Ari.O By MrsHill 3761 BCE End of Creation 2103 BCE The Flood 1813 BCE Birth of Avraham 1562 BCE Birth of Yosef 586 BCE Destruction of the first Bet Hamikdash 516 BCE The rebuliding of the Bet Hamikdash 356 BCE Purim Story 164 BCE Story of Chanukah 70 Second Bet Hamikdash Destroyed 1880 First Aliyah Oct 16, 1886 Birth of David Ben Gurion 1897 First Zionist Congress Nov 29, 1917 Balfour Declaration May 14, 1948 The State of Isreal This is the day when Isreal got declared the homeland for most Jewish people Jun 3, 2013 ME!!!!!!!!