2014 Event Israel reopens Jerusalem's Temple Mount a day after closing it to visitors in the wake of the shooting of activist Yehudah Glick; however, security restrictions have been applied to Muslim men seeking to pray at the site 2014 Event Israel closes visitation to Jerusalem's Temple Mount, citing security concerns after the shooting of Israeli activist Yehudah Glick; Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas claims that the action is a 'declaration of war' 2013 Event A 1,400 year old treasure, called 'the Ophel Treasure' is discovered near the foot of Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem 2012 Event At the National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, the U.S. Democratic Party vote three separate times in order to approve putting the terms, 'God', 'Jerusalem', and 'Israel' back into the platform 2011 Event The Israeli interior ministry grants its final approval for building 1,600 settler homes in the disputed East Jerusalem 2010 Event Plans to build 625 more homes in close to the West Bank, adjacent to Arab East Jerusalem, were announced 2010 Event Iran calls upon Muslims around the world to act in protest in response to Israel's plans to build in East Jerusalem 2010 Event In Washington, D.C, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu tells a lobby group that 'Jerusalem is not a settlement' and Israel has a 'right' to build there 1997 Event Terrorist double suicide bombing in Jerusalem, kills 14 1995 Death Shlomo Averbach, Rabbi, buried in Jerusalem, 250,000 attend 1993 Event Ehud Olmert elected mayor of Jerusalem 1992 Event Bible Lands Museum opens in Jerusalem, Israel 1992 Death Nahman Avigad, Isr archaeologist (Discovering Jerusalem), dies at 86 1989 Death Able J Herzberg, Russian/Netherlands lawyer (Eichmann in Jerusalem), dies 1988 Event "Nightline" goes on location to Jerusalem Israel 1988 Event John Demjanjuk (Ivan the Terrible), sentenced to death in Jerusalem 1987 Event Moscow party secretary Boris Jerusalem resigns 1983 Event A bomb planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, kills 6 Israelis 1980 Event Dutch embassy in Israel moves from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv 1978 Death Golda Meir, Israel's Prime Minister 1969 - 1974, dies in Jerusalem at 80 1974 Death Mohammed SA al-Hoesseini, Mufti of Jerusalem/president Com Palestine, dies 1969 Event Fire in Al-Aksa-mosque in Jerusalem 1967 Event Israel removes barricades, re-unifying Jerusalem 1967 Event Israel annexes East Jerusalem 1967 Event Israel captures Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem, Jericho and Bethlehem 1964 Event Palestine National Congress forms the PLO in Jerusalem 1961 Event Gideon Hausner in Jerusalem demands death penalty for Adolf Eichmann 1961 Event Trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem 1959 Death Gershon Agron, mayor of Jerusalem, dies at 66 1958 Event 1st true reservoir in Jerusalem opens 1953 Birthday Alpha Blondy, Seydou Kone, Ivory coast, reggae singer, Jerusalem 1951 Death Abdullah Ibn Hussein, Jordan's King (1946-51), killed in Jerusalem 1950 Event Israeli Knesset resolves Jerusalem is capital of Israel 1949 Event Knesset votes to transfer Israel's capital to Jerusalem 1949 Event 1st session of Knesset (Jerusalem Israel) 1949 Event Unidentified aircraft bomb Jerusalem 1948 Event Arabs blow up Latrun pumping station in Jerusalem 1948 Event 1st air bombing of Jerusalem 1948 Event Ramat Rahel gateway to Jerusalem is repossessed by Israel 1948 Event Jordan's Arab League captures Atarot, north of Jerusalem 1948 Event Jewish Agency of Jerusalem bombed 1948 Event Arabs bomb attack in Jerusalem, 50 die 1948 Event Palestine Post building in Jerusalem bombed 1939 Birthday Amos Oz, Jerusalem Israel, author, My Michael 1937 Birthday Paul Bailey, born in England, novelist, George Orewell prize-winner, lecturer at North Dakota State University, writer in residence, Kingston University, wrote At The Jerusalem, radio and television plays, and non-fiction books 1932 Birthday Jerome Lowenthal, Philadelphia, pianist and professor, Jerusalem Academy of Music 1932 Event 1st commencement exercises at Hebrew U in Jerusalem 1929 Event Palestinians attack orthodox Jews in Jerusalem 1927 Birthday Tzvi Avni, born in Saarbrucken, Germany, composer, Israeli emigrated to Palestine, student of Paul Ben-Haim, founded electronic studio at the Jerusalem Academy of Music 1925 Event Cornerstone for Hebrew University, Jerusalem laid 1925 Event Hebrew University, Jerusalem dedicated 1920 Birthday Nehemiah Persoff, Jerusalem Palestine, actor, Al Capone, Yentl 1920 Event Arabs attack Jews in Jerusalem 1918 Death C Hubert H Parry, English musicologist/composer (Jerusalem), dies at 70 1917 Event British forces under General Allenby capture Jerusalem 1917 Birthday Emanuel Vardi, born in Jerusalem, Israel, violist, SD Symph 1978-82 1910 Event Children initiate idea of planting trees in Jerusalem 1906 Event Bezalel Art School opens in Jerusalem 1905 Birthday Nahman Avigad, Israeli archaeologist, Discovering Jerusalem 1898 Event Theodor Herzl arrives in Jerusalem 1881 Event Anti-Jewish riots in Jerusalem 1878 Birthday Felix M Abel, French bible scholar, Jerusalem Nouvelle 1876 Birthday Max Jacob, French writer, Concentration Camp, Le Siege de Jerusalem 1848 Birthday Charles Hubert H Parry, England, musicologist/composer, Jerusalem 1836 Event Reconstruction begins on Synagogue of Rabbi Judah Hasid in Jerusalem 1799 Event Napoleon issues a decree calling for establishing Jerusalem for Jews 1799 Event Napoleon called for establishing Jerusalem for Jews 1770 Event General Church of New Jerusalem established 1700 Event Rabbi Judah Hasid and Chayim Molocho arrive in Jerusalem 1665 Event Jerusalem's rabbi Sjabtai Tswi proclaims himself Messiah 1626 Event Pasha Muhammad ibn Farukh tyrannical Governor of Jerusalem, driven out 1625 Event 16 Rabbis (including Isiah Horowitz) are imprisoned in Jerusalem 1554 Event Queen Maria of England marries Philip, king of Naples/Jerusalem 1521 Event Arabs attribute shortage of water in Jerusalem to Jews making wine 1267 Event Rabbi Moses Ben Nachman establishes a Jewish community in Jerusalem 1244 Event Chwarizneense Turken defeats Jerusalem 1237 Death Jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies 1229 Event German emperor Frederick II crowns himself king of Jerusalem 1205 Death Amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies 1192 Event Richard Coeur de Leeuw leaves Jerusalem in disguise 1187 Event Sultan Saladin captures Jerusalem from Crusaders 1187 Event Saladins army marches into Jerusalem 1174 Death Amalrik I, Morri, French King of Jerusalem, dies 1165 Event Rambam reaches Jerusalem 1131 Death Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies 1129 Event Jerusalem taken by Emperor Frederik II 1118 Death Boudouin I, of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies 1111 Death Robrecht II of Jerusalem, Count of Flanders (1st Crusader), dies 1100 Event Boudouin I of Boulogne crowned king of Jerusalem 1099 Event Crusaders herd Jews of Jerusalem into a synagogue and set it afire 1099 Event 1st Crusaders capture and plunder Jerusalem 1099 Event 1st Crusaders arrive in Jerusalem 1065 Event Pilgrims under bishop Gunther of Bamberg reach Jerusalem 638 Death Sophronius of Jerusalem, saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, dies 335 Event Church of Heilig Grave initiated in Jerusalem 70 Event Walls of upper city of Jerusalem battered down by Romans 70 Event Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem 70 Event Titus sets up batterig rams to assault the walls of Jerusalem 70 Event Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem 70 Event Rome captures 1st wall of the city of Jerusalem 65 Event Jews revolt against Rome, capturing fortress of Antonia in Jerusalem 39 Birthday Titus, 10th Roman emperor, 79-81, conqueror of Jerusalem
