Date |
Event |
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Rekkath – One of the earliest Jewish settlements – Joshua 19:35 |
44 BCE |
Roman procurator placed over town |
20 CE |
Tiberias founded by Herod Antipas son of Herod |
50 |
Josephus Flavius calls springs Emmaus |
50 |
Annexed by Herod Agrippa II |
70 |
Flavius surrendered the city to the Roman Emperor Vespasian |
133-135 |
Economic decline during Bar Kokhba revolt |
145 |
Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai cleanses the city |
150 |
The Sanhedrin Jewish court fled from Jerusalem |
200 |
Mishnah compiled by Rabbi Judah haNasi |
279 |
Sanhedrin’s final meeting place. |
631 |
Final revolt against Byzantine Empire |
634 |
Byzantine army return to Tiberias |
635 |
Arabs conquer Tiberius |
636 |
Reginal capitol later replaced by Bet Shean |
749 |
Tiberias revitalised after Bet Shean |
1204 |
Rambam buried in Tiberias. |
1265 |
Crusaders were driven from the city by the Mamluks |
1558 |
Doña Gracia granted tax collecting rights |
1561 |
Joseph Nasi encouraged Jews to settle in Tiberias. |
1628 |
Fakhr-al-Din II as Lord of Arabistan Druze |
1727 |
Bedouin leader fortifies town |
1740 |
Rabbi Haim Abulafi and Rabbi of Izmir rebuild the city |
1775 |
Ahmed el-Jazzar ‘the Butcher’ brought peace to region |
1837 |
Devastated by the 1837 Galilee earthquake |
1842 |
4 000 inhabitants and three synagogues |
1845 |
David Watt Torrance opened a mission hospital |
1938 |
Great flood causes major damage |
1949 |
Major redevelopment |