English Reformations and Contested Spaces Timeline presentation of significant events related to the reformation of Christianity in England and contemporary events occurring in Eretz Israel Allison Ostrowski English Reformations Fall 2012

In the year 596, Pope Gregory sends Augustine into Britain to preach

In600, Pope Gregory I commissions a hospital in Jerusalem to treat Christian pilgrims to Eretz Israel

In 605, Pope Gregory dies

In 608, Jews attack Byzantium under the promise of returning to Eretz Israel In 614, Persians invade Jerusalem, destroy churches and expel Jews. Jews are forbidden to reside within a three mile radius of Jerusalem.

In 627, King Edwin is baptized, with his nation, at Easter

In 629, Jerusalem is recaptured by the Byzantines In 636, Eretz Israel is conquered by the Arabs In 638, Jews are readmitted to Jerusalem under Islamic rule

In 673, Bede is born In 673, King Egbert dies

sees the rise of Islam across the Arabian peninsula and the conversion or removal of Jews

In 680, a synod is held at Haethfelth concerning Catholicism In 680, Abbess Hilda dies

In 691, the Dome of the Rock is constructed in Jerusalem on the site of the destroyed first and second temples

In 1509, Henry VII dies and Henry VIII takes the throne

During ,the Mamluk rule becomes increasingly unstable

In 1517, Martin Luther protests against indulgences

In 1516, Ottoman Turkish rule begins In 1520, Bezalel ben Abraham Ashkenazi is born

In 1549, the Book of Common Prayer is published In 1559, the 39 Articles are established

From , Suleman rebuilds the walls of Jerusalem In 1541, the Golden Gate is permanently sealed In 1564, the Shulhan Arukh (Code of Jewish Law) is published

In 1570, Elizabeth I receives papal excommunication

During , the study of Kabbalah flourishes In 1572, Isaac ben Solomon Luria dies

In 1594, Hooker writes Laws of Ecclesiastical polity

In 1577, the Hebrew printing press is established in Safed

In 1603, Queen Elizabeth I dies, James VI succeeds to the English throne

In 1610, Yochanan ben Zakai Sephardic synagogue is completed in Jerusalem In 1625, Jewish leaders are imprisoned by Mohamed ibn Farouk

In 1689, the Act of Toleration is enacted

In 1660, Safed and Tiberias are destroyed in Druze revolt In 1665, Sabbatai Zevi returns to Eretz Israel proclaiming himself the messiah In 1672, the Synod of Jerusalem is held

In 1703, John Wesley is born

In 1705, restrictions are imposed with heavy taxation In 1720, Ashkenazi synagogue is destroyed by the Ottomans, and Ashkenazi Jews are banned

In 1735, Wesley embarks on mission to America

From , Jerusalem Rabbi and Kabbalist Shalom Sharabi lives In 1743, Suleiman Pasha is killed by Tiberias Jews and a holiday is declared

In 1786, American Book of Common Prayer is compiled

In 1784, agricultural settlements are created in Eretz Israel

In 1971, John Wesley dies

In 1799, Napoleon conquers Haifa

In 1807, slavery is abolished in England

From the Ten Disciples emigrate to Jerusalem and Safed

In 1820, Froude, Keble, and Prevost begin discussions in Oriel

In 1812, the Safed plague destroys 80% of the Jewish population

In 1833, the Irish Church Temporalities Bill is enacted

In 1831, Egypt conquers Eretz Israel

From , Tracts for our Times is published

In 1833, the first printing press arrives in Jerusalem In 1834, the Safed Great Plunder occurs In 1840, Jerusalem falls to Turkish control In 1841, Samuel Salant, Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, arrives in Eretz Israel

In 1845, Newman converts to Roman Catholicism

In 1844, first official census in Jerusalem is undertaken In 1855, first Jew enters the Temple Mount in modern times

In 1867, 1 st Lambeth Conference is held

In 1860, the first neighborhood is built outside Jerusalem’s wall (Mishkenot Sha’ananim) In 1870, the first agricultural school Mikveh Israel, is established

In 1882, Edward Bouverie Pusey dies

In 1881, Eliezer ben Yehuda moves to Eretz Israel and establishes Zionism During , the first aliyah occurs

In 1910, the first World Missionary Conference is held

From , the second aliyah occurs In 1909, the first kibbutz (Degania) is established In 1909, Tel Aviv is founded In 1917, the Balfour Declaration is enacted In 1917, an exodus of Jews from Egypt to Eretz Israel occurs

In 1998, the 13 th Lambeth Conference occurs

In 1994, the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre occurs In 1998, the State of Israel celebrates its 50 th Anniversary