This Day, July 16, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
July 16 622: The Prophet Mohammed begins his Hijra from Mecca to Medina. This marks the beginning of the Islamic...
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...
July 9 118: Hadrian, Rome's new emperor, made his entry into the Imperial City. Regardless of how history remembers him,...
July 8 1099: In a move reminiscent of Joshua at Jericho, during the First Crusade 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march...