December 4 771: King Carloman dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne King of the entire Frankish Kingdom. Following the death of their father, King...
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This Day, June 12, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
JUNE 12 816: Leo III, the Pope whose aggressive plan to crown Charlemagne gave the Jews of the Rhineland a comparatively benign ruler, passed away...
This Day, July 31, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
July 31 904: Thessaloniki, which is also known as Salonica, is sacked and looted by Saracens (an Arab group). The Jewish population of Thessaloniki...
This Day, January 7, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
January 7 1256: Berechiah De Nicole, the Chief Rabbi of Lincoln was released after having been imprisoned in London on charges related to the death...
This Day, October 1, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
OCTOBER 1 2016 B.C.E.: According to some the anniversary of the Origin of Era of Abraham on the secular calendar. The exactitude of this date is...
This Day, September 21, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
September 21 19 BCE: Virgil, the classical Roman poet passes away. Eclogue 4, the so-called Messianic Eclogue, is the best known of Virgil’s...
This Day, March 29, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 29 835 BCE (1st of Nisan, 2926): According to some Joash assumed the throne as King of Judah 1188: Emperor Frederick was convinced (both...
This Day, September 8, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
September 8 70: On the secular calendar, Jerusalem is sacked by the 60,000 troops of Titus' Roman army after a six month siege. Over a million...
This Day, December 23, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
December 23 800:Today,Leo III, the Pope whose aggressive plan to crown Charlemagne gave the Jews of the Rhineland a comparatively benign ruler “took...