This Day, July 18, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
July 18 64: During the reign of Emperor Nero, the Great Fire begins in Rome. After the fire, Nero avoided...
July 18 64: During the reign of Emperor Nero, the Great Fire begins in Rome. After the fire, Nero avoided...
July 17 1203: The Knights of the Fourth Crusade capture Constantinople forcing the Byzantine emperor Alexius III Angelus to flee...
July 16 622: The Prophet Mohammed begins his Hijra from Mecca to Medina. This marks the beginning of the Islamic...
July 15 763 BCE: Forty-one years before their conquest of Israel, the Assyrians observe and record a solar eclipse which...
July 14 1086: Toirdelbach Ua Briain passed away. Born in 1009, he was the King of Munster and the High...
July 13 100 BCE: Birthdate of Julius Caesar. When Caesar and Pompey fought for control of the Empire, the Jews...
July 12 1191: The armies of the Third Crusade (1189-92), led by England's King Richard ('The Lionhearted'), captured the Syrian...
July 11 1174: Amalric I who had been King of Jerusalem since 1162 passed away. During his reign most of...
July 10 48 BCE: In his war with Pompey, Julius Caesar barely avoids defeat at the Battle of Dyrrhachium. A...