This Day, May 7, in Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 7 833 BCE (2 Iyar 2928): Traditional date on which King Solomon began building the Temple in Jerusalem. 351:...
May 7 833 BCE (2 Iyar 2928): Traditional date on which King Solomon began building the Temple in Jerusalem. 351:...
May 6 1313 BCE (1 Iyar 2448): According to tradition, this was the date of the first population survey of...
May 5 1028: King Alfonso V of Castile passed away. In 1020, Alfonso had presided over the Council of Leon...
May 4 1008: Birthdate of King Henry I of France who reigned from 1031 until his death in 1060 which...
May 3 1282 BCE: (28 Nissan 2488): Traditional date marking the fall of the walls of Jericho. 443 BCE (7th...
May 2 373: “Bishop Athanasius of Alexandria…aggressive opponent of Arianism and polemicist against Judaism died today.” 693: The Sixteenth Council...
May 1 305: Due to age and ill health and a desire to provide stability for the Roman Empire Diocletian...
April 30 313: Licinius defeated Maximinus at the Battle of Tzirallum, thus making him the Emperor of the Eastern Roman...
April 29 711: According to some sources the date on which an army led by Tariq ibn Ziyad landed at...