Table of Dates
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Year After Creation
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Achashverosh ascends the throne of Persia
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3392 (369 BCE)
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| Achashverosh's Feast, lasting 180 days |
3395 (366 BCE)
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| Esther taken to Achashverosh's Palace |
Tevet, 3399 (362 BCE)
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| Haman casts lots |
Nissan, 3404 (357 BCE)
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| First decrees dispatched by Haman |
Nissan 13, 3404 (357 BCE)
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| Three days' Fast ordered by Esther |
Nissan 14-16, 3404 (357 BCE)
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| Haman's downfall and execution by hanging |
Nissan 17, 3404 (357 BCE)
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Second decrees, reversing the first
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Sivan 23, 3404 (357 BCE)
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Sadness turned to gladness; Haman's ten sons executed
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Adar 13, 3405 (356 BCE)
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Purim celebrations everywhere, except Shushan where a second day of reckoning is added
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Adar 14, 3405 (356 BCE)
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Purim celebration in Shushan
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Adar 15, 3405 (356 BCE)
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The Megillah recorded; Festival of Purim instituted for all generations
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3406 (355 BCE)
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