Event | Year After Creation |
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Achashverosh ascends the throne of Persia |
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 |
Sivan 23, 3404 (357 BCE)
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Sadness turned to gladness; Haman's ten sons executed |
Adar 13, 3405 (356 BCE)
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Purim celebrations everywhere, except Shushan where a second day of reckoning is added |
Adar 14, 3405 (356 BCE)
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Purim celebration in Shushan |
Adar 15, 3405 (356 BCE)
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The Megillah recorded; Festival of Purim instituted for all generations |
3406 (355 BCE)
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*There is disagreement regarding this date. Our timeline follows the tradition cited in Talmud, Megillah 15a (see Rashi ad loc. for an alternative reading).
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