483 BC Queen Vashti Deposed

478 BC Esther Becomes Queen

478 BC Mordecai Thwarts a Conspiracy

474 BC Haman Seeks Revenge on the Jews

473 BC Mordecai Informs Esther of Haman's Plot

473 BC Esther Prepares a Banquet

473 BC The King Honors Mordecai

473 BC Haman Is Hanged

473 BC Xerxes' Edict on Behalf of Esther and Jews

472 BC Purim Instituted

472 BC Xerxes' Tribute to Mordecai

Queen Esther (1879) by Edwin Long