August 5 135: Betar fell to the Romans 939: Battle of Alhandic: Cordoban forces conquered the Leonese city of Zamora, Spain with great cost in...
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This Day, April 11, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 11 145: Birthdate of Septimius Severus, the “Roman emperor, who according to the Virtual Jewish Library Lucious Septimus Severus treated...
This Day, October 26, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
OCTOBER 26 1235: King Andrew II of Hungary passed away. During the reign of King Andrew II (1205–1235) there were Jewish Chamberlains and mint-,...
This Day, February 13, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
February 13 515 BCE (3rd of Adar, 3245): Completion of the construction of the Second Temple at Jerusalem. 996: Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim who...
This Day, December 2, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
December 2 127 CE: In a document drawn up on this date at a government office in Rabbatg, east of the Dead Sea, four date groves in Maoza were...
This Day, August 2, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
August 2 338 BCE: A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing...
This Day, June 23, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
JUNE 23 79: Vespasian, the Roman general who was in the process of conquering Judea when he became Emperor, died. 79: Titus, the Roman general...
This Day, July 15, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
July 15 763 BCE: Forty-one years before their conquest of Israel, the Assyrians observe and record a solar eclipse which is the basis for much of...
This Day, April 10, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 10 401: Birthdate of Theodosius II. As Emperor he adopted many of the anti-Semitic views of his sister which led to the destruction of...