| Creation |
1 |
-3761 |
| Noah and the Flood |
1056 |
-2705 |
| Abraham born |
1948 |
-1813 |
| Covenant Between the Parts |
2018 |
-1743 |
| Isaac born |
2048 |
-1713 |
| Jacob & Family go down to Egypt |
2238 |
-1523 |
| The Exodus and the Giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai |
2448 |
-1313 |
| The Children of Israel enter the Land of Israel |
2489 |
-1272 |
| King David born |
2854 |
-907 |
| King Solomon born |
2912 |
-849 |
| King Solomon builds the Holy Temple |
2928 |
-833 |
| Rebellion of the Ten Tribes; kingdom is split into two
kingdoms: Israel of ten tribes, and Judah of two |
2964 |
-796 |
| Israel conquered by Shalmanesser, Israel exiled to
places unknown |
3205 |
-555 |
| Holy Temple destroyed; Judah exiled to Babylon |
3338 |
-422 |
| Holy Temple rebuilt. End of Era of Prophecy;
beginning of Mishnaic Era |
3408 |
-352 |
| Second Holy Temple destroyed |
3828 |
68 |
| Mishnaic Rabbis: Rabbi Eliezer, Rabbi Yehoshua,
Rabbi Elazar ben Azaryah, Rabbi Akiva, and Rabbi
Tarfon conduct the Seder in Bnai Brak |
3870? |
110? |
| End of Mishnaic Era; beginning of Talmudic (Amoraic)
Era |
3948 |
188 |
| Abbaye and Rava teach the Talmud |
4100 |
340 |
| End of Talmudic Era; beginning of Savoraic Era |
4260 |
500 |
| End of Savoraic Era; beginning of Gaonic Era |
4349 |
589 |
| Rav Saadya Gaon born |
4642 |
882 |
| End of Gaonic Era; beginning of Rishonim Era |
4798 |
1038 |
| Rashi born |
4800 |
1040 |
| Maimonides born |
4895 |
1135 |
| End of Rishonim Era; beginning of Achronim Era |
5200? |
1440? |
| Rabbi Yosef Karo, author of Shulchan Aruch, born |
5248 |
1488 |
| Rabbi Isaac Luria, the Arizal, born |
5294 |
1534 |
| Bal Shem Tov born |
5458 |
1698 |