OCTOBER 25 732: Christian forces led by Charles Martel clash defeat the invading Moors at the Battle of Tours which is near Poitiers in modern day...
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This Day, August 19, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
August 19 43 BCE: Octavian. later known as Augustus compels the senate to elect him Consul. As the first Emperor of Rome (in fact, if not in name)...
This Day, April 27, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 27 399 BCE: Socrates drank hemlock as he carried out the death penalty that had been imposed on him by the government. For centuries to come...
This Day, February 19, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
February 19 197: Emperor Septimius Severus defeated the usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, Severus was trying to use syncretism to...
This Day, August 8, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
August 8 117 C.E.: Hadrian named Emperor of the Roman Empire. He is remembered as the man who accepted the limits of the Roman empire, as can be...
This Day, April 6, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 6 1199: King Richard I of England dies from an infection following the removal of an arrow from his shoulder. Richard spent most of his reign...
This Day, November 24, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
November 24 166 BCE: According to secular calculations this date marked “The Origin of Era of the Maccabees.” 655: The Ninth Council of Toledo...
This Day, March 19, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 19 235: End of the reign of Severus Alexander, the 26th Emperor of the Roman Empire 1191: Eighty Jews were burned at Bray, France for...
This Day, August 6, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
August 6 412: Roman emperors Honorius and Theodosius II command that Jews should not be persecuted because of their religion or have their property...