Theodor Herzl at the age of 12 (1872) in Budapest. He writes a program for building the Panama Canal (which is finished in 1905). An imaginative and creative child, he is greatly impressed by Jules Verne

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Theodor Herzl 1860 - 1904
Theodor Herzl at the age of 12 (1872) in
Budapest. He writes a program for building the
Panama Canal (which is finished in 1905). An
imaginative and creative child, he is greatly
impressed by Jules Vernes books.
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Theodor Herzl 1860 - 1904
Herzl at the age of 14 (1874) in Budapest. At his
school he initiates a club for young literature
lovers called We and appoints himself
President.
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Theodor Herzl 1860 - 1904
Theodor Herzl at the age of 18 (1878) in Vienna.
He is a law student. (Later he will go on to
receive his doctorate in law.) Herzl joins the
German national student fraternity Albia. He
chooses the fraternity name of Tancred, a hero
of the first Crusade which conquered Jerusalem.
At a commemorative evening for Richard Wagner the
anti-Semitism of the fraternity is revealed and
Herzl decides to resign from the fraternity with
a sharply worded letter.
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Theodor Herzl 1860 - 1904
Herzl aged 30, (1890) in Vienna. He is a writer
and dramatist. Later he will write the drama Das
neue Ghetto The New Ghetto, concerning the
Jewish question. This successful play is
performed on stage.
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Theodor Herzl (1860 1904)
Theodor Herzl, aged 36 (1895). He is sent to
Paris as a correspondent for the famous Viennese
newspaper Neue Freie Presse New Free Press.
He is present at the degrading trial of the
assimilated Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus.
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Theodor Herzl 1860 - 1904
In 1896 Herzl publishes his famous work Der
Judenstaat The Jewish State.
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Theodor Herzl 1860 - 1904
In 1897 Herzl convenes the first Zionist Congress
in Basel.
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Theodor Herzl 1860 - 1904
1898. Herzl makes his only visit to Eretz Israel.
He meets pioneers, settlers and Kaiser Wilhelm II
of Germany.
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1899. Herzl becomes a legend and his personage
appears in drawings and caricatures. In this year
he meets world leaders as a representative and
spokesman for the Zionist idea.
Theodor Herzl 1860 - 1904
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3rd July 1904. Herzl dies at the young age of 44.
He is given a grand funeral and thousands
participate in an emotional fare well.
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14th May 1948. Declaration of the State of
Israel. Herzls dream comes true. A sovereign
Jewish homeland is established.
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Herzl remains are transferred from Vienna to
Jerusalem and laid to rest on Mount Herzl, named
for him.