This Day, January 16, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
January 16 27 BCE: Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning...
January 16 27 BCE: Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning...
January 15 588 BCE: On the secular calendar, Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah's reign. The...
January 14 83 BCE: Birthdate of Marcus Antonius, who is better known as Mark Antony (often pronounced Anthony). Mark Antony...
January 13 519 BCE: Darius had “a crown made for Zerubbabel out of gold sent by Jews in Babylon.”...
January 12 1349: A letter sent today “from the city of council of Cologne…to the leaders of Strasbroug” warned that...
January 11 66(28th of Tevet, 3826): The Sanhedrin elected Joseph ben Gorion and the High Priest Anan as the administrative...
January 10 49 BCE: Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Caesar’s opposition was led by...
January 9 638: As a result of the Sixth Council of Toledo that began today “King Chintilla decreed that only...
January 8 1169: A year after Maimonides who was living in Egypt completed competed “The Book of the Lamp” or...