The Timeline

5549(1789): The Tzemach Tzedek is born on Erev Rosh Hashanah to R' Shalom Shachna and

Devorah Leah.

5562(1802): He begins recording novellae in Talmud and Chassidus that he hear from his

grandfather, the Alter Rebbe, and his own novellae in explaning these subjects.

5563(1803): Marries Chaya Mushka.

5566(1806): The Alter Rebbe assigns him along with his great-uncle, R' Yehuda Leib, the

responsibility of anserwing questions concerning Halachah.

5569(1809): Travels with the Alter Rebbe to Volhynia.

5570(1810): Together with his uncle, R' Moshe , he is charged by the Alter Rebbe with

invovlment in communial matters.

5574-87(1814-27): He isolates himself inorder so that he may study Torah with extraordinary

diligance.

5588(1828): Accepts the post of Rebbe.

At the beggining of the period of military conscription for the Jews, when they

where kidnapped at a very young age and Cantonist, 5587-5615 (1827-1855),

he devotes himself to rescuibg thousands of young conscrips from apostasy and death.

5597(1837): Torah Or was published.

5568(1838): Travels through Moglilev and Minsk provinces to Vilna, returning via Vitebsk.

5599(1839): Prince Schtzedrinov sells the Tzemach Tedek some land of forest and farmland in

Minsk. The T.T. establishes shidrin colony by giving land and agrricultral to Jewish settlers.

5600(1840): the community K. accuses Tzemach Tedek of opposing the the communities

procedure of handing over Jewish children for conscription.

5601(1841): Two "snatchers" from Barisov slander against Temach Tedek.

5602(1842): Receives a "Honored Citizen" award signed by the Czar.

5603(1843): The Tzemach Tzedek is requested to participate in the Rbbinical Commission in

Petersburg. For his protest against the Maskilim of Vilna amd Riga, his demand on that the publication of sacred books be permitted, and his protest against the prohobition of publishing works of Chassidus and Kabbalah.

Durring the time of the Commission he is arrested numerous times, but in the end all his demands were met!

5605(1846): Recieves "Honored Citizen for Posterity " award.

5608(1848): He protests against the Ministry's demand( as proposed by Lilienthal) to abridge

the Siddur and Chumash for children.

5616(1856): A fire tragiclly destroys his home along with five chests of manuscripts.

5621(1861): Windowed on the Eighth of Tevet.

5626(1866): Nifter on wenesday night,13 of Nissan, and is buried in lubavitch.