Year	Date	Event
33 AD	Passover	Jesus of Nazareth crucified in Jerusalem; start of Christian veneration of the sites of his crucifixion and burial in Jerusalem.
70		Destruction of the Second Jewish Temple
135-136		Expulsion of the Jewish and Christian population from Jerusalem; Jerusalem renamed Aelia Capitolina and paganized; a temple to Venus is built on the site of the crucifixion and resurrection.
326		Empress Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, finds what is believed to be the tomb of Christ.
335		Construction of a great basilica to mark the site of Christ’s tomb begins. This church is henceforth known as the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
613		Muhammed begins teaching his new religion in Mecca on the Arabian Penninsula.
614		A Persian army besieges Jerusalem; city falls after 21 days. Slaughter of 26,500 Christians, enslavement of ca. 35,000 more. Church of the Holy Sepulcher utterly destroyed.
629
632	June
634-644
637-638
649
655
656-661
678
688
698
711-713
713
717
732	Oct. 10
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