Mitzvot (Note that all events are dated on January 1st, to avoid confusion with the events that do not have certain dates)

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  • Jan 1, 1135

    Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon (RaMBaM) is born

    The author of The Mishna Torah
  • Period: Jan 1, 1135 to Jan 1, 1204

    The life of The RaMBaM

  • Jan 1, 1175

    The Mishna Torah is compiled

    By:
    The RaMBaM (The reason it's in 1175 is, becuase it was believe to have been compiled between 1170-1180)
  • Jan 1, 1204

    Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon (RaMBaM) dies

    in Cairo, Egypt
  • Jan 1, 1269

    Rabbi Yaakov ben Asher is born

    The author of the Tur
  • Period: Jan 1, 1269 to Jan 1, 1343

    The life of Rabbi Yaakov ben Asher

  • Jan 1, 1300

    Tur is compiled

    By:
    Yaakov ben Asher
  • Jan 1, 1343

    Rabbi Yaakov ben Asher dies

    In Toledo, Spain
  • Jan 1, 1488

    Rabbi Yosef Karo is born

    The author of the Shulchan Aruch
  • Period: Jan 1, 1488 to Jan 1, 1575

    The life of Rabbi Yosef Karo

  • Jan 1, 1563

    Shulchan Aruch Is Written/Finished

    By:
    Rabbi Yosef Karo
  • Jan 1, 1565

    Shulchan Aruch Is Published

    In Venice, Italy
  • Jan 1, 1575

    Rabbi Yosef Karo dies

    In Safed, Israel (Palestine)

  • Rabbi David HaLevi Segal (Taz) is born

    The author of the Turei Zahav
  • Period: to

    The life of the Taz

  • Rabbi Shabbatai ha-Kohen is born

    The author of the Shach
  • Period: to

    The life of Rabbi Shabbatai ha-Kohen

  • Rabbi Avraham Gombiner (Magen Avraham) is born

    The author of the Magen Avraham
  • Period: to

    The life of the Magen Avraham

  • The Shach is published

    By:
    Shabbatai ha-Kohen

  • Rabbi Shabbatai ha-Kohen dies

    In Holleschau, Moravia

  • Rabbi David HaLevi Segal (Taz) dies

    In Turkey

  • The Magen Avraham is finished

    By:
    Rabbi Avraham Gombiner He traveled to Amsterdam, Netherlands to publish the work, but he didn't have enough money and he died without ever publishing it.

  • Rabbi Avraham Gombiner (Magen Avraham) dies

  • The Turei Zahav (TaZ) is published

    A commentary on the Shulchan Aruch By:
    Rabbi David HaLevi Segal, published after his death like many of his works

  • The Magen Avraham is published by Shabbethai Bass

    After the death of the Magen Avraham

  • Rabbi Elijah ben Shlomo Zalman Kremer (Vilna Gaon) is born

    The author of many Talmudic and Mishan commentaries
  • Period: to

    The life of the Vilna Gaon

  • Rabbi Elijah ben Shlomo Zalman Kremer (Vilna Gaon) dies

    In Vilna/Vilnius, Lithuania

  • Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein is born

    The author of the Aruch HaShulchan
  • Period: to

    The life of Yechiel Michel Epstein

  • Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan (Chofetz Chaim) is born

    The author of the Mishna Berura
  • Period: to

    The life of The Chofetz Chaim

  • The Kitzur Shulchan Aruch is written

    By:
    Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried

  • Mishna Berura's First Volume Is Published

    By:
    The Chofetz Chaim
  • Period: to

    Publishing Of All Six Mishna Berura Volumes

  • Mishna Berura's Second Volume Is Published

    By:
    The Chofetz Chaim

  • Mishna Berura's Third Volume Is Published

    By:
    The Chofetz Chaim

  • The Aruch HaShulchan is published

    By:
    Yechiel Michel Epstein It's a rephrasing of the Shulchan Aruch

  • Mishna Berura's Fourth Volume Is Published

    By:
    The Chofetz Chaim

  • Mishna Berura's Fith Volume Is Published

    By:
    The Chofetz Chaim

  • Mishna Berura's Sixth Volume Is Published

    By:
    The Chofetz Chaim

  • Rabbi Yechiel Michel Epstein dies

  • Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan dies

    In Radun, Russia