April 2 742: Birthdate of Charlemagne. Charlemagne was both King of the Franks and the first Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Despite pressure...
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This Day, September 29, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
September 29 522 BCE: Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta, securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. The success of Darius...
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...
This Day July 7, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
July 7 1274: Pope Gregory X confirmed a bull issued in 1272 banning charges of blood ritual. 1307: King Edward I, the monarch who expelled the...
This Day, October 27 by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
OCTOBER 27 312: Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross which will join the Sword of Constantine to the Cross...
This Day, August 24, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
August 24 410: The Visigoths under Alaric begin to pillage Rome for three days. According to tradition, the treasures of the Temples taken by the...
This Day, August 15, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
August 15 423: Honorious Flavius, the Western Roman Emperor who confiscated gold and silver which had been collected by the synagogues to be sent...
This Day, November 7, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
November 7 305 B.C.E.: Ptolemy, a Macedonian general who had fought by the side of Alexander the Great, became King of Egypt. Alexander’s empire...
This Day, October 20, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
OCTOBER 20 1409 BCE (10 Cheshvan 2351): This is the traditional date of the death of Gad, son of Jacob, one of the Twelve Tribes (born 2196). ...