Editing Knesset (section)

===Timeline===
[[File:The Knesset in winter.jpg|thumb|The Knesset in winter]]

*14 February 1949: First meeting of the Constituent Assembly, [[Jewish Agency for Israel|Jewish Agency]], Jerusalem
*16 February 1949: Name "Knesset" approved for the Constituent Assembly; number of members fixed at 120; the Knesset starts convening in [[Tel Aviv]] (first as at what is now the [[Opera Tower (Tel Aviv)|Opera Tower]], later at the San Remo Hotel in Tel Aviv)<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=The Knesset's Anniversary|url=https://main.knesset.gov.il/en/about/pages/birthday/birthday.aspx|access-date=11 August 2021|website=main.knesset.gov.il}}</ref>
*26 December 1949 – 8 March 1950: Knesset moved to Jerusalem; first convened at the Jewish Agency building
*13 March 1950: Knesset moved to the [[Frumin House|Froumine House]], in [[King George Street (Jerusalem)|King George Street, Jerusalem]]<ref name=":1" />
*1950–1955: Israeli government holds architectural competitions for the permanent Knesset building. [[Ossip Klarwein]]'s original design won the competition
*1955: Government approves plans to build the Knesset in its current location
*1957: [[James de Rothschild (politician)|James de Rothschild]] informs Prime Minister [[David Ben-Gurion]] of his desire to finance the construction of the building
*14 October 1958: Cornerstone-laying for new Knesset building
*30 August 1966: Dedication of new building (during the sixth Knesset)
*1981: Construction of new wing begins
*1992: New wing opens
*2001: Construction starts on a large new wing that essentially doubles the overall floorspace of the Knesset compound.
*2007: New large wing opens

[[File:Frumin entrance.jpg|thumb|Historic engraving on the [[Froumine House]], King George St., Jerusalem]]