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This is a timeline of the development of Jews and Judaism. All dates are given according to the Common Era, not the Hebrew calendar.
See also Jewish history which includes links to individual country histories. For the history of persecution of Jews, see Antisemitism, History of antisemitism and Timeline of antisemitism.
Contents
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1 Biblical period
2 Post-biblical history
2.1 BCE
2.2 1st century CE
2.3 2nd century
2.4 3rd century
2.5 4th century
2.6 5th century
2.7 6th century
2.8 7th century
2.9 8th century
2.10 9th century
2.11 10th century
2.12 11th century
2.13 12th century
2.14 13th century
2.15 14th century
2.16 15th century
2.17 16th century
2.18 17th century
2.19 18th century
2.20 19th century
2.21 20th century
2.22 21st century
3 Years in the State of Israel
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
Biblical period
Main articles: Timeline of the Bible, Time periods in the region of Palestine, Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), History of ancient Israel and Judah, The Bible and history, and Missing years (Jewish calendar)
c. 1312 BCE (?*)
the Exodus from Egypt (Moses)
c. 1250 BCE–c. 1025 BCE
Biblical judges lead the people
c. 1025 BCE–c. 1010 BCE
King Saul
c. 1010 BCE–c. 970 BCE
King David
c. 970 BCE–c. 931 BCE
King Solomon
c. 960 BCE
Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem completed
Rehoboam's Kingdom of Judah
c. 931 BCE
Split between Kingdom of Israel (Samaria) and the Kingdom of Judah
c. 931 BCE–c. 913 BCE
King Rehoboam of Judah
c. 931 BCE–c. 910 BCE
King Jeroboam of Israel
840 BCE
Mesha inscription describes Moabite victory over a son of King Omri of Israel.
c. 740 BCE–c. 700 BCE
prophesy of Isaiah
c. 740 BCE–c. 722 BCE
Kingdom of Israel falls to Neo-Assyrian Empire
c. 715 BCE–c. 687 BCE
King Hezekiah of Judah
c. 649 BCE–c. 609 BCE
King Josiah of Judah institutes major reforms
c. 626 BCЕ – c. 587 BCE
prophecy of Jeremiah
597 BCE
first deportation to Babylon
586 BCE
Jerusalem falls to Nebuchadnezzar and Solomon's Temple destroyed
539 BCE
Jews allowed to return to Jerusalem, by permission of Cyrus
Model of the Second Temple
520 BCE
Prophecy of Zechariah
c. 520 BCE
Zerubbabel leads the first group of Jews from captivity back to Jerusalem
516 BCE
Second Temple consecrated
c. 475 BCE
Often associated[citation needed] with Xerxes I of Persia, Queen Esther revealed her identity to the king and began to plead for her people, pointing to Haman as the evil schemer plotting to destroy them.
c. 460 BCE
Seeing anarchy breaking out in Judea, Xerxes' successor Persian King Artaxerxes sent Ezra to restore order.
* The Exodus (which we know of from Jewish sources) took place in the Jewish year 2448 (see Seder Olam), and the CE begins in the Jewish year 3760. Between 2448 and 3760 are 1312 years.
Post-biblical history
BCE
Rabbinical eras
Chazal
Zugot
Tannaim
Amoraim
Savoraim
Geonim
Rishonim
Acharonim
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332 BCE
Alexander the Great conquers Phoenicia and Gaza, probably passing by Judea without entering the Jewish dominated hill country on his way into Egypt.
200 BCE–100 CE
At some point during this era the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) is canonized. Jewish religious works that were explicitly written after the time of Ezra were not canonized, although many became popular among many groups of Jews. Those works that made it into the Greek translation of the Bible (the Septuagint) became known as the deuterocanonical books.
167–161 BCE
The Maccabees (Hasmoneans) revolt against the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, led by Judah Maccabee, resulting in victory and installation of the Hanukkah holiday.
157–129 BCE
Hasmonean dynasty establishes its royal dominance in Judea during renewed war with the Seleucid Empire.
63 BCE
Pompey the Great lay siege to and entered the Temple, Judea became a client kingdom of Rome.
40 BCE–4 BCE
Herod the Great, appointed King of the Jews by the Roman Senate.
1st century CE
6 CE
Province of Roman Judaea created by merging Judea proper, Samaria and Idumea.
10 CE
Hillel the Elder, considered the greatest Torah sage, dies, leading to the dominance of Shammai till 30 CE, see also Hillel and Shammai.
26–36 CE
Trial and crucifixion of Jesus by the Romans.
30 CE
Helena of Adiabene, a vassal Parthian kingdom in Mesopotamia, converts to Judaism. Significant numbers of Adiabene population follow her, later also providing limited support for Jews during Jewish-Roman wars. In the following centuries the community mostly converts to Christianity.
30–70 CE
Schism within Judaism during the Second Temple era. A sect within Hellenised Jewish society starts Jewish Christianity, see also Rejection of Jesus.
Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans (1850 painting by David Roberts)
66–70
The First Jewish–Roman War ended with destruction of the Second Temple and the fall of Jerusalem. 1,100,000 people are killed by the Romans during the siege, and 97,000 captured and enslaved.[citation needed] [1] The Sanhedrin was relocated to Yavne by Yochanan ben Zakai, see also Council of Jamnia. Fiscus Judaicus levied on all Jews of the Roman Empire whether they aided the revolt or not.
70–200
Period of the Tannaim, rabbis who organized and elucidated the Oral Torah. The decisions of the Tannaim are contained in the Mishnah, Beraita, Tosefta, and various Midrash compilations.[2]
73
Final events of the First Jewish–Roman War – the fall of Masada. Christianity starts off as a Jewish sect and then develops its own texts and ideology and branches off from Judaism to become a distinct religion.
2nd century
115–117
Kitos War (Revolt against Trajan) – a second Jewish-Roman War initiated in large Jewish communities of Cyprus, Cyrene (modern Libya), Aegipta (modern Egypt) and Mesopotamia (modern Syria and Iraq). It led to mutual killing of hundreds of thousands Jews, Greeks and Romans, ending with a total defeat of Jewish rebels and complete extermination of Jews in Cyprus and Cyrene by the newly installed Emperor Hadrian.
131–136
The Roman emperor Hadrian, among other provocations, renames Jerusalem "Aelia Capitolina" and prohibits circumcision. Simon bar Kokhba (Bar Kosiba) leads a large Jewish revolt against Rome in response to Hadrian's actions. In the aftermath, most Jewish population is annihilated (about 580,000 killed) and Hadrian renames the province of Judea to Syria Palaestina, and attempts to root out Judaism.
136
Rabbi Akiva is martyred.
138
With Emperor Hadrian's death, the persecution of Jews within the Roman Empire is eased and Jews are allowed to visit Jerusalem on Tisha B'av. In the following centuries the Jewish center moves to Galilee.
3rd century
200
The Mishnah, the standardization of the Jewish oral law as it stands today, is redacted by Judah haNasi in the land of Israel.
259
Nehardea in Babylonia destroyed by the Palmyrenes, which destruction caused the widespread dispersion of Jews in the region.[3]
220–500
Period of the Amoraim, the rabbis of the Talmud.
4th century
315–337
Roman Emperor Constantine I enacts new restrictive legislation. Conversion of Christians to Judaism is outlawed, congregations for religious services are curtailed, but Jews are also allowed to enter Jerusalem on the anniversary of the Temple's destruction.
351–352
Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus is put down.
358
Because of the increasing danger of Roman persecution, Hillel II creates a mathematical calendar for calculating the Jewish month. After adopting the calendar, the Sanhedrin in Tiberias is dissolved.
361–363
The last pagan Roman Emperor, Julian, allows the Jews to return to "holy Jerusalem which you have for many years longed to see rebuilt" and to rebuild the Second Temple. Shortly after, the Emperor is assassinated, and the plan is dissolved.
363
Galilee earthquake of 363
379
In India, the Hindu king Sira Primal, also known as Iru Brahman, issued what was engraved on a tablet of brass, his permission to Jews to live freely, build synagogue, own property without conditions attached and as long as the world and moon exist.[4][5]
5th century
438
The Empress Eudocia removes the ban on Jews' praying at the Temple site and the heads of the Community in Galilee issue a call "to the great and mighty people of the Jews": "Know that the end of the exile of our people has come"!
450
Redaction of the Jerusalem Talmud
6th century
500–523
Yosef Dhu Nuwas, King of Himyarite Kingdom (Modern Yemen) converting to Judaism, upgrading existing Yemenese Jewish center. His kingdom falls in a war against Axum and the Christians.
550
The main redaction of Babylonian Talmud is completed under Rabbis Ravina and Ashi. To a lesser degree, the text continues to be modified for the next 200 years.
550–700
Period of the Savoraim, the sages in Persia who put the Talmud in its final form.
555–572
The Fourth Samaritan Revolt against Byzantium results in great reduction of the Samaritan community, their Israelite faith is outlawed. Neighbouring Jews, who mostly reside in Galilee, are also affected by the oppressive rule of the Byzantines.
7th century
610–628
Jews of Galilee led by Benjamin of Tiberias gain autonomy in Jerusalem after revolting against Heraclius as a joint military campaign with ally Sassanid Empire under Khosrau II and Jewish militias from Persia, but are subsequently massacred.
7th century
The rise and domination of Islam among largely pagan Arabs in the Arabian peninsula results in the almost complete removal and conversion of the ancient Jewish communities there, and sack of Levant from the hands of Byzantines.
8th century
700–1250
Period of the Gaonim (the Gaonic era). Jews in southern Europe and Asia Minor lived under the often intolerant rule of Christian kings and clerics. Most Jews lived in the Muslim Arab realm (Andalusia, North Africa, Palestine, Iraq and Yemen). Despite sporadic periods of persecution, Jewish communal and cultural life flowered in this period. The universally recognized centers of Jewish life were in Jerusalem and Tiberias (Syria), Sura and Pumbeditha (Iraq). The heads of these law schools were the Gaonim, who were consulted on matters of law by Jews throughout the world. During this time, the Niqqud is invented in Tiberias.
711
Muslim armies invade and occupy most of Spain (At this time Jews made up about 8% of Spain's population). Under Christian rule, Jews had been subject to frequent and intense persecution, which was formalized under Muslim rule due to the dhimmi rules in Islam. Jews and Christians had to pay the jizya. Some sources mark this as the beginning of the Golden age of Jewish culture in Spain, though most mention 912.
740
The Khazar (a Turkic semi-nomadic people from Central Asia) King and members of the upper class adopt Judaism. The Khazarate lasts until 10th century, being overrun by Russians, and finally conquered by Russian and Byzantian forces in 1016.
760
The Karaites reject the authority of the oral law, and split off from rabbinic Judaism.
9th century
807
Abbassid Caliph Harun al-Rashid orders all Jews in the Caliphate to wear a yellow belt, with Christians to wear a blue one.
846
In Sura, Iraq, Rav Amram Gaon compiles his siddur (Jewish prayer book.)
850
al-Mutawakkil made a decree ordering dhimmi Jews and Christians to wear garments distinguishing them from Muslims, their places of worship to be destroyed, and allowing them little involvement in government or official matters.
871
An incomplete marriage contract dated to October 6 of this year is the earliest dated document found in the papers of the Cairo Geniza.
10th century
912–1013
The Golden age of Jewish culture in Spain. Abd-ar-Rahman III becomes Caliph of Spain in 912, ushering in the height of tolerance. Muslims granted Jews and Christians exemptions from military service, the right to their own courts of law, and a guarantee of safety of their property. Jewish poets, scholars, scientists, statesmen and philosophers flourished in and were an integral part of the extensive Arab civilization. This period ended with the Cordoba massacre in 1013.
940
In Iraq, Saadia Gaon compiles his siddur (Jewish prayer book).
11th century
1008–1013
Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah ("the Mad") issues severe restrictions against Jews in the Fatimid Empire. All Jews are forced to wear a heavy wooden "golden calf" around their necks. Christians had to wear a large wooden cross and members of both groups had to wear black hats.
1013
During the fall of the city, Sulayman's troops looted Córdoba and massacred citizens of the city, including many Jews. Prominent Jews in Córdoba, such as Samuel ibn Naghrela were forced to flee to the city in 1013.
1013–1073
Rabbi Yitchaki Alfassi (from Morocco, later Spain) writes the Rif, an important work of Jewish law.
1016
The Jewish community of Kairouan, Tunisia is forced to choose between conversion and expulsion.[6]
1033
Following their conquest of the city from the Maghrawa tribe, the forces of Tamim, chief of the Zenata Berber Banu Ifran tribe, perpetrated a massacre of Jews in Fez.
1040–1105
Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaki (Rashi) writes important commentaries on almost the entire Tanakh and Talmud.
1066 December 30
Granada massacre: Muslim mob stormed the royal palace in Granada, crucified Jewish vizier Joseph ibn Naghrela and massacred most of the Jewish population of the city. "More than 1,500 Jewish families, numbering 4,000 persons, fell in one day."[7]
1090
Granada was captured by Yusuf ibn Tashfin, King of the Almoravides. The Jewish community, believed to have sided with the Christians, was destroyed. Many fled, penniless, to Christian Toledo.[8]
1095–1291
Christian Crusades begin, sparking warfare with Islam in Palestine. Crusaders temporarily capture Jerusalem in 1099. Tens of thousands of Jews are killed by European crusaders throughout Europe and in the Middle East.
12th century
1100–1275
Time of the tosafot, Talmudic commentators who carried on Rashi's work. They include some of his descendants.
1107
Moroccan Almoravid ruler Yusuf ibn Tashfin expels Moroccan Jews who do not convert to Islam.
1135–1204
Rabbi Moses ben Maimon, aka Maimonides or the Rambam is the leading rabbi of Sephardic Jewry. Among his many accomplishments, he writes one of the most influential codes of law (The Mishneh Torah) in Jewish History as well as, in Arabic, many philosophical works including the (Guide for the Perplexed).
1141
Yehuda Halevi issues a call to the Jews to emigrate to Palestine. He is buried in Jerusalem.
1148
Berbers oblige Jews to convert in Cordoba. Maimonides leaves Cordoba
1187
Upon the capture of Jerusalem, Saladin summons the Jews and permits them to resettle in the city.[9] In particular, the residents of Ashkelon, a large Jewish settlement, respond to his request.[10]
1190
150 Jews of York, England, killed in a pogrom, known as the York Massacre.
13th century
1250–1300
The life of Moses de Leon, of Spain. He publishes to the public the Zohar the 2nd century CE esoteric interpretations of the Torah by Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai and his disciples. This begins the modern form of Kabbalah (esoteric Jewish mysticism).
1250–1550
Period of the Rishonim, the medieval rabbinic sages. Most Jews at this time lived in lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea or in Western Europe under feudal systems. With the decline of Muslim and Jewish centers of power in Iraq, there was no single place in the world which was a recognized authority for deciding matters of Jewish law and practice. Consequently, the rabbis recognized the need for writing commentaries on the Torah and Talmud and for writing law codes that would allow Jews anywhere in the world to be able to continue living in the Jewish tradition.
1267
Nahmanides (Ramban) settles in Jerusalem and builds the Ramban Synagogue.
1270–1343
Rabbi Jacob ben Asher of Spain writes the Arba'ah Turim (Four Rows of Jewish Law).
1276
Massacre in Fez to kill all Jews stopped by intervention of the Emir.[11]
1290
Jews are expelled from England by Edward I after the banning of usury in the 1275 Statute of Jewry.
14th century
Pottery in the museum of the synagogue of Sopron, Hungary, built around 1300.
1300
Rabbi Levi ben Gershom, aka Gersonides. A 14th-century French Jewish philosopher best known for his Sefer Milhamot Adonai ("The Book of the Wars of the Lord") as well as for his philosophical commentaries.
1306–1394
Jews are repeatedly expelled from France and readmitted, for a price.
1343
Jews persecuted in Western Europe are invited to Poland by Casimir the Great.
1346–1353
Jews scapegoated as the cause of the growing Black Death. See also Medieval antisemitism
1348
Pope Clement VI issued two papal bulls in 1348 (6 July and 26 September), the latter named Quamvis Perfidiam, which condemned the violence and said those who blamed the plague on the Jews had been "seduced by that liar, the Devil."[12] He urged clergy to take action to protect Jews as he had done.
1349
The Strasbourg massacre
1350s
Genetic testing conducted on Ashkenazi Jews have pointed to a bottleneck that was created in the 1300s amongst the Jewish population where it dwindled down to as few as 250–420 people.[13]
1369–70
Civil war in Spain, between brothers Peter of Castile (Pedro) and Henry II of Castile (Enrico), leads to the deaths of 38,000 Jews, embroiled in the conflict.[14]
15th century
1478
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain institute the Spanish Inquisition.
1486
First Jewish prayer book published in Italy.
1488–1575
Rabbi Yosef Karo spends 20 years compiling the Beit Yosef, an enormous guide to Jewish law. He then writes a more concise guide, the Shulkhan Arukh, that becomes the standard law guide for the next 400 years. Born in Spain, Yosef Karo lives and dies in Safed.
1488
Obadiah ben Abraham, commentator on the Mishnah, arrives in Jerusalem and marks a new epoch for the Jewish community.
1492
The Alhambra Decree: Approximately 200,000 Jews are expelled from Spain, The expelled Jews relocate to the Netherlands, Turkey, Arab lands, and Judea; some eventually go to South and Central America. However, most emigrate to Poland. In later centuries, more than 50% of Jewish world population lived in Poland. Many Jews remain in Spain after publicly converting to Christianity, becoming Crypto-Jews.
1492
Bayezid II of the Ottoman Empire issued a formal invitation to the Jews expelled from Spain and Portugal and sent out ships to safely bring Jews to his empire.
1493
Jews expelled from Sicily. As many as 137,000 exiled.
1496
Jews expelled from Portugal and from many German cities.
16th century
1501
King Alexander of Poland readmits Jews to Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
1516
Ghetto of Venice established, the first Jewish ghetto in Europe. Many others follow.
1525–1572
Rabbi Moshe Isserles (The Rema) of Kraków writes an extensive commentary to the Shulkhan Arukh called the Mappah, extending its application to Ashkenazi Jewry.
1534
King Sigismund I of Poland abolishes the law that required Jews to wear special clothes.
1534
First Yiddish book published, in Poland.
1534–1572
Isaac Luria ("the Arizal") teaches Kabbalah in Jerusalem and (mainly) Safed to select disciples. Some of those, such as Ibn Tebul, Israel Sarug and mostly Chaim Vital, put his teachings into writing. While the Sarugian versions are published shortly afterwards in Italy and Holland, the Vitalian texts remain in manuscripti for as long as three centuries.
1547
First Hebrew Jewish printing house in Lublin.
1550
Jews expelled from Genoa, Italy.
1550
Moses ben Jacob Cordovero founds a Kabbalah academy in Safed.
1567
First Jewish university Jeshiva was founded in Poland.
1577
A Hebrew printing press is established in Safed, the first press in Palestine and the first in Asia.
1580–1764
First session of the Council of Four Lands (Va'ad Arba' Aratzot) in Lublin, Poland. 70 delegates from local Jewish kehillot meet to discuss taxation and other issues important to the Jewish community.
17th century
1621–1630
Shelah HaKadosh writes his most famous work after emigrating to the Land of Israel.
1623
First time separate (Va'ad) Jewish Sejm for Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
1626–1676
False Messiah Sabbatai Zevi.
1633
Jews of Poznań granted a privilege of forbidding Christians to enter into their city.
1648
Jewish population of Poland reached 450,000 (i.e., 4% of the 1,1000,000 population of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth is Jewish), Bohemia 40,000 and Moravia 25,000. Worldwide population of Jewry is estimated at 750,000.
1648–1655
The Ukrainian Cossack Bohdan Chmielnicki leads a massacre of Polish gentry and Jewry that leaves an estimated 65,000 Jews dead and a similar number of gentry. The total decrease in the number of Jews is estimated at 100,000.[15]
1655
Jews readmitted to England by Oliver Cromwell.
1660
1660 destruction of Safed.[16]
1679
Jews of Yemen expelled to Mawza
18th century
1700–1760
Israel ben Eliezer, known as the Baal Shem Tov, founds Hasidic Judaism, a way to approach God through meditation and fervent joy. He and his disciples attract many followers, and establish numerous Hasidic sects. The European Jewish opponents of Hasidim (known as Mitnagdim) argue that one should follow a more scholarly approach to Judaism. Some of the more well-known Hasidic sects today include Bobover, Breslover, Gerer, Lubavitch (Chabad) and Satmar Hasidim.
1700
Rabbi Judah HeHasid makes aliyah to Palestine accompanied by hundreds of his followers. A few days after his arrival, Rabbi Yehuda dies suddenly.
1700
Sir Solomon de Medina is knighted by William III, making him the first Jew in England to receive that honour.
1720
Unpaid Arab creditors burn the synagogue unfinished by immigrants of Rabbi Yehuda and expel all Ashkenazi Jews from Jerusalem. See also Hurva Synagogue
1720–1797
Rabbi Elijah of Vilna, the Vilna Gaon.
1729–1786
Moses Mendelssohn and the Haskalah (Enlightenment) movement. He strove to bring an end to the isolation of the Jews so that they would be able to embrace the culture of the Western world, and in turn be embraced by gentiles as equals. The Haskalah opened the door for the development of all the modern Jewish denominations and the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language, but it also paved the way for many who, wishing to be fully accepted into Christian society, converted to Christianity or chose to assimilate to emulate it.
1740
Parliament of Great Britain passes a general act permitting Jews to be naturalized in the American colonies. Previously, several colonies had also permitted Jews to be naturalized without taking the standard oath "upon the true faith of a Christian."
1740
Ottoman authorities invite Rabbi Haim Abulafia (1660–1744), renowned Kabbalist and Rabbi of Izmir, to come to the Holy Land. Rabbi Abulafia is to rebuild the city of Tiberias, which has lain desolate for some 70 years. The city's revival is seen by many as a sign of the coming of the Messiah.[17]
1740–1750
Thousands immigrate to Palestine under the influence of Messianic predictions. The large immigration greatly increases the size and strength of the Jewish Settlement in Palestine.[17]
1747
Rabbi Abraham Gershon of Kitov (d. 1761) is the first immigrant of the Hasidic Aliyah. He is a respected Talmudic scholar, mystic, and brother-in-law of Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov (founder of the Hasidic movement). Rabbi Abraham first settles in Hebron. Later, he relocates to Jerusalem at the behest of its residents.[18]
1759
Followers of Jacob Frank joined ranks of Polish szlachta (gentry) of Jewish origins.
1772–1795
Partitions of Poland between Russia, Kingdom of Prussia and Austria. Main bulk of World Jewry lives now in those 3 countries. Old privileges of Jewish communities are denounced.
1775–1781
American Revolution; guaranteed the freedom of religion.[19]
1775
Mob violence against the Jews of Hebron.[20]
1789
The French Revolution. In 1791 France grants full right to Jews and allows them to become citizens, under certain conditions.[21]
1790
In the USA, President George Washington sends a letter to the Jewish community in Rhode Island. He writes that he envisions a country "which gives bigotry no sanction...persecution no assistance". Despite the fact that the US was a predominantly Protestant country, theoretically Jews are given full rights. In addition, the mentality of Jewish immigrants shaped by their role as merchants in Eastern Europe meant they were well-prepared to compete in American society.
1791
Russia creates the Pale of Settlement that includes land acquired from Poland with a huge Jewish population and in the same year Crimea. The Jewish population of the Pale was 750,000. 450,000 Jews lived in the Prussian and Austrian parts of Poland.[22]
1798
Rabbi Nachman of Breslov travels to Palestine.
1799
While French troops were in Palestine besieging the city of Acre, Napoleon prepared a Proclamation requesting Asian and African Jews to help him conquer Jerusalem, but his unsuccessful attempt to capture Acre prevented it from being issued.
1799
Mob violence on Jews in Safed.[20]
19th century
Banner from the first issue of the Jidische Folkschtime (Yiddish People's Voice), published in Stockholm, 12 January 1917.
1800–1900
The Golden Age of Yiddish literature, the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language, and the revival of Hebrew literature.[23]
1808–1840
Large-scale aliyah in hope of Hastening Redemption in anticipation of the arrival of the Messiah in 1840.[24]
1820–1860
The development of Orthodox Judaism, a set of traditionalist movements that resisted the influences of modernization that arose in response to the European emancipation and Enlightenment movements; characterized by continued strict adherence to Halakha.
1830
Greece grants citizenship to Jews.
1831
Jewish militias take part in the defense of Warsaw against Russians.
1834–1835
Muslims, Druze attack Jews in Safed, Hebron & in Jerusalem.[25][26][27][28][29] (See related: Safed plunder).
1837
Moses Haim Montefiore is knighted by Queen Victoria
1837
Galilee earthquake of 1837 devastates Jewish communities of Safed and Tiberias.
1838–1933
Rabbi Yisroel Meir ha-Kohen (Chofetz Chaim) opens an important yeshiva. He writes an authoritative Halakhic work, Mishnah Berurah.
Mid-19th century
Beginning of the rise of classical Reform Judaism.
Mid-19th century
Rabbi Israel Salanter develops the Mussar Movement. While teaching that Jewish law is binding, he dismisses current philosophical debate and advocates the ethical teachings as the essence of Judaism.
Mid-19th century
Positive-Historical Judaism, later known as Conservative Judaism, is developed.
1841
David Levy Yulee of Florida is elected to the United States Senate, becoming the first Jew elected to Congress.
1851
Norway allows Jews to enter the country. They are not emancipated until 1891.
1858
Jews emancipated in England.
1860
Alliance Israelite Universelle, an international Jewish organization is founded in Paris with the goal to protect Jewish rights as citizens.
1860–1875
Moshe Montefiori builds Jewish neighbourhoods outside the Old City of Jerusalem starting with Mishkenot Sha'ananim.
1860–1864
Jews are taking part in Polish national movement, that was followed by January rising.[citation needed]
1860–1943
Henrietta Szold: educator, author, social worker and founder of Hadassah.
1861
The Zion Society is formed in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
1862
Jews are given equal rights in Russian-controlled Congress Poland. The privileges of some towns regarding prohibition of Jewish settlement are revoked. In Leipzig, Moses Hess publishes the book Rome and Jerusalem, the first book to call for the establishment of a Jewish socialist commonwealth in Palestine. The book is also notable for giving the impetus for the Labor Zionist movement.
1867
Jews emancipated in Hungary.
1868
Benjamin Disraeli becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Though converted to Christianity as a child, he is the first person of Jewish descent to become a leader of government in Europe.
1870–1890
Russian Zionist group Hovevei Zion (Lovers of Zion) and Bilu (est. 1882) set up a series of Jewish settlements in the Land of Israel, financially aided by Baron Edmond James de Rothschild. In Rishon LeZion Eliezer ben Yehuda revives Hebrew as spoken modern language.
1870
Jews emancipated in Italy.
1871
Jews emancipated in Germany.
1875
Reform Judaism's Hebrew Union College is founded in Cincinnati. Its founder was Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, the architect of American Reform Judaism.[30]
1877
New Hampshire becomes the last state to give Jews equal political rights.
1878
Petah Tikva is founded by religious pioneers from Jerusalem, led by Yehoshua Stampfer.
1880
World Jewish population around 7.7 million, 90% in Europe, mostly Eastern Europe; around 3.5 million in the former Polish provinces.
1881–1884, 1903–1906, 1918–1920
Three major waves of pogroms kill tens of thousands of Jews in Russia and Ukraine. More than two million Russian Jews emigrate in the period 1881–1920.
1881
On December 30–31, the First Congress of all Zionist Unions for the colonization of Palestine was held at Focşani, Romania.
1882–1903
The First Aliyah, a major wave of Jewish immigrants to build a homeland in Palestine.[31]
1886
Rabbi Sabato Morais and Alexander Kohut begin to champion the Conservative Jewish reaction to American Reform, and establish The Jewish Theological Seminary of America as a school of 'enlightened Orthodoxy'.
1890
The term "Zionism" is coined by an Austrian Jewish publicist Nathan Birnbaum in his journal Self Emancipation and was defined as the national movement for the return of the Jewish people to their homeland and the resumption of Jewish sovereignty in the Land of Israel.
1895
First published book by Sigmund Freud.
1897
In response to the Dreyfus affair, Theodore Herzl writes Der Judenstaat (The Jewish State), advocating the creation of a free and independent Jewish state in Israel.
1897
The Bund (General Jewish Labour Bund) is formed in Russia.
1897
First Russian Empire Census: 5,200,000 of Jews, 4,900,000 in the Pale. The lands of former Poland[clarification needed] have 1,300,000 Jews or 14% of population.
1897
The First Zionist Congress was held at Basel, which brought the World Zionist Organization (WZO) into being.
20th century
1902
Rabbi Dr. Solomon Schechter reorganizes the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and makes it into the flagship institution of Conservative Judaism.
1903
St. Petersburg's Znamya newspaper publishes a literary hoax The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Kishinev Pogrom caused by accusations that Jews practice cannibalism.
1905
1905 Russian Revolution accompanied by pogroms.
1915
Yeshiva College (later University) and its Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Rabbinical Seminary is established in New York City for training in a Modern Orthodox milieu.
1916
Louis Brandeis, on the first of June, is confirmed as the United States' first Jewish Supreme Court justice. Brandeis was nominated by American President Woodrow Wilson.
The Balfour Declaration which supported the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and protected the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities.
1917
The British defeat the Turks and gain control of Palestine. The British issue the Balfour Declaration which gives official British support for "the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people ... it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine". Many Jews interpret this to mean that all of Palestine was to become a Jewish state.[32]
1917 February
The Pale of Settlement is abolished, and Jews get equal rights. The Russian civil war leads to over 2,000 pogroms with tens of thousands murdered and hundreds of thousand made homeless.
1918–1939
The period between the two World Wars is often referred to as the "golden age" of hazzanut (cantors). Some of the great Jewish cantors of this era include Abraham Davis, Moshe Koussevitzky, Zavel Kwartin (1874–1953), Jan Peerce, Josef "Yossele" Rosenblatt (1882–1933), Gershon Sirota (1874–1943), and Laibale Waldman.
1919
February 15: Over 1,200 Jews killed in Khmelnitsky pogrom.
March 25: Around 4,000 Jews killed by Cossack troops in Tetiev.
June 17: 800 Jews decapitated in assembly-line fashion in Dubova (uk).[33]
1920
At the San Remo conference Britain receives the League of Nations' British Mandate of Palestine.
April 4–7: Five Jews killed and 216 wounded in the Jerusalem riots
1920s–present
A variety of Jewish authors, including Gertrude Stein, Allen Ginsberg, Saul Bellow, Adrienne Rich and Philip Roth, sometimes drawing on Jewish culture and history, flourish and become highly influential on the Anglophone literary scene.
1921
British military administration of the Mandate is replaced by civilian rule.
1921
Britain proclaims that all of Palestine east of the Jordan River is forever closed to Jewish settlement, but not to Arab settlement.
1921
Polish–Soviet peace treaty in Riga. Citizens of both sides are given rights to choose the country. Hundred thousands of Jews, especially small businesses forbidden in the Soviets, move to Poland.
1922
Reform Rabbi Stephen S. Wise established the Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. (It merged with Hebrew Union College in 1950.)
1923
Britain gives the Golan Heights to the French Mandate of Syria. Arab immigration is allowed; Jewish immigration is not.
1924
2,989,000 Jews according to religion poll in Poland (10.5% of total). Jewish youth consisted 23% of students of high schools and 26% of students of universities.
1926
Prior to World War I, there were few Hasidic yeshivas in Europe. On Lag BaOmer 1926, Rabbi Shlomo Chanoch Hacohen Rabinowicz, the fourth Radomsker Rebbe, declared, "The time has come to found yeshivas where the younger generation will be able to learn and toil in Torah", leading to the founding of the Keser Torah network of 36 yeshivas in pre-war Poland.[34]
1929
A long-running dispute between Muslims and Jews over access to the Western Wall in Jerusalem escalates into the 1929 Palestine riots. The riots took the form in the most part of attacks by Arabs on Jews resulting in the 1929 Hebron massacre, the 1929 Safed pogrom and violence against Jews in Jerusalem.
1930
World Jewry: 15,000,000. Main countries USA(4,000,000), Poland (3,500,000 11% of total), Soviet Union (2,700,000 2% of total), Romania (1,000,000 6% of total). Palestine 175,000 or 17% of total 1,036,000.
1933
Hitler takes over Germany; his anti-Semitic sentiments are well-known, prompting numerous Jews to emigrate.
1935
Regina Jonas became the first woman to be ordained as a rabbi.[35]
1937
Adin Steinsaltz born, author of the first comprehensive Babylonian Talmud commentary since Rashi in the 11th century.
1939
The British government issues the 'White Paper'. The paper proposed a limit of 10,000 Jewish immigrants for each year between 1940–1944, plus 25,000 refugees for any emergency arising during that period.
1938–1945
The Holocaust (Ha Shoah), resulting in the methodical extermination of nearly 6 million Jews across Europe.
1940s–present
Various Jewish filmmakers, including Billy Wilder, Woody Allen, Mel Brooks and the Coen Brothers, frequently draw on Jewish philosophy and humor, and become some of the most artistically and popularly successful in the history of the medium.
1941
The Muslim residents of Baghdad carried out a savage pogrom against their Jewish compatriots. In this pogrom, known by its Arabic name al-Farhud, about 200 Jews were murdered and thousands wounded, on June 1–2. Jewish property was plundered and many homes set ablaze.
1945–1948
Post-Holocaust refugee crisis. British attempts to detain Jews attempting to enter Palestine illegally.
1946–1948
The violent struggle for the creation of a Jewish state in the British mandate of Palestine is intensified by Jewish defense groups: Haganah, Irgun, and Lehi (group).
November 29, 1947
The United Nations approves the creation of a Jewish State and an Arab State in the British mandate of Palestine.
David Ben-Gurion proclaiming Israeli independence on May 14, 1948, below a portrait of Theodor Herzl
May 14, 1948
The State of Israel declares itself as an independent Jewish state hours before the British Mandate is due to expire. Within eleven minutes, it is de facto recognized by the United States. Andrei Gromyko, the Soviet Union's UN ambassador, calls for the UN to accept Israel as a member state. The UN approves.
May 15, 1948
1948 Arab–Israeli War: Syria, Iraq, Transjordan, Lebanon and Egypt invade Israel hours after its creation. The attack is repulsed, and Israel conquers more territory. A Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim lands results, as up to a million Jews flee or are expelled from Arab and Muslim nations. Most settle in Israel. See also 1949 Armistice Agreements.
1948–1949
Almost 250,000 Holocaust survivors make their way to Israel. "Operation Magic Carpet" brings thousands of Yemenite Jews to Israel.
1956
The 1956 Suez War Egypt blockades the Gulf of Aqaba, and closes the Suez canal to Israeli shipping. Egypt's President Nasser calls for the destruction of Israel. Israel, England, and France go to war and force Egypt to end the blockade of Aqaba, and open the canal to all nations.
1964
Jewish-Christian relations are revolutionized by the Roman Catholic Church's Vatican II.
1966
Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1888–1970) becomes the first Hebrew writer to win the Nobel Prize in literature.
May 16, 1967
Egyptian President Nasser demands that the UN dismantle the UN Emergency Force I (UNEF I) between Israel and Egypt. The UN complies and the last UN peacekeeper is out of Sinai and Gaza by May 19.
1967 May
Egyptian PresidentGamal Abdel Nasser closes the strategic Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping and states that Egypt is in a state of war with Israel. Egyptian troops begin massing in the Sinai.
June 5–10, 1967
The Six-Day War. Israel launches a pre-emptive strike against Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. Israeli aircraft destroy the bulk of the Arab air forces on the ground in a surprise attack, followed by Israeli ground offensives which see Israel decisively defeat the Arab forces and capture the Sinai Peninsula, the West Bank, and the Golan Heights.
September 1, 1967
The Arab Leaders meet in Khartoum, Sudan. The Three No's of Khartoum: No recognition of Israel. No negotiations with Israel. No peace with Israel.
1968
Rabbi Mordechai Kaplan formally creates a separate Reconstructionist Judaism movement by setting up the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Philadelphia.[36][37]
1969
First group of African Hebrew Israelites begin to migrate to Israel under the leadership of Ben Ammi Ben Israel.
Mid-1970s to present
Growing revival of Klezmer music (The folk music of European Jews).,[38] [5]
1972
Sally Priesand became the first female rabbi ordained in America, and is believed to be only the second woman ever to be formally ordained in the history of Judaism.[39]
1972
Mark Spitz sets the record for most gold medals won in a single Olympic Games (seven) in the 1972 Summer Olympics. The Munich massacre occurs when Israeli athletes are taken hostage by Black September terrorists. The hostages are killed during a failed rescue attempt.
October 6–24, 1973
The Yom Kippur War. Egypt and Syria, backed up by expeditionary forces from other Arab nations, launch a surprise attack against Israel on Yom Kippur. After absorbing the initial attacks, Israel recaptures lost ground and then pushes into Egypt and Syria. Subsequently, OPEC reduces oil production, driving up oil prices and triggering a global economic crisis.
1975
President Gerald Ford signs legislation including the Jackson-Vanik amendment, which ties U.S. trade benefits to the Soviet Union to freedom of emigration for Jews.
1975
United Nations adopts resolution equating Zionism with racism. Rescinded in 1991.
1976
Israel rescues hostages taken to Entebbe, Uganda.
September 18, 1978
At Camp David, near Washington D.C., Israel and Egypt sign a comprehensive peace treaty, The Camp David Accord, which included the withdrawal of Israel from the Sinai.
1978
Yiddish writer Isaac Bashevis Singer receives Nobel Prize
1979
Prime Minister Menachem Begin and President Anwar Sadat are awarded Nobel Peace Prize.
1979–1983
Operation Elijah: Rescue of Ethiopian Jewry.
1982 June–December
The Lebanon War. Israel invades Southern Lebanon to drive out the PLO.
1983
American Reform Jews formally accept patrilineal descent, creating a new definition of who is a Jew.
1984–1985
Operations Moses, Joshua: Rescue of Ethiopian Jewry by Israel.[40]
1986
Elie Wiesel wins the Nobel Peace Prize
1986
Nathan Sharansky, Soviet Jewish dissident, is freed from prison.
1987
Beginning of the First Intifada against Israel.
1989
Fall of the Berlin Wall between East and West Germany, collapse of the communist East German government, and the beginning of Germany's reunification (which formally began in October 1990).
1990
The Soviet Union opens its borders for the three million Soviet Jews who had been held as virtual prisoners within their own country. Hundreds of thousands of Soviet Jews choose to leave the Soviet Union and move to Israel.
1990–1991
Iraq invades Kuwait, triggering a war between Iraq and Allied United Nations forces. Israel is hit by 39 Scud missiles from Iraq.
1991
Operation Solomon: Rescue of the remainder of Ethiopian Jewry in a twenty-four-hour airlift.
October 30, 1991
The Madrid Peace Conference opens in Spain, sponsored by the United States and the Soviet Union.
April 22, 1993
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum dedicated.
Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat shake hands at the signing of the Oslo Accords, with Bill Clinton behind them, 1993
September 13, 1993
Israel and PLO sign the Oslo Accords.
1994
The Lubavitcher (Chabad) Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, dies.
October 26, 1994
Israel and Jordan sign an official peace treaty. Israel cedes a small amount of contested land to Jordan, and the countries open official diplomatic relations, with open borders and free trade.
December 10, 1994
Arafat, Rabin and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres share the Nobel Peace Prize.[41]
November 4, 1995
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated.
1996
Peres loses election to Benyamin (Bibi) Netanyahu (Likud party).
1999
Ehud Barak elected Prime Minister of Israel.
21st century
May 24, 2000
Israel unilaterally withdraws its remaining forces from its security zone in southern Lebanon to the international border, fully complying with the UN Security Council Res. 425.
2000 July
Camp David Summit.[42]
2000, Summer
Senator Joseph Lieberman becomes the first Jewish-American to be nominated for a national office (Vice President of the United States) by a major political party (the Democratic Party).
September 29, 2000
The al-Aqsa Intifada begins.
2001
Election of Ariel Sharon as Israel's Prime Minister.
2001
Jewish Museum of Turkey is founded by Turkish Jewry
2004
Avram Hershko and Aaron Ciechanover of the Technion win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The Jewish Autonomous Oblast builds its first synagogue, Birobidzhan Synagogue, in accordance with halakha.[43] Uriyahu Butler became the first member of the African Hebrew Israelite community to enlist in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
March 31, 2005
The Government of Israel officially recognizes the Bnei Menashe people of North-East India as one of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, opening the door for thousands of people to immigrate to Israel.
2005 August
The Government of Israel withdraws its military forces and settlers from the Gaza Strip.
2005 December
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon falls into a coma; Deputy Premier Ehud Olmert takes over as Acting Prime Minister
2006 March
Ehud Olmert leads the Kadima party to victory in Israeli elections, becomes Prime Minister of Israel.
2006 July–August
A military conflict in Lebanon and northern Israel started on July 12, after a Hezbollah cross-border raid into Israel. The war ended with the passage of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 after 34 days of fighting. About 2,000 Lebanese and 159 Israelis were killed, and civilian infrastructure on both sides heavily damaged.
2008 December
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launches Operation Cast Lead (מבצע עופרת יצוקה) against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
2009 March
Benjamin Netanyahu becomes Prime Minister of Israel (also, continues as the Chairman of the Likud Party).
2014 January
Ariel Sharon dies, after undergoing a sudden decline in health, having suffered renal failure and other complications, after spending 8 years in a deep coma due to his January 2006 stroke, on January 11, 2014.
2018 December
President Donald Trump announces formal United States recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Years in the State of Israel
This is a timeline of events in the State of Israel since 1948.
1940s: 1948 – 1949
1950s: 1950 – 1951 – 1952 – 1953 – 1954 – 1955 – 1956 – 1957 – 1958 – 1959
1960s: 1960 – 1961 – 1962 – 1963 – 1964 – 1965 – 1966 – 1967 – 1968 – 1969
1970s: 1970 – 1971 – 1972 – 1973 – 1974 – 1975 – 1976 – 1977 – 1978 – 1979
1980s: 1980 – 1981 – 1982 – 1983 – 1984 – 1985 – 1986 – 1987 – 1988 – 1989
1990s: 1990 – 1991 – 1992 – 1993 – 1994 – 1995 – 1996 – 1997 – 1998 – 1999
2000s: 2000 – 2001 – 2002 – 2003 – 2004 – 2005 – 2006 – 2007 – 2008 – 2009
2010s: 2010
See also
List of artifacts significant to the Bible
Jewish history
Judaism
History of Jerusalem, Timeline of Jerusalem
Zionism, Timeline of Zionism
Timeline of Israeli history
Timeline of women hazzans in America
Timeline of women hazzans worldwide
Timeline of women rabbis in America
Timeline of women rabbis worldwide
Antisemitism, History of antisemitism, Timeline of antisemitism
Years in Israel
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External links
Interactive, searchable, filterable Jewish history timeline from the Gannopedia
Timelines for Jewish History. The Dinur Center & The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
http://www.timelineofjewishhistory.com/ – Timeline from Abraham to the end of the Talmud i.e. 500 CE.
Timeline for the History of Judaism
The History of the Jewish People The Jewish Agency
The Avalon Project at Yale Law School The Middle East 1916–2001: A Documentary Record
Historical Maps and Atlases at Dinur Center
Crash Course in Jewish History (Aish)
The Year by Year History of the Jewish People – by Eli Birnbaum
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. History page
Jewish History Timeline. The Dept. of Jewish Zionist Education
The History Channel
The Time Machine at World Zionist Organization
Jewish Intellectual Timeline, a parallel history of intellectual contributions and advances by Jewish and non-Jewish thinkers
Patheos Interactive Tree Lens – Judaism
Jewish Timeline – 6,000 years of Jewish history & legacy at a glance
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This is a list of official national capitals by latitude, including territories and dependencies, non-sovereign states including associated states and entities whose sovereignty is disputed. Sovereign states are shown in bolded text.
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(− indicates southern hemisphere)
Country
Notes
Abu Dhabi 24.47 United Arab Emirates
Abuja 9.07 Nigeria
Accra 5.55 Ghana
Adamstown -25.07 Pitcairn Islands British Overseas Territory
Addis Ababa 9.02 Ethiopia
Algiers 36.77 Algeria
Alofi -19.07 Niue Self-governing in free association with New Zealand
Amman 31.93 Jordan
Amsterdam 52.37 Netherlands The Dutch constitution refers to Amsterdam as the "capital". The Dutch government is located in The Hague. See Capital of the Netherlands.
Andorra la Vella 42.5 Andorra
Ankara 39.87 Turkey
Antananarivo -18.93 Madagascar
Apia -13.83 Samoa
Ashgabat 37.93 Turkmenistan
Asmara 15.33 Eritrea
Astana 51.17 Kazakhstan
Asunción -25.27 Paraguay
Athens 37.97 Greece
Avarua -21.2 Cook Islands Self-governing in free association with New Zealand.
Baghdad 33.33 Iraq
Baku 40.38 Azerbaijan
Bamako 12.65 Mali
Bandar Seri Begawan 4.88 Brunei
Bangkok 13.75 Thailand
Bangui 4.37 Central African Republic
Banjul 13.45 Gambia
Basseterre 17.3 Saint Kitts and Nevis
Beijing 39.9 China See also: List of historical capitals of China
Beirut 33.88 Lebanon
Belgrade 44.82 Serbia
Belmopan 17.25 Belize
Berlin 52.52 Germany
Bern 46.95 Switzerland
Bishkek 42.87 Kyrgyzstan
Bissau 11.85 Guinea-Bissau
Bogotá 4.58 Colombia
Brasília -15.78 Brazil
Bratislava 48.13 Slovakia
Brazzaville -4.27 Republic of the Congo
Bridgetown 13.1 Barbados
Brussels 50.85 Belgium Also the de facto capital of the European Union
Bucharest 44.42 Romania
Budapest 47.47 Hungary
Buenos Aires -34.6 Argentina
Bujumbura -3.38 Burundi
Cairo 30.05 Egypt
Canberra -35.3 Australia
Cape Town (legislative) -33.92 South Africa
Caracas 10.5 Venezuela
Castries 14.02 Saint Lucia
Cayenne 4.92 French Guiana Overseas department of France
Charlotte Amalie 18.35 United States Virgin Islands Territory of the United States
Chişinău 47 Moldova
Conakry 9.52 Guinea
Copenhagen 55.67 Denmark
Dakar 14.68 Senegal
Damascus 33.5 Syria
Dhaka 23.73 Bangladesh
Dili -8.57 East Timor (Timor-Leste)
Djibouti 11.58 Djibouti
Dodoma (official)
Dar es Salaam (former capital; some government offices remaining) -6.17 Tanzania
Doha 25.28 Qatar
Douglas 54.13 Isle of Man British Crown Dependency
Dublin 53.33 Ireland
Dushanbe 38.53 Tajikistan
Edinburgh of the Seven Seas -37.07 Tristan da Cunha Part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
El Aaiún(declared) 27.15 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic [c] The Sahrawi Republic, recognised by 82 states, claims the mostly Moroccan controlled Western Sahara. Moroccan controlled territory includes El Aaiún, and Morocco claims all Sahrawi controlled territory. The Sahrawi government resides in exile in Tindouf, Algeria.[1] See Politics of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
Episkopi Cantonment 34.67 Akrotiri and Dhekelia British Overseas Territory
Flying Fish Cove -10.42 Christmas Island External territory of Australia
Freetown 8.48 Sierra Leone
Funafuti -8.52 Tuvalu
Gaborone -24.65 Botswana
George Town 19.3 Cayman Islands British Overseas Territory
Georgetown -7.92 Ascension Island Part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Georgetown 6.8 Guyana
Gibraltar 36.13 Gibraltar British Overseas Territory
Guatemala City 14.6 Guatemala
Gustavia 17.88 Saint Barthélemy Overseas collectivity of France
Hagåtña 13.47 Guam Territory of the United States
Hamilton 32.28 Bermuda British Overseas Territory
Hanga Roa -27.15 Easter Island Special territory of Chile
Hanoi 21.03 Vietnam
Harare -17.85 Zimbabwe
Hargeisa 10 Somaliland De facto independent state not diplomatically recognized by any other state, claimed in whole by the Somali Republic.[2]
Havana 23.13 Cuba
Helsinki 60.17 Finland
Honiara -9.43 Solomon Islands
Islamabad 33.72 Pakistan
Jakarta -6.2 Indonesia
Jamestown -15.92 Saint Helena Part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Jerusalem (declared, de facto) 31.78 Israel Jerusalem Law states that "Jerusalem, complete and united, is the capital of Israel", and the city serves as the seat of the government, home to the president's residence, government offices, supreme court, and parliament. United Nations Security Council Resolution 478 declared the Jerusalem Law "null and void" and called on member states to withdraw their diplomatic missions from Jerusalem. The United Nations and all member states maintain their embassies in other cities such as Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, and Herzliya, and do not recognise Jerusalem as the capital.[3] Many countries officially adhere to the proposal that Jerusalem have international status, as called for in the Partition Plan of 1947.[4] See Positions on Jerusalem.
Jerusalem (declared)
Ramallah and Gaza (de facto) 31.78 State of Palestine The State of Palestine claims the territories occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War in 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital. The proclaimed state is currently occupied by Israel and has no effective control over the territories it claims. Administration is based in Ramallah and Gaza, rather than Jerusalem. Most members of the United Nations regard East Jerusalem as occupied territory, and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, the Arab League and the Non-Aligned Movement recognise it as the capital of a future Palestinian state.[5] See Positions on Jerusalem.
Juba 4.85 South Sudan
Kabul 34.53 Afghanistan
Kampala 0.3 Uganda
Kathmandu 27.7 Nepal
Khartoum 15.63 Sudan
Kigali -1.93 Rwanda
King Edward Point -54.27 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands British Overseas Territory
Kingston 17.98 Jamaica
Kingston -29.05 Norfolk Island External territory of Australia
Kingstown 13.15 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Kinshasa -4.32 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kuala Lumpur (official, legislative and royal)
Putrajaya (administrative and judicial) 3.13 Malaysia
Kuwait City 29.37 Kuwait
Kiev 50.45 Ukraine
Libreville 0.38 Gabon
Lilongwe -13.98 Malawi
Lima -12.03 Peru [Note 1]
Lisbon 38.7 Portugal
Ljubljana 46.05 Slovenia
Lomé 6.12 Togo
London 51.5 United Kingdom Prior to the Acts of Union in 1707, London was the capital of England only. Edinburgh was the capital of the Kingdom of Scotland
Longyearbyen 78.2 Svalbard Longyearbyen is the administrative center of Svalbard, a Norwegian Arctic unincorporated area.
Luanda -8.83 Angola
Lusaka -15.42 Zambia
Luxembourg 49.6 Luxembourg
Madrid 40.38 Spain
Majuro 7.07 Marshall Islands
Malabo 3.75 Equatorial Guinea
Malé 4.17 Maldives
Managua 12.13 Nicaragua
Manama 26.22 Bahrain
Manila 14.58 Philippines
Maputo -25.97 Mozambique
Marigot 18.07 Saint Martin Overseas collectivity of France
Maseru -29.3 Lesotho
Mata-Utu -13.28 Wallis and Futuna Overseas collectivity of France
Mbabane (administrative)
Lobamba (royal and legislative) -26.32 Swaziland
Mexico City 19.43 Mexico
Minsk 53.9 Belarus
Mogadishu 2.03 Somalia
Monaco 43.72 Monaco City-state
Monrovia 6.3 Liberia
Montevideo -34.88 Uruguay
Moroni -11.68 Comoros
Moscow 55.75 Russia
Muscat 23.6 Oman
Nairobi -1.28 Kenya
Nassau 25.07 Bahamas
Naypyidaw 19.75 Myanmar
N'Djamena 12.1 Chad
New Delhi 28.6 India
Ngerulmud 7.48 Palau
Niamey 13.52 Niger
Nicosia 35.17 Cyprus
Nicosia 35.17 Northern Cyprus De facto independent state that is recognised only by Turkey. Northern Cyprus is claimed in whole by the Republic of Cyprus.[6]
Nouakchott 18.1 Mauritania
Nouméa -22.27 New Caledonia Sui generis collectivity of France
Nukuʻalofa -21.13 Tonga
Nuuk 64.17 Greenland Self-governing territory of the Danish Realm
Oranjestad 12.52 Aruba Self-governing part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Oslo 59.95 Norway
Ottawa 45.42 Canada
Ouagadougou 12.35 Burkina Faso
Pago Pago -14.27 American Samoa Territory of the United States
Palikir 6.92 Federated States of Micronesia
Panama City 8.98 Panama
Papeete -17.53 French Polynesia Overseas collectivity of France
Paramaribo 5.87 Suriname
Paris 48.85 France
Philipsburg 18.02 Sint Maarten Self-governing part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Phnom Penh 11.55 Cambodia
Plymouth (official)
Brades Estate (de facto) 16.7 Montserrat British Overseas Territory. Plymouth was abandoned after the eruption of the Soufriere Hills volcano in 1997. Government offices since then have been moved to Brades Estate, which is in the northwestern part of Montserrat.
Podgorica (official)
Cetinje (seat of the President) 42.43 Montenegro
Port Louis -20.15 Mauritius
Port Moresby -9.5 Papua New Guinea
Port Vila -17.75 Vanuatu
Port-au-Prince 18.53 Haiti
Port of Spain 10.67 Trinidad and Tobago
Porto-Novo (official)
Cotonou (de facto) 6.48 Benin
Prague 50.08 Czech Republic
Praia 14.92 Cape Verde
Pretoria (executive) -25.73 South Africa
Pristina 42.67 Kosovo[g] De facto independent state that is recognised by 112 UN member states and by Taiwan. Claimed in whole by the Republic of Serbia as part of its Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija. Republic of Kosovo has de facto control over most of the territory, with limited control in North Kosovo.
Pyongyang 39.02 North Korea
Quito -0.25 Ecuador Highest official capital.[7]
Rabat 34.03 Morocco
Reykjavík 64.13 Iceland
Riga 56.93 Latvia
Riyadh 24.63 Saudi Arabia
Road Town 18.42 British Virgin Islands British Overseas Territory
Rome 41.9 Italy
Roseau 15.3 Dominica
Saipan 15.17 Northern Mariana Islands Territory of the United States
San José 9.93 Costa Rica
San Juan 18.45 Puerto Rico Territory of the United States
San Marino 43.93 San Marino
San Salvador 13.68 El Salvador
Sana'a 15.33 Yemen
Santiago (official)
Valparaíso (legislative) -33.45 Chile
Santo Domingo 18.47 Dominican Republic
São Tomé 0.33 São Tomé and Príncipe
Sarajevo 43.87 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Seoul 37.55 South Korea
Singapore 1.28 Singapore City-state
Skopje 42 Macedonia
Sofia 42.7 Bulgaria
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (official)
Colombo (former capital; has some government offices) 6.9 Sri Lanka Also known as "Kotte". Until the 1980s, the capital was Colombo, where many important governmental institutions still remain and which is still designated as the commercial capital of Sri Lanka.
St. George's 12.05 Grenada
St. Helier 49.18 Jersey British Crown Dependency
St. John's 17.12 Antigua and Barbuda
St. Peter Port 49.45 Guernsey British Crown Dependency
St. Pierre 46.77 Saint Pierre and Miquelon Overseas collectivity of France
Stanley -51.68 Falkland Islands British Overseas Territory
Stepanakert 39.8 Nagorno-Karabakh Republic The self-declared country remains diplomatically unrecognised by UN-member states, including Armenia. Transnistria, South Ossetia, and Abkhazia, all UN non-member states, recognise the state. Claimed in whole by Azerbaijan.
Stockholm 59.32 Sweden
Sucre (constitutional)
La Paz (administrative) -16.5 Bolivia La Paz is the highest administrative capital, higher than Quito.[7]
Sukhumi 43 Abkhazia De facto independent state recognised by Russia, Nauru, Nicaragua, Venezuela, South Ossetia and Transnistria. Claimed in whole by Republic of Georgia as the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia.
Suva -18.13 Fiji
Taipei 25.03 Taiwan Officially the Republic of China (ROC), it has been competing for recognition with the People's Republic of China (PRC) as the sole Chinese government since 1949. Taiwan controls the island of Taiwan and its associated islands, Quemoy, Matsu, the Pratas, and part of the Spratly Islands[Note 2] The territory of Taiwan is claimed in whole by China.[Note 3] The Republic of China participates in the World Health Organization and a number of non-UN international organizations such as the World Trade Organization, International Olympic Committee and others under a variety of pseudonyms, most commonly Chinese Taipei.
Tallinn 59.43 Estonia
Tarawa 1.43 Kiribati
Tashkent 41.27 Uzbekistan
Tbilisi (official)
Kutaisi (legislative) 41.72 Georgia
Tegucigalpa 14.1 Honduras
Tehran 35.68 Iran
Thimphu 27.47 Bhutan
Tirana 41.32 Albania
Tiraspol 46.85 Transnistria De facto independent state, not recognized by any UN-member, but by Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Claimed in whole by the Republic of Moldova as the Territorial Unit of Transnistria.
Tokyo 35.68 Japan
Tórshavn 62 Faroe Islands Self-governing territory of the Danish Realm
Tripoli 32.9 Libya
Tskhinvali 42.23 South Ossetia De facto independent state recognised by Russia, Nicaragua, Nauru, Venezuela, Abkhazia and Transnistria. Claimed in whole by the Republic of Georgia as the Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia.
Tunis 36.8 Tunisia
Ulan Bator 47.92 Mongolia
Vaduz 47.13 Liechtenstein
Valletta 35.88 Malta
The Valley 18.22 Anguilla British Overseas Territory
Vatican City 41.9 Vatican City City-state
Victoria -4.62 Seychelles
Vienna 48.2 Austria
Vientiane 17.97 Laos
Vilnius 54.68 Lithuania
Warsaw 52.23 Poland
Washington, D.C. 38.88 United States
Wellington -41.28 New Zealand
West Island -12.18 Cocos (Keeling) Islands External territory of Australia
Willemstad 12.12 Curaçao Self-governing part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Windhoek -22.57 Namibia
Yamoussoukro (official)
Abidjan (former capital; still has many government offices) 6.82 Ivory Coast
Yaoundé 3.87 Cameroon
Yaren (de facto) -0.53 Nauru Country does not have an official capital; however, the government offices are in Yaren.
Yerevan 40.18 Armenia
Zagreb 45.82 Croatia
Notes[edit]
^ Cusco city was declared by the art. 49 of the Peruvian Constitution as "Historical Capital" (in Spanish Capital Histórica), a statement merely symbolic.
^ The sovereignty over the Spratly Islands is disputed by China, Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines (part), Malaysia (part), and Brunei (part). Except Brunei, each of these countries occupies part of the islands (see List of territorial disputes).
^ In 1949, the Republic of China government led by the Kuomintang (KMT) lost the Chinese Civil War to the Communist Party of China (CPC) and set up a provisional capital in Taipei. The CPC established the People's Republic. As such, the political status of the ROC and the legal status of Taiwan (alongside the territories currently under ROC jurisdiction) are in dispute. In 1971, the United Nations gave the China seat to the PRC instead of the ROC: most states recognize the PRC to be the sole legitimate representative of all China, and the UN classifies Taiwan as "Taiwan, Province of China". The ROC has de facto relations with most sovereign states. A significant political movement within Taiwan advocates Taiwan independence.
References[edit]
^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/wi.html
^ See Regions and territories: Somaliland (30 December 2005). BBC News. Retrieved January 17, 2006.
^ See the CIA Factbook and Map of Israel
^ Sharkansky, Ira (1996). Governing Jerusalem: Again on the world's agenda. Wayne State University Press. p. 23. ISBN 0-8143-2592-0.
^ See the following:
Organisation of the Islamic Conference (13–16 March 1989). "Resolutions on Political, Legal and Information Affairs". The Eighteenth Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (Session of Islamic Fraternity and Solidarity). Retrieved 2011-10-18.
Agence France-Presse (6 September 2011). "Non-Aligned movement confirms support for Palestinian statehood bid". Al Arabiya. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
Council of the European Union, "17218/09 (Presse 371)" (PDF), Press release, 2985th Council meeting on Foreign Affairs, Press Office, retrieved 2011-08-02
^ See The World Factbook|Cyprus (10 January 2006). Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved January 17, 2006.
^ a b Jacobs, Frank (19 June 2012). "Amazonia or Bust!". New York Times. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
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