January 5 1209: At Winchester Castle King John of England and his wife Isabella gave birth to Richard, Earl of Cromwell “to whom Abraham of...
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This Day, September 2, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
September 2 44 BCE: Cicero delivers the first of his fourteen Philippics (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them over the next...
This Day, July 17, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
July 17 1203: The Knights of the Fourth Crusade capture Constantinople forcing the Byzantine emperor Alexius III Angelus to flee from his capital...
This Day, December 16, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
December 16 1316: Öljaitü, the eighth Ilkhanid dynasty ruler in Tabriz, Iran, whom the former vizer Rashid-al-Din Hamadani the Jewish convert to...
This Day, March 30, In Jewish History by Mitchell A or Deb Levin Z"L
March 301135: On the secular calendar, birthdate of Maimonides (Moses Ben Maimon) in Cordova, Spain. According to Jewish tradition he was born Erev...
This Day, July 23, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
July 23 501: A violent earthquake hit Eretz Yisrael during which the town of Akko was totally destroyed. 636: Following the Battle of Yarmuk...
This Day, January 31, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
January 31 314: Sylvester I whose name is “the Israeli term for New Year’s night celebrations” began his papacy “The Israeli term for New Year’s...
This Day, October 2, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
October 2 825 BCE (22nd of Tishrei, 2936): According to traditionKing Solomon bid farewell to the Jewish people who had come to Jerusalem for a...
This Day, September 4, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
September 4 476: The German general Odoacer defeated Orestes and deposed the child emperor Romulus Augustus marking the “official end of the Roman...