Josie r By MrsHill 3761 BCE End of Creation 1813 BCE The birth of avrham 586 BCE 1st Beit Hamikdash destroyed by the Babylonian 516 BCE The seconde temple built 356 BCE Purim 164 BCE Chanukah 70 2nd temple destroyed by the Romans Destroyed on 9 of Av 1562 Yoseph born 1880 First Aliyah Oct 16, 1886 David Ben gurioun birth 1897 First Zionist congress 1917 Balfour declaration May 14, 1948 The state of Israel This is the date that Isreal was declared the jewish homeland Aug 20, 2012 Me! 2103 The flood