The First Crusade
On Friday, July 15, 1099 AD, Crusaders breech the walls of Jerusalem during their first crusade.

Battle of Ajnadain
On Sabbath, July 30, 634 AD the Islamic conquests begin when Byzantine and Islamic forces fight at the Battle of Ajnadain between Jerusalem and Gaza.

Seleucid Losses
By 190 BC, the Seleucid Empire lost its westernmost lands to Rome and finally became the Roman province of Syria in 65 BC, or shortly thereafter, Daniel 9:9.

Yahvneh-Yam, the coastal harbor city located halfway between Ashdod and Jaffa is mentioned in 1 Maccabees 4:15; 2 Maccabees 12:8-9. Its Seleucid history (163 BC), archaeology and written texts are described in BAR, Mar/Apr 2000, p. 20.

Ptolemy IV
During his life time, Hannibal (247-182 BC) and his Carthaganian army violently defeated the Roman army at the Battle of Trebia, Dec. 18, 218 BC. The River Trebia flowed between Placentia and Genua, Italy.

Ptolemy V
The Battle of Zama (Tunisia), fought around October 19 of 202 BC, marked the final and decisive end of the Second Punic War and broke the power of Carthage. A Roman army led by Publius Cornelius Scipio fought against Hannibal's quickly assembled army supported by eight elephants and won to make it possible for Rome to later conquer the then known world. The Roman army was led by Publius Cornelius Scipio who decisively ended the Second Punic War.

Ptolemy VI
For additional references to this king see the apogryphical book 2. Maccabeans 1:10 here.

Antiochus II

Jewish celebration of Hannukah, the festival of lights (after forgetting/ misunderstanding/ apostatising from their divinely ordained faith) commemorates the victory of the Maccabees over the Syrian king Antiochus II in 165 BC, the rededication of the Temple and the miracle of the oil that burned for eight days. [BAR, Nov/Dec 2006, p. 18.] We are told that the Ammonite city, region, land of Jazer (Num. 32:3,35; Josh. 21:39; 1 Chr. 6:66), as a result of a battle between Judas Maccabeus and the Ammonite leader Timotheus, was recaptured. Jazer seems to have been located east of the Jordan River and west of the Jabbok (Zarqa) River between Amman and Mizpah(?).[BASOR #144, Dec 1956, p. 30ff.]

Antiochus III

Antiochus III subjugated the east with his victorious campaigns of 210-206 BC that took him to the frontiers of India. Most of the territories involved rebelled and became independent after the Romans defeated him at Magnesia in 190 BC.
Antiochus III was the king who added Palestine to the territory ruled by the Seleucids when he defeated the Ptolemaic forces at Paneas in 198 BC. Antiochus III attempted to extend his southern frontier into Egypt with the campaigns of -170-168. He was successful in conquering most of the Delta in -169, but when he marched on Alexandria in -168 in order to undertake its siege, he was turned back by the Roman diplomatic mission and had to abandon all of his Egyptian conquests.

Antiochus IV Epiphanes
Antiochus Epiphanes reigned from 175 - 164 BC. He was selected by some Bible interpreters to figure in the prophecies of Daniel which we show to be in error here.

Palestine: Palestinian rulers of this period include Judas Maccabeus (ca. 164-161) and Jonathan (ca. 162-143).

Period Coins
High quality points with the images of Antiochus III, Seleucus IV and Antiochus IV can be seen in Background to Hanukkah - Inscription reveals roots of Maccabean Revolt, Vol. 34, No. 6, Nov 2008, p. 57-59.