Louis G By MrsHill 3761 BCE End of Creation 2103 BCE The flood Period: 2000 BCE to 1 BCE Biblical times 1813 BCE Abrahams birth 1562 BCE Yosefs birth 586 BCE 1st Bet hamikdash destroyed 9th of av 516 BCE Built 2nd temple 356 BCE Purim 164 BCE Chanukah story Period: 1 BCE to 1000 Rabbinic 70 Second bet hamikdash destroyed 9th of av Period: 1000 to 1700 Medieval Period: 1700 to 10,000 Modern 1880 First aliyah Oct 16, 1886 David ben gurion 1897 First Zionist Congress 1917 Balfour declaration May 14, 1948 The state of Israel The date Israel became a state for us Oct 26, 2012 Me Louis goodall was born