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Jan 1, 632
Death of Muhammed
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Jan 1, 1096
Beginning of the First Crusade
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Jan 1, 1290
Jews expelled from England
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Jan 1, 1306
Jews expelled from France
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Jan 1, 1394
Jews expelled from France
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Jan 1, 1483
Beginning of the Spanish Inquisition
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Jan 1, 1492
Spanish Jews given ultimatum of conversion or expulsion
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Jan 1, 1516
Region including Israel conquered by the Ottoman Empire
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Ottoman Tanzimat attempts to protect the territory against foreign powers and nationalist movements
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(1880s) Eastern European Jews begin to settle in Israel (First Aliyah)
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Ottoman edict formally bans immigration of Russian Jews
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Large-scale anti-Jewish "pogroms" in Russian Empire
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Notable Jerusalem Arabs petition Constantinople to halt Jewish immigration and land sales
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Publication of "Der Judenstaat" - "The Jewish State" (Theodor Herzl)
English Name: "The Jewish State"
Author: Theodor Herzl -
Founding of the World Zionist Organization (Theodor Herzl)
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Second Aliyah - greater numbers of European Jews settle in Palestine
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Founding of first all-Hebrew city, Tel Aviv
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Balfour Declaration grants British approval of establishing a Palestinian homeland
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Period: to
British Mandate over Palestine (granted by League of Nations)
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Establishment of the State of Israel
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Israel admitted to UN
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Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Founded
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Oslo Accords - Israel and PLO agree to recognize each other
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Arab conquest of Palestine, beginning of Arab and Muslim majority