c.4000 BC                  Earliest settlements at present-day Jerusalem.
1004 BC - 586 BC           Capital of Kingdom of Israel (from 922 BC Judah); era of
                             First Jewish Temple.
586 BC - 537 BC            Part of Babylonian Empire. 
538 BC - 70 AD             Era of Second Jewish Temple
537 BC - 332 BC            Part of Persian Empire.
332 BC - 312 BC            Part of the Empire of Alexander the Great.
312 BC - 198 BC            Part of the Ptolemaic dynasty Egypt. 
198 BC - 167 BC            Part of Seleucid Empire. 
168 BC - 70 AD             Capital of Kingdom of Judea
 4 BC - 324                Part of Roman Empire (135-324 renamed Aelia Capitolina).
324                        Part of Byzantine Empire.
May 614 - 627              Persian occupation (614-617 Jewish autonomy granted under
                             Nehemiah Ben Hushiel Ben Ephraim Ben Yosef [d.617]).
638                        Muslim conquest (Dome of the Rock inaugurated 691).
15 Jul 1099 - 31 Jul 1291  Christian Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem (fall of Jerusalem 23 Aug
                             1244, Acre 16 May 1291, Haifa 30 Jul 1291, and Beirut 31
                             Jul 1291). 
 2 Oct 1187 - 18 Feb 1229  Jerusalem under Muslim rule.
1263/31 Jul 1291           Part of Mameluke Sultanate of Egypt.
28 Dec 1516                Part of Ottoman Empire.
1827                       Ottoman administration created mütasarrifiya of Jerusalem.
10 May 1832 - Nov 1840     Egyptian occupation of Jerusalem.
1863                       Municipality of Jerusalem
 9 Dec 1917 - 13 May 1948  British rule.
29 Nov 1947                United Nations partition plan calls for Jerusalem and its                              environs (Corpus Separatum) to be an international zone
                             administered by UN Trusteeship Council.
14 May 1948                Israeli forces occupy West Jerusalem (New City) and part of Mount
                             Scopus, while Arab/Jordanian forces occupy East Jerusalem and
                             the Old City.
28 May 1948                Jewish Quarter in the Old City surrenders to Arab forces.
 7 Oct 1948 -  5 Jun 1967  Cease-fire agreement creates a UN demilitarized No-Man's Land                              between Arab east Jerusalem and Israeli west Jerusalem.
13 Dec 1949                (West) Jerusalem proclaimed Israel's capital (enacted 23 Jan 1950). 24 Apr 1950                Jordan annexes East Jerusalem.
 7 Jun 1967                Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem.
28 Jun 1967                East Jerusalem incorporated into Israeli municipality of                              Jerusalem and the city limits are expanded                               (not internationally recognized).
30 Jul 1980                East Jerusalem is formally annexed.

Mayors
1863 - 186.                Abdel Rahman Ahmad Suleiman Taha
                             al-Dajani
1867 - 1874                Yusuf Diya al-Khalidi (1st time)
1874 - 1876                ....
1876 - 1877                Yusuf Diya al-Khalidi (2nd time)
1877 - 1878                ....
Apr 1878 - Oct 1879        Yusuf Diya al-Khalidi (3rd time)
1879 - 188.                Umar al-Husseini
1882 - 1897                Selim Effendi al-Husseini (1st time)(d. 1917)
1897? - 1899?              Sheikh Yasin al-Khalidi
1899 - 1907                Yusuf Diyauddin al-Khalidi          (b. 1829 - d. 1907)
1907 - 1909                Faidi al-Alami                      (d. 1924)
1909 - 1917                Selim Effendi al-Husseini (2nd time)(s.a.)
 9 Dec 1917 - 27 Dec 1917  Bill Borton                         (b. 1870 - d. 1938)
                             (British military governor)
28 Dec 1917 -  1 Jul 1920  Sir Ronald Storrs                   (b. 1881 - d. 1955)
                             (British military governor)
1917 - 1918                Aref al-Dajani                      (b. 1856 - d. 1930)
Mar 1918 - Apr 1920        Musa Qassem al-Husseini             (b. 1853 - d. 1934)
1920 - 1934                Ragheb Nashashibi                   (b. 1881 - d. 1951)
1934 - Aug 1937            Hussein Fakhri al-Khalidi           (b. 1895 - d. 1966) 
Aug 1937 -  1 Oct 1938     Daniel Auster (deputy mayor)        (b. 1893 - d. 1962)
 1 Oct 1938 - Aug 1944     Mustafa al-Khalidi                  (d. 1944) 
1944 - 1945                Daniel Auster (1st time)            (s.a.)
1945 - 13 May 1948         Municipal Committee
- of East Jerusalem -
13 May 1948 - Oct 1948     Abdullah al-Tal                                          Mil
                             (Jordanian military governor)
Oct 1948 - 1950            Anwar al-Khatib                     (b. 1911 - d. 1993)
1950 - Sep 1951            Aref al-Aref (1st time)             (b. 1891 - d. 1973)
Oct 1951 - Mar 1952        Hanna Atallah
Mar 1952 - 1955            Omar Wa'ari
1955                       Aref al-Aref (2nd time)             (s.a.)
1955 - Jan 1957            Municipal Committee
Jan 1957 - 28 Jun 1967     Ruhi al-Khatib                      (b. 1914 - d. 1994)
 7 Jun 1967 - 28 Jun 1967  Shlomo "Chich" Lahat                (b. 1925)            Mil
                             (Israeli military governor)
1967 - 1999                Amin al-Majaj (acting to Jun 1995)  (d. 1999)
                             (PLO titular mayor; in opposition to Israel)
1999 - 31 May 2001         Faisal Abdul Qader al-Husseini      (b. 1940 - d. 2001)  Fatah/PLO
                             (holder of East Jerusalem portfolio in Palestinian Authority)
2001 - 29 Mar 2006         Sari Nusseibeh                      (b. 1949)            Fatah/PLO
                             (holder of East Jerusalem portfolio in Palestinian Authority)
29 Mar 2006 - 2006         Khaled Abu Arafa                                         Hamas
                             (minister for Jerusalem Affairs in Palestinian Authority)
2006 - 14 Jun 2007         Mahmoud Tota                                             Hamas
                             (minister for Jerusalem Affairs in Palestinian Authority)
30 Aug 2007 -              Adnan Husseini
                             (special adviser on Jerusalem Affairs in Palestinian Authority)
- West (from 28 Jun 1967, Greater) Jerusalem -
Aug 1948 - Jan 1949        Dov Joseph (military governor)      (b. 1899 - d. 1980)  Mil
Jan 1949 - 1950            Daniel Auster (2nd time)            (s.a.)
1950 - 1952                Shlomo Zalman Shragai               (b. 1899 - d. 1995)  MP
1952 - 1955                Yitzhak Kariv                                            MP
1955 -  1 Nov 1959         Gershon Agron                       (b. 1894 - d. 1959)  MAPAI
Nov 1959 - 1965            Mordecai Ish-Shalom                 (b. 1902 - d. 1991)  MAPAI
Nov 1965 - Nov 1993        Theodor "Teddy" Kollek              (b. 1911 - d. 2007) Raf;1968 Av
Nov 1993 - 17 Feb 2003     Ehud Olmert                         (b. 1945)            Lik
17 Feb 2003 -              Uri Lupolianski                     (b. 1951)            AY
                             (acting to Jun 2003)

Party abbreviations: Av = Avoda (Labor, social-democratic); AY = Agudat Yisrael ("the Israelite Union", Jewish conservative, ultra-Orthodox); H = Herut (Freedom, nationalist); Lik = Likud (Consolidation, right of center, coalition from 1973 to 1988, led by Herut;
properly a party since then); Mil = Military; 
- Former parties: MAPAI = Israeli Workers' Party (in 1968 merged with Rafi to form Avoda);
Raf = Rafi Party (in 1968 merged with MAPAI to form Avoda); MP = Mizrachi Party
Palestinian parties: Fatah = Harakat al-Tahrar al-Filistini (Liberation Movement of Palestine); Hamas = Harakat al-Muqawima al-Islamiyya (Islamic Resistance Movement, militant, Islamist); PLO = Palestinian Liberation Organization (umbrella group for Palestinian liberation movements, includes Fatah)

29 May 1948                UNTSO created by UN Security Council.
 7 Oct 1948                Neutral Zone around Government House in  Jerusalem
                             transferred to UNTSO protection.
 5 Jun 1967                Israel occupies the Jerusalem Neutral Zone.

Chiefs of Staff United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO)
11 Jun 1948 - Jul 1948     Count Thord Bonde (Sweden)
Jul 1948 - Sep 1948        Aage Lundström (Sweden)
Sep 1948 - Jun 1953        William E. Riley (U.S.)
Jun 1953 - Aug 1954        Vagn Bennike (Denmark)
Jun 1954 - Nov 1956        Eedeson Louis Millard Burns         (b. 1897 - d. 1985)
                             (Canada)
Nov 1956 - Mar 1958        Byron V. Leary (acting)(U.S.)
Mar 1958 - Jul 1960        Karl C. von Horn (Sweden)(1st time) (b. 1903)
Jul 1960 - 31 Dec 1960     R.W. Richert (acting)(U.S.) 
 1 Jan 1961 - 31 May 1963  Karl C. von Horn (Sweden)(2nd time) (s.a.)
 1 Jun 1963 - 31 Jul 1970  Odd Bull (Norway)
 1 Aug 1970 - 31 Oct 1973  Ensio P.H. Siilasvuo (Finland)
 1 Nov 1973 - 31 Mar 1974  Richard W. Bunworth (Ireland)
 1 Jun 1974 - Aug 1975     Bengt Liljestrand (Sweden)
Aug 1975 - Dec 1975        K.D. Howard (Australia)(acting) 
Jan 1976 - Apr 1978        Emmanuel A. Erskine (Ghana)
                             (1st time)
Apr 1978 - Jun 1979        William Callaghan (Ireland)
                             (1st time)(acting)
Jun 1979 - 31 Jan 1980     O. Forsgren (Sweden) (acting) 
 1 Feb 1980 - Feb 1981     Erkki Raine Kaira (Finland)
Feb 1981 - May 1986        Emmanuel A. Erskine (Ghana)
                             (2nd time) 
May 1986 - Jun 1987        William Callaghan (Ireland)
                             (2nd time)
Jun 1987 - 1990            Martin Vadset (Norway)
1990 - 1992                Hans Christensen (Finland)
1992 - 1993                Krishna Narayan Singh Thapa (Nepal)
1993 - Oct 1995            Joseph Bujold (Canada)
 1 Oct 1995 - 31 Mar 1998  Rufus Modupe Kupolati (Nigeria)
 1 Apr 1998 - 31 Mar 2000  Timothy Roger Ford (Australia)      (b. 1945)
 1 Apr 2000 - Mar 2002     Franco Gaguzza (Italy)              (b. 1943) 
Apr 2002 - 30 Sep 2004     Carl A. Dodd (Ireland)
 2 Oct 2004 - 30 Nov 2006  Clive Lilley (New Zealand)          (b. 1953)
 1 Dec 2006 -              Ian Campbell Gordon (Australia)     (b. 1952)