February 1682: Visigoth King Erwig pressed for the "utter extirpation of the pest of the Jews," and made it illegal to practice any Jewish rites in...
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This Day, November 26, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. and Deb Levin Z"L
November 26 43 BCE: The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian", later "Caesar Augustus"), Marcus Aemilius...
This Day, January 5, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
January 5 1209: At Winchester Castle King John of England and his wife Isabella gave birth to Richard, Earl of Cromwell “to whom Abraham of...
This Day, September 2, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
September 2 44 BCE: Cicero delivers the first of his fourteen Philippics (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them over the next...
This Day, July 17, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
July 17 1203: The Knights of the Fourth Crusade capture Constantinople forcing the Byzantine emperor Alexius III Angelus to flee from his capital...
This Day, December 16, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
December 16 1316: Öljaitü, the eighth Ilkhanid dynasty ruler in Tabriz, Iran, whom the former vizer Rashid-al-Din Hamadani the Jewish convert to...
This Day, March 30, In Jewish History by Mitchell A or Deb Levin Z"L
March 301135: On the secular calendar, birthdate of Maimonides (Moses Ben Maimon) in Cordova, Spain. According to Jewish tradition he was born Erev...
This Day, July 23, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
July 23 501: A violent earthquake hit Eretz Yisrael during which the town of Akko was totally destroyed. 636: Following the Battle of Yarmuk...
This Day, January 31, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
January 31 314: Sylvester I whose name is “the Israeli term for New Year’s night celebrations” began his papacy “The Israeli term for New Year’s...