5782 – Timeline of Jewish History
This Hebrew year starts September 7th 2021-2022. A Hebrew year is 355 days long. On this day, September 7, 2021, using God’s lunar calendar, the Biblical year 5782 begins.
On the race toward the beginning of the seventh millenium, the Western calendar is already off by 23 years whereas the Jewish Calendar has still 217 years to run. Thus giving rise to a difference of 240 year! The Question is, where are the discrepancies?
And this year, according to the Jews, is 5782.
Timeline of Jewish History (from Chabad)
- Creation of Heaven and Earth, and Adam and Eve
- The Forefathers
- Living in Egypt
- Traveling Through the Desert
- Judges and Early Prophets
- Kings and the First Holy Temple
- Exile in Babylon
- Building of the Second Holy Temple
- Greek Cultural Domination
- Kingdom of Judea: Dynasty of the Chashmona’im
- Roman Client Kings and Rulers: The Herodian Dynasty
- The Talmudic Era: The Mishnah
- The Talmudic Era: The Gemara
- The Rabbanan
- The Geonim
- The Early Rishonim: The Crusade Massacres
- Later Rishonim: Persecutions and Expulsions
- The Great Scholars of the Shulchan Aruch and Torah Consolidation
- Early Acharonim and East European Massacres
- Acharonim and Early Chassidim
- Later Acharonim and the Changing Society
- The Holocaust
- The Modern State of Israel
Creation of Heaven and Earth, and Adam and Eve
| SECULAR YEAR | JEWISH YEAR | EVENT IN HISTORY |
| -3760 | 1 | Creation of Adam and Eve |
| -3631 | 130 | Seth (son of Adam) was born |
| -3526 | 235 | Enoch (son of Seth) was born |
| -3436 | 325 | Keynan (son of Enosh) was born |
| -3366 | 395 | Mehalalel (son of Keynan) was born |
| -3301 | 460 | Yered (son of Mehalalel) was born |
| -3139 | 622 | Chanoch (son of Yered) was born |
| -3074 | 687 | Metushelach (son of Chanoch) was born |
| -2887 | 874 | Lemech II (son of Metushelach) was born |
| -2831 | 930 | Adam died |
| -2705 | 1056 | Noah (son of Lemech II) was born |
| -2225 | 1536 | Noah began the construction of the ark |
| -2205 | 1556 | Yaphet (son of Noah) was born |
| -2204 | 1557 | Cham (son of Noah) was born |
| -2203 | 1558 | Shem (son of Noah) was born |
| -2105 | 1656 | Metushelach died |
| -2105 | 1656 | The great flood covered the earth |
| -2103 | 1658 | Arpachshad (son of Shem) was born |
| -2068 | 1693 | Shelach (son of Arpachshad) born |
| -2038 | 1723 | Eber (son of Shelach) was born |
| -2004 | 1757 | Peleg (son of Eber) was born |
| -1974 | 1787 | Re’u (son of Peleg) was born |
| -1942 | 1819 | Serug (son of Re’u) was born |
| -1912 | 1849 | Nachor I (son of Serug) was born |
| -1883 | 1878 | Terah (son of Nachor I) was born |
| SECULAR YEAR | JEWISH YEAR | EVENT IN HISTORY |
| -1813 | 1948 | Abraham was born |
| -1803 | 1958 | Sarah (daughter of Haran) was born |
| -1788 | 1973 | Abraham married Sarah |
| -1765 | 1996 | Dispersion from Babel after building the tower |
| -1761 | 2000 | Terah left Ur Kasdim with his family |
| -1755 | 2006 | Noah died |
| -1743 | 2018 | The covenant (Brit Bein Habetarim) with Abraham |
| -1738 | 2023 | Abraham settled in Canaan (start of the 430 years? Ex 12:40. No, earlier 2018 above) |
| -1727 | 2034 | Ishmael (son of Abraham) was born |
| -1713 | 2048 | Abraham circumcised himself and Ishmael |
| -1713 | 2048 | Sodom and Gommorah were destroyed |
| -1713 | 2048 | Isaac (son of Abraham) was born |
| -1677 | 2084 | The Akeda, where Isaac was brought on the altar by Abraham |
| -1677 | 2084 | Sarah died |
| -1653 | 2108 | Jacob and Esau were born |
| -1638 | 2123 | Abraham died |
| -1603 | 2158 | Shem (son of Noah) died |
| -1590 | 2171 | Isaac blessed Jacob instead of Esau |
| -1576 | 2185 | Jacob went to Haran |
| -1574 | 2187 | Eber (great-grandson of Shem) died |
| -1569 | 2192 | Jacob married Leah and Rachel |
| -1566 | 2195 | Levi (son of Jacob and Leah) was born |
| -1562 | 2199 | Joseph, son of Jacob and Rachel, was born |
| -1556 | 2205 | Jacob left Haran |
| -1553 | 2208 | Benjamin was born |
| -1545 | 2216 | Joseph was sold |
| -1533 | 2228 | Isaac died |
| -1532 | 2229 | Joseph became viceroy of Egypt |
| -1526 | 2235 | Kehot (son of Levi) was born |
| -1523 | 2238 | Jacob (and his family) went to Egypt |
| SECULAR YEAR | JEWISH YEAR | EVENT IN HISTORY |
| -1506 | 2255 | Jacob died |
| -1429 | 2332 | After Levi died, the enslavement in Egypt began |
| -1393 | 2368 | Moses was born |
| -1355 | 2406 | Joshua was born |
| -1314 | 2447 | Moses encountered the burning bush |
| -1313 | 2448 | The Exodus (end of the 430 year) |
| SECULAR YEAR | JEWISH YEAR | EVENT IN HISTORY |
| -1313 | 2448 | The Israelites crossed the Red Sea |
| -1313 | 2448 | The revelation at Mount Sinai and the giving of the Torah |
| -1313 | 2448 | Moses broke the Tablets |
| -1312 | 2449 | Moshe came down Mount Sinai with the second Tablets |
| -1312 | 2449 | The Tabernacle was erected |
| -1312 | 2449 | The spies returned from Canaan with bad news |
| -1274 | 2487 | Aharon and Miriam died |
| -1273 | 2488 | Moses died |
| SECULAR YEAR | JEWISH YEAR | EVENT IN HISTORY |
| -1273 | 2488 | The Israelites crossed the Jordan into Canaan |
| -1258 | 2503 | The appointment of the Land of Israel was completed |
| -1245 | 2516 | Joshua died |
| -1228 | 2533 | The rule of Judges began with Othniel ben Kenaz |
| -1188 | 2573 | Ehud ben Gerah became leader |
| -1107 | 2654 | Shamgar ben Anath died |
| -1107 | 2654 | Deborah became leader |
| -1067 | 2694 | Gideon became leader |
| -1027 | 2734 | Abimelech, son of Gideon, became leader |
| -1024 | 2737 | Tola, son of Pua, became leader |
| -1003 | 2758 | Jair, the Gileadite, became leader |
| -982 | 2779 | Jephtah (HaGil’adi) became leader |
| -969 | 2792 | Elon (HaZevuloni) became leader |
| -959 | 2802 | Abdon ben Hillel became leader |
| -951 | 2810 | Samson became leader |
| -931 | 2830 | Eli the Kohen became leader |
| -907 | 2854 | David was born |
| -890 | 2871 | Samuel became leader |
Kings and the First Holy Temple
| SECULAR YEAR | JEWISH YEAR | EVENT IN HISTORY |
| -423 | 3339 | Gedalyah ben Achikam was killed |
| -421 | 3340 | Daniel interpreted Nebuchadnezzar dream |
| -410 | 3352 | Ezekiel prophesied about the future Beit Hamikdash |
| -372 | 3389 | Daniel read the writing on the wall |
| -372 | 3389 | Daniel was thrown into the lion’s den |
| -371 | 3390 | Zerubabel led the return to the Land of Israel |
| -370 | 3391 | Building of Second Temple commenced, then halted |
| -366 | 3395 | Achashverosh II made his great banquet |
| -362 | 3399 | Esther was taken to the palace |
| -357 | 3404 | Esther took action against Haman’s decree |
| -355 | 3406 | Mordechai proclaimed the celebration of Purim |
| -353 | 3408 | Building of the second Beit Hamikdash resumed |
| -349 | 3412 | The Second Temple completed |
Building of the Second Holy Temple
| SECULAR YEAR | JEWISH YEAR | EVENT IN HISTORY |
| -348 | 3413 | Ezra led the second return to the Land of Israel |
| -335 | 3426 | Nehemiah returned to rebuild walls of Jerusalem |
| -313 | 3448 | Ezra died |
| -313 | 3448 | Simon the Tzaddik met Alexander the Great |
| -313 | 3449 | The Minyan Shtarot began |
| SECULAR YEAR | JEWISH YEAR | EVENT IN HISTORY |
| -273 | 3488 | Simon the Tzaddik died |
| -246 | 3515 | 72 Elders translated the Torah into Greek (Septuagint) |
| -140 | 3621 | The revolt of Mattityahu the Chashmona’i |
Kingdom of Judea: Dynasty of the Chashmona’im
| SECULAR YEAR | JEWISH YEAR | EVENT IN HISTORY |
| -139 | 3622 | Judah the Maccabee ruled |
| -139 | 3622 | The Second Beit Hamikdash was re-dedicated |
| -138 | 3623 | Hannukah was declared a festival |
| -133 | 3628 | Judah the Maccabee was killed in battle |
| -133 | 3628 | Yonatan (son of Mattityahu) ruled |
| -127 | 3634 | Shimon (son of Mattityahu) ruled |
| -119 | 3642 | Yohanan Hyrkanos (son of Shimon) ruled |
| -93 | 3668 | Judah Aristoblus (son of Yochanan Hyrkanos) ruled |
| -91 | 3670 | Alexander Yannai (son of Yochanan Hyrkanos) ruled |
| -73 | 3688 | Queen Shalomtzion (Salome Alexandra, wife of Alexander Yannai) ruled |
| -65 | 3696 | Aristoblus II (son of Alexander Yannai) ruled/td> |
| -61 | 3700 | The Romans gained control of Judea |
| -61 | 3700 | Hyrkanos II (son of Alexander Yannai) ruled |
| -40 | 3721 | Antigonus (son of Aristoblus II) ruled |
Roman Client Kings and Rulers: The Herodian Dynasty
| SECULAR YEAR | JEWISH YEAR | EVENT IN HISTORY |
| -36 | 3725 | Herod I ruled, killing all the Chashmona’im |
| -33 | 3728 | Hillel became the leader of the Torah scholars |
| -19 | 3742 | Herod I began rebuilding the second Beit Hamikdash |
| -11 | 3750 | Renovation of the second Beit Hamikdash was completed |
| 1 | 3761 | Archelaus (son of Herod I) ruled |
| 8 | 3768 | Hillel died |
| 10 | 3770 | Archelaus was deposed by the Roman Emperor |
| 21 | 3781 | Agrippa I (grandson of Herod I) ruled |
| 28 | 3788 | The Sanhedrin moved from the second Beit Hamikdash |
| 44 | 3804 | Agrippa II (son of Agrippa I) ruled |
| 50 | 3810 | Rabban Gamliel I (son of Shimon) grandson of Hillel, died |
| 66 | 3826 | Vespasian arrived in Judea to reassert Roman authority |
| 69 | 3829 | The Second Temple destroyed |
| SECULAR YEAR | JEWISH YEAR | EVENT IN HISTORY |
| 74 | 3834 | R. Yohanan ben Zakkai died |
| 86 | 3846 | The Sanhedrin moved from place to place, under R. Gamliel II |
| 133 | 3893 | Betar fell, and the Bar Kochba revolt ended in tragedy |
| 134 | 3894 | Judaism was banned, and R. Akiva was imprisoned |
| 189 | 3949 | R. Judah Hanassi completed the Mishnah around this time |
| SECULAR YEAR | JEWISH YEAR | EVENT IN HISTORY |
| 219 | 3979 | Rav left the Land of Israel and settled in Bablyonia |
| 247 | 4007 | Shmuel was the Talmudic authority in Bablyonia |
| 254 | 4014 | R. Yohanan was the leading Talmudic authority |
| 290 | 4050 | R. Huna was the leading Talmudic authority |
| 298 | 4058 | R. Yehudah was the leading Talmudic authority |
| 300 | 4060 | R. Chisda was the leading Talmudic authority |
| 309 | 4069 | Rabbah was the leading Talmudic authority |
| 321 | 4081 | R. Yosef was the leading Talmudic authority |
| 325 | 4085 | Abayey was the leading Talmudic authority |
| 338 | 4098 | Rava was the leading Talmudic authority |
| 359 | 4119 | Hillel II (who established the calendar) became Nassi |
| 392 | 4152 | R. Ashi was the leading Talmudic authority |
| 427 | 4187 | R. Ashi died after the compilation of the Gemara |
| 475 | 4235 | The Talmud was complete when Ravina II died |
| SECULAR YEAR | JEWISH YEAR | EVENT IN HISTORY |
| 551 | 4311 | Mar Zutra proclaimed Jewish self-rule in Babylonia |
| SECULAR YEAR | JEWISH YEAR | EVENT IN HISTORY |
| 589 | 4349 | The talmudic academy of Pumpedita was reconstituted |
| 609 | 4369 | The talmudic academy of Sura was reconstituted |
| 614 | 4374 | The Persians conquered the Land of Israel |
| 614 | 4374 | The Jews were allowed to return to Jerusalem |
| 629 | 4389 | The Byzantine Empire reconquered the Land of Israel |
| 636 | 4396 | R. Yitzchak was the last gaon of Neharde’a (Firuz-Shabur) |
| 637 | 4397 | The Arabs conquered the Land of Israel |
| 645 | 4405 | One of the “Takkkanot Hage’onim” was enacted at this time |
| 755 | 4515 | R. Achai Gaon left Iraq for the Land of Israel |
| 759 | 4519 | R. Yehuda became gaon of Sura |
| 759 | 4519 | The Halachot Gedolot (BaHag) was written at this time |
| 788 | 4548 | Another of the “Takkanot Hage’onim” was enacted at this time |
| 858 | 4618 | R. Amram (who wrote the Siddur) became gaon of Sura |
| 928 | 4688 | Rabbeinu Saadya was appointed gaon of Sura |
| 955 | 4715 | “Four Captives” were ransomed at around this time |
| 968 | 4728 | R. Sherira became gaon of Pumpedita |
| 997 | 4757 | R. Hai became (the last) gaon of Pumpedita |
| 1038 | 4798 | R. Hai died, and the academies of Babylon declined |
The Early Rishonim: The Crusade Massacres
| SECULAR YEAR | JEWISH YEAR | EVENT IN HISTORY |
| 1040 | 4800 | Rabbeinu Gersom Me’or Hagola died |
| 1088 | 4848 | The Rif arrived in Spain from Morocco |
| 1096 | 4856 | The Crusaders destroyed Jewish communities |
| 1099 | 4859 | Jerusalem was captured by the Crusaders |
| 1103 | 4863 | The Rif died |
| 1105 | 4865 | Rashi died, and the era of the Tosaphot began |
| 1135 | 4895 | The Rambam (Maimonides) was born |
| 1144 | 4904 | The first (recorded) blood libel took place |
| 1147 | 4907 | The Crusaders attacked Jewish communities |
| 1147 | 4907 | Rabbeinu Tam was captured by the Crusaders |
| 1148 | 4908 | The Rambam’s and the Radak’s families left Cordova |
| 1165 | 4925 | The Rambam visited the Land of Israel |
| 1171 | 4931 | Rabbeinu Tam died |
| 1175 | 4935 | The Rashbam died |
| 1184 | 4944 | The young son of the Ri was killed |
| 1187 | 4948 | Jews were allowed to return to Jerusalem |
| 1189 | 4949 | R. Yaakov D’Orleans was killed in London |
| 1190 | 4950 | Jews were massacred in England in the third Crusade |
| 1191 | 4951 | Rabbi David Kimchi, known as the “Radak”, wrote his commentary |
| 1194 | 4954 | The Ramban (Nachmanides) was born |
| 1198 | 4959 | The Ra’avad died |
| 1204 | 4965 | The Rambam died |
| 1236 | 4996 | Rampaging mobs massacred Jews in France |
| 1242 | 5002 | A massive burning of the Talmud took place in Paris |
| 1244 | 5004 | Jerusalem was sacked by Egyptians and Turks |
| 1252 | 5012 | The Inquisition began to use torture |
| 1267 | 5027 | The Ramban left Spain and settled in the Land of Israel |
| 1270 | 5030 | The Ramban died |
| 1286 | 5046 | The Maharam MeRothenburg was imprisoned |
| 1290 | 5050 | New works advanced the study of Kabbalah |
| 1290 | 5050 | The era of the Tosaphot concluded at around this time |
Later Rishonim: Persecutions and Expulsions
| SECULAR YEAR | JEWISH YEAR | EVENT IN HISTORY |
| 1290 | 5050 | All Jews were expelled from England |
| 1293 | 5053 | The Maharam MeRothenburg died in prison |
| 1298 | 5058 | The Rindfleisch massacres began |
| 1298 | 5058 | The author of the ‘Mordechai’ and Hagahot Maimoniyot were killed |
| 1305 | 5065 | The Rashba placed a limited ban on philosophy |
| 1305 | 5065 | The Rosh and his son, the Tur, arrived in Spain |
| 1306 | 5066 | All Jews were expelled from France |
| 1310 | 5070 | The Rashba died |
| 1320 | 5080 | Jews were massacred by the Pastoureaux Crusaders |
| 1327 | 5088 | The Rosh died |
| 1336 | 5096 | Jews of Germany were massacred by the Armleder bands |
| 1338 | 5098 | The Ralbag wrote his commentary on the Bible |
| 1349 | 5109 | The Black Death massacres swept across Europe |
| 1367 | 5127 | The Ran, Rivash, and other scholars in Spain were imprisoned |
| 1391 | 5151 | Jews of Spain were massacred — many were forced to convert |
| 1391 | 5151 | The Rivash and Rashbatz left Spain |
| 1394 | 5155 | The Final expulsion of Jews from France |
| 1413 | 5173 | R. Yosef Albo was in a forced debate with Christians |
| 1421 | 5181 | Jews in Austria were massacred in the Wiener Gezera |
| 1475 | 5235 | The invention of printing was used for Jewish books |
| 1481 | 5241 | The Inquisition was established in Spain |
| 1488 | 5248 | R. Ovadiah De Bertinoro settled in Jerusalem |
| 1491 | 5251 | Columbus consulted R. Avraham Zacuto for his travels |
| 1492 | 5252 | All Jews were expelled from Spain and Sicily |
The Great Scholars of the Shulchan Aruch and Torah Consolidation
| SECULAR YEAR | JEWISH YEAR | EVENT IN HISTORY |
| 1493 | 5253 | R.Yitzchak Abarbanel arrived in Naples, from Spain |
| 1496 | 5257 | All Jews were expelled from Portugal |
| 1516 | 5276 | The Ein Yaakov was printed |
| 1516 | 5276 | The Turks (Ottoman Empire) conquered Eretz Yisrael |
| 1525 | 5285 | R.Yosef Yoselman saved many Jews during the Peasants’ War |
| 1553 | 5314 | A mass burning of Jewish books took place in Rome |
| 1563 | 5323 | The Shulchan Aruch was completed by R.Yosef Karo |
| 1570 | 5330 | The Shulchan Aruch was published with supplements of Rama |
| 1572 | 5332 | The Arizal died in Tzfat |
| 1573 | 5333 | The Maharal came to Prague |
| 1573 | 5334 | The Maharshal died |
| 1575 | 5335 | R.Yosef Karo died in Tzefat |
| 1599 | 5359 | The Maharal returned to Prague again |
| 1614 | 5374 | The Maharsha became rabbi in Lublin |
| 1616 | 5377 | The Tosaphot Yom Tov commentary was concluded |
| 1621 | 5382 | The Shaloh arrived in the Land of Israel |
| 1629 | 5389 | R.Yom Tov Lipman Heller was imprisoned in Prague |
| 1640 | 5400 | R.Yoel Sirkes, the Bach, died |
| 1646 | 5406 | The Shach and Taz (on Shulchan Aruch) were printed |
| 1648 | 5408 | Jews were massacred by Chmielnicki’s forces |
Early Acharonim and East European Massacres
| SECULAR YEAR | JEWISH YEAR | EVENT IN HISTORY |
| 1654 | 5414 | The first Jews settled in New Amsterdam (New York) |
| 1655 | 5415 | Many Jews killed in Russian and Swedish invasions of Poland |
| 1656 | 5416 | Jews were permitted to live in England |
| 1656 | 5416 | Baruch Spinoza was excommunicated |
| 1673 | 5433 | The Magen Avraham (on Shulchan Aruch) was completed |
| 1676 | 5437 | Shabtai Tzvi died as a Muslim |
| 1689 | 5449 | The Beit Shmuel (on the Shulchan Aruch) was printed |
| 1698 | 5458 | The Baal Shem Tov was born |
| 1702 | 5463 | The Pnei Yehoshua’s family was killed in an explosion |
| 1712 | 5472 | The Siftei Chachamim was arrested |
| 1724 | 5484 | R.Yaakov Culi (Me’am Lo’ez) arrived in Constantinople |
| 1727 | 5487 | The Mishneh LeMelech died |
| 1734 | 5494 | Jews were massacred by the Haidamack bands |
| SECULAR YEAR | JEWISH YEAR | EVENT IN HISTORY |
| 1741 | 5501 | The Or HaChayim arrived in the Land of Israel |
| 1747 | 5507 | R. Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (Ramchal) died in Acco (Acre) |
| 1750 | 5510 | R. Jonathan Eybeschutz became Rabbi in Hamburg |
| 1754 | 5515 | R. Yechezkel Landau, known as the “Noda BiYehuda”, became Rabbi in Prague |
| 1757 | 5518 | The Frankists instigated mass burnings of the Talmud |
| 1759 | 5519 | Frankists supported blood libel charges in public ‘debate’ |
| 1760 | 5520 | The Baal Shem Tov died |
| 1764 | 5524 | The Council of Four Lands, known as the “Vaad Arba Aratzot”, was discontinued |
| 1768 | 5528 | Despite resistance, the Haidamacks massacre thousands |
| 1772 | 5532 | The Maggid of Mezeritsch died |
| 1782 | 5542 | R. N. Adler and Chatam Sofer visited the Noda BiYehuda |
| 1786 | 5546 | R. Elimelech of Lizensk died |
| 1791 | 5551 | The Pale of Settlement was established in Russia |
| 1793 | 5553 | Jews suffered in reign of terror of French Revolution |
| 1797 | 5558 | The Vilna Gaon died |
| 1798 | 5559 | The Ba’al HaTanya was released from first imprisonment |
| 1799 | 5559 | Napoleon led an army expedition through the Land of Israel |
| 1806 | 5566 | The Chida (R. Chaim Yosef David Azulai) died |
| 1806 | 5566 | The Chatam Sofer became rabbi in Pressburg |
| 1809 | 5570 | R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev died |
| 1810 | 5571 | R. Nachman of Breslov died |
| 1814 | 5574 | R. Akiva Eger became rabbi in Posen |
| 1814 | 5575 | Kozhnitzer Maggid and Yehudi of Peshischa, both died |
| 1815 | 5575 | Chozeh of Lublin and R. Mendel of Rymanov both died |
| 1819 | 5579 | Anti Jewish riots spread throughout Germany |
| 1827 | 5587 | Russia began conscripting Jewish children to the army |
| 1840 | 5600 | R.Yisrael of Ruzhin was released from imprisonment |
Later Acharonim and the Changing Society
| SECULAR YEAR | JEWISH YEAR | EVENT IN HISTORY |
| 1843 | 5603 | The Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch was repeatedly arrested in Russia |
| 1846 | 5606 | Sir Moshe Montefiore visited Russia to help local Jews |
| 1848 | 5609 | R. Yisrael Salanter left Vilna |
| 1851 | 5611 | R. Shimshon Raphael Hirsch became rabbi in Frankfort am Main |
| 1859 | 5619 | R. Menachem Mendel of Kotzk died |
| 1864 | 5624 | The Malbim was imprisoned, and then expelled from Rumania |
| 1866 | 5626 | Chidushei HaRim, Tiferet Shlomo, and Tzemach Tzedek, died |
| 1873 | 5633 | The Chafetz Chaim was published |
| 1874 | 5634 | The Minchat Chinuch died |
| 1878 | 5638 | Petah Tikvah agricultural settlement was established |
| 1881 | 5641 | Many Jews began leaving Russia after a wave of pogroms |
| 1886 | 5646 | R. Shlomo Ganzfried (author of Kitzur Shulchan Aruch) died |
| 1892 | 5652 | R. Chaim (Brisker) became Rabbi in Brisk |
| 1905 | 5665 | The Sfat Emet died |
| 1905 | 5665 | Many Jews were killed in (official) Russian pogroms |
| 1911 | 5671 | Chazon Ish was published |
| 1914 | 5674 | Over 500,000 Jewish soldiers fought in World War I |
| 1918 | 5678 | Over 60,000 Jews were killed during the Russian Revolution |
| 1923 | 5684 | The Daf HaYomi study cycle commenced |
| 1927 | 5687 | The Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe was released from Soviet prison |
| 1938 | 5699 | Jews were attacked in the Kristallnacht pogroms in Germany |
| SECULAR YEAR | JEWISH YEAR | EVENT IN HISTORY |
| 1939 | 5699 | Germany started World War II, and mass killing of Jews |
| 1941 | 5701 | Nazi Germany unexpectedly invaded Russia |
| 1941 | 5701 | 200,000 Jews were killed at Babi Yar and Ponary |
| 1942 | 5702 | 400,000 Jews of Warsaw were sent to death camps |
| 1943 | 5703 | Nazi Germany experienced massive losses in the battle of Stalingrad |
| 1943 | 5703 | The remaining Jews in Warsaw staged a massive uprising |
| 1943 | 5703 | Jewish uprisings at Treblinka, Sobibor, and Bialystock |
| 1943 | 5703 | The Danish people quietly rescued 93% of their Jews to safety |
| 1944 | 5704 | 300,000 Hungarian Jews were killed in 3 months |
| 1944 | 5705 | Uprising in Auschwitz death camp just before freedom |
| 1945 | 5705 | Nazi Germany was conquered, and World War II ended |
| 1945 | 5705 | 6,000,000 Jews were killed by the Nazis during the war |
| SECULAR YEAR | JEWISH YEAR | EVENT IN HISTORY |
| 1947 | 5707 | Publication of the Talmud Encyclopedia was commenced |
| 1947 | 5708 | The United Nations divided Israel |
| 1947 | 5708 | Arabs attacked Israel to gain territory |
| 1948 | 5708 | The State of Israel was established |
| 1948 | 5708 | Israel was invaded by many Arab countries |
| 1949 | 5709 | The “War of Independence” in Israel ended |
| 1950 | 5710 | All Jews left the ancient Jewish community of Iraq |
| 1950 | 5710 | Almost all Jews of Yemen emigrated to Israel |
| 1951 | 5711 | The Lubavitcher Rebbe accepts the mantle of leadership |
| 1956 | 5717 | Jewish forces invaded Egypt and conquered the Sinai Desert |
| 1967 | 5727 | The Lubavitcher Rebbe established the Tefillin Campaign |
| 1967 | 5727 | Jerusalem re-united under Jewish rule in the Six Day War |
| 1973 | 5734 | 2,500 Jewish soldiers were killed in the Yom Kippur War |
| 1974 | 5734 | The Lubavitcher Rebbe established the Shabbat Candle Campaign |
| 1982 | 5742 | Massive enemy arsenals were discovered in Lebanon |
| 1987 | 5746 | The first international conference of Chabad Lubavitch emissaries |
| 1993 | 5753 | A secret agreement signed in Oslo |
| 1994 | 5754 | The Lubavitcher Rebbe passed away |
| 2008 | 5767 | Deadly terrorist attack at the Chabad House in Mumbai, India, kills six |
| 2020 | 5780 | Israel signed “Abraham Accords,” normalizing relations with UAE and Bahrain, soon followed by Sudan and Morocco. |
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