeremiah (Judah)−627 – −586
Neo-Babylonian Empire−626
Prophetess Huldah−625 – −620
Nabopolassar (Babylon)−625
Cyaxares (Medes)−625
Josiah's Reforms−622
Fall of the Neo-Assyrian Empire−612
Fall of Nineveh−612
Ashur-uballit II (Assyria)−612
Prophet Habakkuk (Judah)−610 – −600
Battle of Megiddo−609
King Jehoahaz (Judah)−609
Necho II (Egypt)−609
King Jehoiakim (Judah)−608 – −598
Battle of Carchemish−605
Baruch ben Neriah−605 – −570
Ketef Hinnom Scrolls−600
Arad Ostraca−600
Bulla of Baruch son of Neriah−600
King Jehoiachin (Judah)−598 – −597
Nebuchadnezzar Chronicle−597
Babylonian Capture of Jerusalem−597
King Zedekiah (Judah)−597 – −586
Jehoiachin Ration Tablets−590
Lachish letters−588

Babylonian Exile −586 – −538 · 17 entries

Persian Period −538 – −332 · 32 entries

Cyrus the Great (Persia)−539
Return to Zion−538
Joshua (High Priest)−538 – −516
Governor Zerubbabel−538 – −510
Cambyses II (Persia)−530
Darius I (Persia)−522
Prophet Haggai (Return Era)−520 – −515
Prophet Zechariah (Return Era)−520 – −480
Second Temple Completed−516
Roman Republic−509
Elephantine Papyri−500
Story of Ahiqar−500
Mordecai−483 – −465
Esther Queen of Persia (Purim)−479 – −465
Purim−474
Xerxes the Great (Persia)−474
Ezra (Priest & Scribe)−458 – −440
Knesset HaGdolah−450
Samaritan Schism−450
Prophet Malachi (Return Era)−450 – −430
Herodotus−450
Square Hebrew Script−450
Rebuilding of Jerusalem Walls−445
Governor Nehemiah−445 – −430
Artaxerxes I (Persia)−445
Yehud Coins−400
Tanakh Formation−400
Wadi Daliyeh Papyri−375
Governor Yeho'ezer−375 – −350
Governor Ahzai−350 – −330
Jaddua (High Priest)−350 – −323
Greek Empire−336

Hellenistic Period −332 – −142 · 37 entries

Alexander the Great (Greece)−332
Fall of Persia−330
Ptolemaic Control−301
Ptolemy I (Ptolemaic)−301
Hellenistic Judaism−300
Book of Giants−300
Shimon HaTzadik (High Priest)−300 – −200
Ptolemy II (Egypt)−283
Dead Sea Scrolls−250
Septuagint−247
The Book of Enoch−240
Book of Tobit−225
Mattathias ben Johanan−205 – −166
Seleucid Takeover−200
Battle of Panium−200
Yose ben Yoezer & Yose ben Yochanan−200 – −150
Antiochus III (Seleucid)−198
Book of Ben Sira−190
Judah Maccabee (Commander)−190 – −160
Heliodorus Stele−178
Zugot Period−170
Maccabean Revolt−167
Antiochus IV (Seleucid)−167
Battle of Emmaus−165
Hanukkah−164
Antiochus V Eupator (Seleucid)−164
Battle of Beth Zechariah−162
Demetrius I Soter (Seleucid)−162
Temple of Onias−160
Book of Jubilees−160
Battle of Elasa−160
Jonathan Apphus (High Priest)−160 – −142
Nash Papyrus−150
Letter of Aristeas−150
Alexander I Balas (Seleucid)−150
Book of Judith−150
Pharisees, Sadducees and Essenes−145

Hasmonean Kingdom −142 – −63 · 16 entries

Yehoshua ben Perachyah & Nittai of Arbela−150 – −100
Demetrius II Nicator (Seleucid)−145
Jewish Independence−142
Simon Thassi (High Priest & Ruler)−142 – −134
John Hyrcanus (High Priest & Ruler)−134 – −104
Shekel of Tyre−126
Samaritan Temple Destroyed−111
Hasmonean Coins−110
King Aristobulus I (High Priest & King)−104 – −103
King Alexander Jannaeus (High Priest & King)−103 – −76
Book of Maccabees−100
Honi HaMe'agel (the Circle-Drawer)−100 – −63
Yehudah ben Tabbai & Shimon ben Shetach−100 – −60
Queen Salome Alexandra−76 – −67
Jewish Civil War−67
King Aristobulus II (High Priest & King)−67 – −63

Roman Rule −63 – 324 · 98 entries

Hillel the Elder−110 – 10
Hyrcanus II (High Priest & King)−67 – −40
Roman Takeover−63
Pompey the Great (Rome)−63
Shemayah & Avtalyon−60 – −30
Cleopatra VII (Egypt)−51
Wisdom of Solomon−50
Shammai the Elder−50 – 30
Julius Caesar (Rome)−48
Parthian Invasion of Judea−40
King Antigonus II (High Priest & King)−40 – −37
Herodian Dynasty−37
King Herod the Great−37 – −4
Herodian Coins−36
Augustus (Rome)−27
Herod Renovates the Second Temple−20
Temple Warning Inscription−20
Trumpeting Place Inscription−20
The Western Wall (Kotel)−19
Rabban Gamliel HaZaken−10 – 50
Herodian Kingdom Split−4
Tomb of Herod at Herodium−4
Herod Archelaus (Judea)−4 – 6
Philip the Tetrarch (northeast territories)−4 – 34
Herod Antipas (Galilee & Perea)−4 – 39
Theodotus Inscription1
Magdala Stone5
Judea Becomes a Roman Province6
Tannaim Period10
Joseph ben Caiaphas (High Priest)18 – 36
Philo of Alexandria20 – 50
Pilate Stone26
Pontius Pilate (Rome)26
Caiaphas ossuary30
Eleazar ben Simon30 – 70
John of Giscala30 – 70
Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai30 – 90
Simon bar Giora35 – 70
Eleazar ben Yair35 – 73
Caligula (Rome)37
Flavius Josephus37 – 100
Herodian Kingdom Restored41
King Herod Agrippa I41 – 44
Copper Scroll50
King Herod Agrippa II50 – 92
Rabbi Akiva50 – 135
Nero (Rome)54
First Jewish–Roman War66
Battle of Beth Horon66
Great Revolt Coins67
Vespasian (Rome)67
Siege of Gamla67
Second Temple Destroyed70
Sanhedrin Relocates to Yavne70
Titus Flavius (Rome)70
Judaea Capta Coins71
Siege of Masada73
Masada Lots73
Rabban Gamliel II of Yavne80 – 120
Arch of Titus81
Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai (Rashbi)90 – 160
Shimon Bar Kokhba95 – 135
Trajan (Rome)98
Rabbi Meir100 – 163
Rabbi Yose ben Halafta100 – 165
Bruriah110 – 160
Kitos War115
Bar Kokhba Revolt132
Bar Kokhba Coins133
Hadrianic expulsion135
Bar Kokhba Letters135
Hadrian (Rome)135
Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi135 – 219
Sanhedrin Relocates to Usha140
Mishnaic Hebrew150
Seder Olam Rabbah160
Mar Shmuel165 – 254
Sanhedrin Relocates to Tzippori170
Rav / Abba Arika175 – 247
Rabbi Yochanan bar Nafcha180 – 279
Targum Onkelos200
Resh Lakish200 – 275
Mishnah Compiled200
Pirkei Avot200
Talmudic Aramaic200
Ein Gedi Scroll210
Rav Huna216 – 297
Amoraim Period220
Sanhedrin Relocates to Tiberias220
Beit She'arim Necropolis220
Sura Academy Founded225
Dura-Europos Synagogue244
Tosefta250
Pumbedita Academy Founded259
Abaye280 – 339
Rava280 – 352
Hamat Tiberias Mosaic300
Christianization of the Roman Empire313

Byzantine Period 324 – 638 · 31 entries

Early Islamic Period 638 – 1099 · 34 entries

Crusaders & Ayyubids 1099 – 1260 · 20 entries

Yehuda HaLevi1075 – 1141
Abraham ibn Ezra1089 – 1167
Crusaders Period1099
Godfrey of Bouillon (Crusade)1099
Rabbeinu Tam1100 – 1171
(Raavad) Rabbi Avraham ben David of Posquières1125 – 1198
(Rambam) Moshé ben Maimón1138 – 1204
Sefer HaKuzariMar 1140
Norwich Blood Libel1144
Almohad persecution1147
Mishneh TorahMar 1180
Ayyubid Dynasty1187
Saladin (Ayyubid)1187
Battle of Hattin4 Jul 1187
Guide for the Perplexed1190
York massacre16 Mar 1190
(Ramban) Moshéh ben Najmán1194 – 1270
Ladino EmergesMar 1200
Fourth Lateran CouncilNov 1215
Burning of the Talmud in ParisJun 1242

Mamluk Period 1260 – 1517 · 22 entries

(Rashba) Rabbi Shlomo ben Aderet1235 – 1310
(Rosh) Rabbi Asher ben Yehiel1250 – 1327
Mamluks1260
Baybars (Mamluks)1260
Battle of Ain Jalut3 Sep 1260
Beta Israel of Ethiopia1270
Expulsion from England1290
ZoharMar 1290
(Ran) Rabbeinu Nissim of Gerona1320 – 1376
(Rivash) Rabbi Yitzḥak ben Sheshet1326 – 1408
Arba’ah TurimMar 1340
Black Death massacres1348
Sarajevo Haggadah1350
(Rashbatz) Rabbi Shimon ben Tzemach Duran1361 – 1444
Massacres of 13914 Jun 1391
Rabbi Don Yitzḥak Abravanel1437 – 1508
Ferdinand and Isabella (Spain)1474
Spanish Inquisition1478
Expulsion from Spain1492
Portuguese Forced Conversions1497
Acharonim Period1500
Ghetto of Venice29 Mar 1516

Ottoman Period 1517 – 1917 · 83 entries

Rabbi Yosef Karo1488 – 1575
Ottoman Empire1517
Selim I (Ottoman)1517
Bomberg Talmud1520
Maharal of Prague1520 – 1609
Safed's Golden Age1530
(Rama) Rabbi Moshe Isserles1530 – 1572
(Arizal) Rabbi Yitzchak Luria1534 – 1572
Suleiman the Magnificent (Ottoman)1537
Shulchan AruchMar 1565
Council of Four Lands1580
(Shach) Rabbi Shabtai HaKohen1621 – 1662
Magen Avraham1635 – 1682
Khmelnytsky Massacres1648
Jews arrive in New AmsterdamSep 1654
Readmission of the Jews to England1656
Rabbi Tzvi Ashkenazi1656 – 1718
Sabbatean Movement1665
Baal Shem Tov1698 – 1760
Rise of Hasidism1700
(Ramchal) Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto1707 – 1746
Vilna Gaon1720 – 1797
Moses Mendelssohn1729 – 1786
Mesillat Yesharim1740
(Alter Rebbe) Rabbi Shneur Zalman1745 – 1812
Rabbi Moshe Sofer1762 – 1839
Haskalah1770
Rabbi Nachman of Breslov1772 – 1810
Moses Montefiore1784 – 1885
Jewish Emancipation in France1791
Pale of Settlement1791
Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Kalischer1795 – 1874
Tanya1796
Rabbi Yehuda Alkalai1798 – 1878
Napoleon Bonaparte (France)1799
Napoleon's Sanhedrin1807
Samson Raphael Hirsch1808 – 1888
Rabbi Israel Salanter1809 – 1883
Moses Hess1812 – 1875
Leon Pinsker1821 – 1891
(Chafetz Chaim) Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan1838 – 1933
Rabbi Yitzchak Yaakov Reines1839 – 1915
Damascus Affair1840
Baron Edmond de Rothschild1845 – 1934
Max Nordau1849 – 1923
A. D. Gordon1856 – 1922
Ahad Ha’am1856 – 1927
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda1858 – 1922
Mortara case23 Jun 1858
Mishkenot Sha'ananim1860
Theodor Herzl1860 – 1904
Henrietta Szold1860 – 1945
Rav Kook1865 – 1935
Mikveh Israel1870
Chaim Nachman Bialik1873 – 1934
Chaim Weizmann1874 – 1952
Abdul Hamid II (Ottoman)1876
Aaron Aaronsohn1876 – 1919
Founding of Petah Tikva1878
Hatikvah1878
Chazon Ish1878 – 1953
Joseph Trumpeldor1880 – Mar 1920
Ze’ev Jabotinsky1880 – 1940
Russian Empire Pogroms1881
Ber Borochov1881 – 1917
First Aliyah1882
Founding of Rishon LeZion31 Jul 1882
Mishnah Berurah1884
Berl Katznelson1887 – 1944
Sarah Aaronsohn1890 – 1917
Dreyfus Affair1894
The Jewish StateMar 1896
First Zionist Congress29 Aug 1897
Chaim Arlosoroff1899 – 1933
Jewish National Fund29 Dec 1901
Kishinev Pogrom1903
Uganda SchemeAug 1903
Second Aliyah1904
Hashomer1909
Founding of Tel Aviv1909
Degania, the first kibbutzOct 1910
Technion11 Apr 1912
World War I1914

British Mandate 1917 – 14 May 1948 · 40 entries

State of Israel 14 May 1948 – present · 109 entries

Yigael Yadin1917 – 1984
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef1920 – 2013
Harry S. Truman (United States)1945
State of Israel14 May 1948
War of Independence14 May 1948
David Ben-Gurion14 May 1948 – 1954
Battle of Latrun25 May 1948
Israel Defense Forces31 May 1948
Altalena affair22 Jun 1948
25 MilsOct 1948
Operation Magic Carpet1949
First Knesset14 Feb 1949
President Chaim Weizmann17 Feb 1949 – 9 Nov 1952
Prutah Series31 Apr 1949
Law of Return5 Jul 1950
Operation Ezra and Nehemiah1951
King Hussein (Jordan)1952
President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi16 Dec 1952 – 23 Apr 1963
Uzi Submachine Gun1954
Moshe Sharett1954 – 1955
Gamal Abdel Nasser (Egypt)1954
David Ben-Gurion1955 – 1963
WEIZAC: Israel’s First Computer30 Apr 1955
Sinai War29 Oct 1956
Modern Drip Irrigation1959
Israeli Lira1960
Operation Yachin1961
Eichmann Trial11 Apr 1961
Levi Eshkol1963 – 1969
President Zalman Shazar21 May 1963 – 24 May 1973
Six-Day War5 Jun 1967
Reunification of Jerusalem7 Jun 1967
War of AttritionJul 1967
Golda Meir1969 – 1974
Anwar Sadat (Egypt)1970
Munich Massacre5 Sep 1972
President Ephraim Katzir24 May 1973 – 29 May 1978
Yom Kippur War6 Oct 1973
Yitzhak Rabin1974 – 1977
Operation Entebbe4 Jul 1976
Lempel–Ziv Compression1977
Menachem Begin1977 – 1983
Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem19 Nov 1977
President Yitzhak Navon29 May 1978 – 5 May 1983
Camp David Accords17 Sep 1978
Intel 80881979
Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty26 Mar 1979
Israeli Sheqel1980
Operation Opera7 Jun 1981
Quasicrystals (Dan Shechtman)8 Apr 1982
First Lebanon War6 Jun 1982
Yitzhak Shamir1983 – 1984
President Chaim Herzog5 May 1983 – 13 May 1993
Operation Moses1984
Shimon Peres1984 – 1986
New Israeli Sheqel1985
Yitzhak Shamir1986 – 1992
Ofek-119 Sep 1988
Great Soviet Aliyah1989
Operation Solomon1991
Scud Attacks on Israel18 Jan 1991
Yitzhak Rabin1992 – 1995
Firewall-11993
President Ezer Weizman13 May 1993 – 13 Jul 2000
Oslo Accords13 Sep 1993
AMIA Bombing18 Jul 1994
Israel–Jordan Peace Treaty26 Oct 1994
Shimon Peres1995 – 1996
VocalTec Internet Phone10 Feb 1995
HMAC Cryptography1996
ICQ1996
Copaxone1996
Benjamin Netanyahu1996 – 1999
Mobileye1999
USB Flash Drive1999
Ehud Barak1999 – 2001
Ribosome Structure2000
Arrow Missile Defense14 Mar 2000
President Moshe Katsav1 Aug 2000 – 1 Jul 2007
PillCam2001
ReWalk Exoskeleton2001
Ariel Sharon2001 – 2006
Operation Defensive Shield29 Mar 2002
Ilan Ramon in Space16 Jan 2003
Gaza disengagementAug 2005
Waze2006
Ehud Olmert2006 – 2009
Second Lebanon War12 Jul 2006
President Shimon Peres15 Jul 2007 – 24 Jul 2014
Benjamin Netanyahu2009 – 2021
PrimeSense and Kinect4 Nov 2010
Iron Dome7 Apr 2011
Sorek Desalination Plant2013
President Reuven Rivlin24 Jul 2014 – 7 Jul 2021
Beresheet Reaches the Moon11 Apr 2019
CoronavirusDec 2019
Abraham Accords15 Sep 2020
Naftali Bennett2021 – Jul 2022
President Isaac Herzog7 Jul 2021 – present
Yair LapidJul 2022 – 29 Dec 2022
Benjamin Netanyahu29 Dec 2022 – present
Iron Swords War7 Oct 2023
October 77 Oct 2023
Israeli Campaign Against Hamas7 Oct 2023 – present
Israeli Campaign Against Hezbollah8 Oct 2023 – present
Israeli Campaign Against IRGC13 Apr 2024 – present
Israeli Campaign Against the Houthis20 Jul 2024 – present
Fall of the Assad Regime8 Dec 2024
Iron Beam28 Dec 2025