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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Satellite image of the Palestine region from 2003 The timeline of the Palestine region is a timeline of major events in the history of Palestine. For more details on the history of Palestine see History of Palestine. In cases where the year or month is uncertain, it is marked with a slash, for ...
Jesus at the Temple (Giovanni Paolo Pannini c. 1750) c. 6 BCE [†]: John the Baptist is born in Ein Kerem to Zechariah and Elizabeth. c. 6-4 BCE [†]: Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, 40 days after his birth in Bethlehem. 6 CE: End of Herodian governorate in Jerusalem. Herod Archelaus deposed as the ethnarch of the Tetrarchy of Judea.
In Christianity, places associated with Jesus in Roman Palestine become deemed worth a visit for spiritual benefits. Christians regard the Calvary (the venue of Jesus's sufferings) in the city of Jerusalem as an especially sacred place. [1] 160s. Bishop Melito of Sardis makes the first known Christian pilgrimage to the Holy Land of Palestine. [2]
Palestine was celebrated by Arab and Muslim writers of the time as the "blessed land of the prophets and Islam's revered leaders". [315] Muslim sanctuaries were "rediscovered" and received many pilgrims. [316] In 1496, Mujir al-Din wrote his history of Palestine known as The Glorious History of Jerusalem and Hebron. [317]
1959: Egypt, Syria and All-Palestine Government united as the United Arab Republic. 1967: Six-Day War: Israel occupies the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt and the West Bank from Jordan. 1973: Yom Kippur War: A coalition of Arab states surprise attacks Israel in an attempt to regain the territories they lost in the Six-Day War.
A two-day summit was held in Egypt. Arab leaders announced their support for the road map and promised to work on cutting off funding to terrorist groups. June 11 Davidka Square bus bombing. A Palestinian suicide bomber killed 17 Israeli civilians. [78] [79] [80] June 29 Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Fatah agreed to a three-month cease-fire. July 9
Within three years, about 10,000 dunums, an old land measurement equivalent to acres, had been acquired in the Marj Bin Amer region of northern Palestine, forcing out 60,000 local farmers to ...
1833 Benjamin Disraeli, then 28 years old, writes The Wondrous Tale of Alroy about David Alroy's messianic mission to Jerusalem 1837 Lord Lindsay travels to Palestine. In 1838 he wrote Letters on Egypt, Edom and the Holy Land [9] in which he stated "Many I believe entertain the idea that an actual curse rests on the soil of Palestine, and may be startled therefore at the testimony I have borne ...