JUNE 22 217 BCE: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeated Antiochus III at the Battle of Raphia. The Battle of Raphia, also known as the Battle of Gaza, was...
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This Day, April 23, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 23 0034: According to Sir Isaac Newton, this is the date of the crucifixion of Jesus. 1185: Birthdate Alfonzo II, the third King of Portugal...
This Day, June 2, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
June 2 876 BCE (28 Iyar 2884): This is the traditional date of death of Samuel, prophet and priest (born 2832). 455: The Vandals entered Rome and...
This Day, June 6, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
JUNE 6 1191: As the Christians seek to retake Jerusalem King Richard the Lionhearted arrived at Tyre. 1142: Today, during the second Siege of...
This Day, March 31, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 311084: Henry IV, who had been embroiled in a conflict with the Papacy, was crowned Emperor by Clement III, called by some an anti-Pope....
This Day, May 30, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 30 70: During the Siege of Jerusalem, Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. The Jewish defenders retreat to the...
This Day, May 10, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 10 70: During the Siege of Jerusalem, Titus, the commander of the Roman legions and the son of Emperor Vespasian, opens a full-scale assault on...
This Day, February 16, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. and Deb Levin Z"L
February 16 600: Pope Gregory the Great decrees that the phrase "God bless You" is an appropriate response to a sneeze. Gregory's policy in regard...
This Day, March 16, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 16 597 BCE (2nd Adar): On the secular calendar, according to certain archaeological calculations, the first conquest of Jerusalem by...