First Zionist Congress
August 29, 1897
Two hundred delegates met in the Basel casino under Herzl's presidency and adopted the Basel Program: to establish a home for the Jewish people in Palestine secured by public law. "At Basel," Herzl wrote in his diary, "I founded the Jewish state." It would take fifty-one years, and most of the Jews of Europe would not see it.
In context
Also in 1897 (5 other events on record)
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- Dracula Published · Europe · Culture
Before and after in Europe
Before and after in Politics
- Before: 1896: Herzl's Jewish State
- After: January 13, 1898: J'accuse
Era
Industrial Age (1801–1900), one of 513 events from that era on Saeculum.