This Day, February 15, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
February 15 399 BCE: The philosopher Socrates was sentenced to death today. No, Socrates was not Jewish, and he did...
February 15 399 BCE: The philosopher Socrates was sentenced to death today. No, Socrates was not Jewish, and he did...
February 14 842: Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German...
February 13 515 BCE (3rd of Adar, 3245): Completion of the construction of the Second Temple at Jerusalem. 996: Fatimid...
February 12 553: Byzantine Emperor Justinian ordered the public reading of the Greek translation to Parshat Hashavuah (weekly Torah portion)...
February 11 55: Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome clearing the...
February 10 1163: Baldwin III, the first so-called King of Jerusalem to have been in “the Holy Land” passed away. ...
February 9 474: Zeno was crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. “The feeling of Emperor Zeno towards the Jews...
February 8 421: Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire serving as co-Emperor with Honorius. Constantinius only reigned...
February 7 457: Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. As can be seen from this decree, Leo was...