JUNE 20 840: Louis the Pious, King of the Franks and the Holy Roman Emperor by virtue of being the son of Charlemagne. When it came to dealing with...
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This Day, May 1, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 1 305: Due to age and ill health and a desire to provide stability for the Roman Empire Diocletian resigned as Emperor of Rome. Relatively...
This Day, May 11, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 11 330: Roman Emperor Constantine I changed the name of the ancient city of Byzantium to Nova Roma (New Rome) as it becomes the capital of the...
This Day, November 17, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
November 17 9CE: Birthdate of Titus Flavius Vespasianus, better known as Vespasian, who as a Roman General and then Emperor put down the Judean...
This Day, May 9, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 9 1457 BCE: In the 15th century BCE, Battle of Megiddo between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh. The...
This Day, April 25, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 25 693: Opening session of the Sixteenth Council of Toledo which, before its close, would add more regulations that would prove oppressive to...
This Day, July 22, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
July 22 1099: During the First Crusade, in what has to be one of the most ironic moment of the Middle Ages, Godfrey of Bouillon, one of the leaders...
This Day, June 30, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
JUNE 30 713 CE: In Spain, Visigoth nobility which had held out against the invading Moslem forces, throughout the winter of 712 finally surrendered...
This Day, April 29, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 29 711: According to some sources the date on which an army led by Tariq ibn Ziyad landed at Gibraltar marking the start of the Moslem...