701 King Hezekiah of Judah, backed by Egypt, revolts against king Sennacherib of Assyria. Sennacherib sacks many Palestinian cities, but fails in his attempt to take Jerusalem.
607 Death of Zhou Kuang Wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China. Jerusalem's destruction according to some interpretations. Historians commonly believe the fall to be 587/586 BC.
600 (LDS) Lehi leads his family and some friends on pilgrimage from Jerusalem to the Americas.
597 Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king.
588 Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon begins siege of Jerusalem; the opera ''Nabucco'' sets the date at 587 BCE.
587 Jerusalem falls to the Babylonians, ending the Kingdom of Judah. The conquerors destroy the Jewish Temple of Jerusalem and exile the land's remaining inhabitants.
587 Jerusalem falls to the Babylonians, ending the Kingdom of Judah. The conquerors destroy the Jewish Temple of Jerusalem and exile the land's remaining inhabitants.
537 Jews transported to Babylon are allowed to return to Jerusalem, bringing to a close the Babylonian captivity; They had been exiled 70 years before hand, according to the prophecy of the Biblical Prophet Jeremiah (Jeremiah 25: 8-12)
165 Judas Maccabaeus defeats the Seleucid rulers of Judea in the Battle of Beth Zur, leading to the recapture of Jerusalem.
18 Caiaphas becomes the high priest of Jerusalem.
33 Triumphal Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem - Sunday, March 29 (Palm Sunday)
52 Ananias, a high priest in Jerusalem, is sent to Rome after being accused of violen
66 Jewish revolt against the Roman Empire. The Zealots take Jerusalem and the Sicarii capture the fortress of Masada.
69 First Jewish-Roman War - Vespasian lays siege to Jerusalem, which was captured by Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus after Vespasian became Emperor.
70 Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem.
70 Roman general and future Roman Emperor, Titus, destroys the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, leaving erect only the famous Western Wall. Rome stations troops in Jerusalem and abolishes the Jewish high priesthood and Sanhedrin. This becomes known as the Fall of Jerusalem, a conclusive event in the First Jewish-Roman War. Following this event, the Jewish religious leadership moves from Jerusalem to Jamnia (present day Yavne), and the destruction is mourned annually as the Jewish fast of Tisha B'Av.
70 Roman general and future Roman Emperor, Titus, destroys the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, leaving erect only the famous Western Wall. Rome stations troops in Jerusalem and abolishes the Jewish high priesthood and Sanhedrin. This becomes known as the Fall of Jerusalem, a conclusive event in the First Jewish-Roman War. Following this event, the Jewish religious leadership moves from Jerusalem to Jamnia (present day Yavne), and the destruction is mourned annually as the Jewish fast of Tisha B'Av.
131 Emperor Hadrian builds the city Aelia Capitolina on the location of Jerusalem
134 The Romans retake Jerusalem. The largely destroyed city is renamed Aelia Capitolina.
451 Jerusalem becomes a Patriarchate.
614 The Persian Empire under general Shahrbaraz captures and sacks Jerusalem; the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is damaged by fire and the True Cross is captured.
629 Jerusalem reconquered by Byzantine Empire from the Persian Empire (September).
630 Byzantine Emperor Heraclius recaptures Jerusalem from the Persians.
637 Arabs take Jerusalem
1020 Hospice built in Jerusalem by Knights Hospitaller
1058 Aldred becomes the first English bishop to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
1099 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march around Jerusalem.
1099 Christian soldiers under Godfrey of Bouillon, Robert II of Flanders, Raymond IV of Toulouse and Tancred take Jerusalem after a difficult siege, killing nearly every inhabitant.
1186 Guy of Lusignan becomes King of Jerusalem.
1187 October 2 - Siege of Jerusalem - Saladin captures Jerusalem.
1190 Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowned in the Saleph River while leading an army to Jerusalem.
1192 The Third Crusade ends in disaster. Richard I of England and Saladin negotiate visiting rights for pilgrims to come to the Holy City of Jerusalem.
1229 The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy.
1247 Egypt takes control of Jerusalem from the Kharezmians.
1275 Nestorian monk Rabban Bar Sauma begin his pilgrimage from China towards Jerusalem
1314 The Mappa Mundi (Map of the World) is made. It showed Jerusalem at the centre, as decreed in the Bible.
1541 Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent seals off The Golden Gate in Jerusalem.
1887 The New Gate is built in Jerusalem
1917 British troops take Jerusalem from the troops of the Ottoman Empire
1946 Irgun bomb explodes in Jerusalem.
1946 King David Hotel bombing: Irgun bombs King David Hotel in Jerusalem, headquarters of the British civil and military administration killing 90.
1946 Eight British servicemen are killed in Jerusalem by Jewish terrorists.
1948 Nationalisation of UK railways to form British Railways. Arab militants lay siege to the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. First day of the Italian republican constitution, first day of the New Jersey State Constitution.
1950 The Knesset passes a resolution that states Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
1951 King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem.
1961 Ham, a 37 pound male chimpanzee, is rocketed into space aboard Mercury-Redstone 2, in a test of the Project Mercury capsule, designed to carry U.S. astronauts into spa
on trial for crimes against humanity in a court in Jerusalem, Israel.]]
1961 The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.
1967 Israel declares the annexation of East Jerusalem.
1967 Israel annexes East Jerusalem.
1967 A general strike in the old quarter of Jerusalem protests Israel's unification of the city.
1969 25 An Islamic conference in Rabat, Morocco, following the al-Aqsa Mosque fire (August 21), condemns the Israeli occupation of Jerusalem.
1977 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to officially visit Israel, when he meets with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and speaks before the Knesset in Jerusalem, seeking a permanent peace settlement (much of the Arab world is outraged by the visit).
1990 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: In Jerusalem, Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock mosque on the Temple Mount.
1998 Ibrahim Hanna, the last native speaker of lahs
2004 Over 100,000 opponents to Israel's unilateral disengagement plan of 2004 participate in a human chain from Gush Katif, to the Western Wall, Jerusalem (90 kilometers).