September 16 1380: King Charles V of France died. Charles ruled during a very difficult time in French history – the 14th century – that included...
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This Day, September 15, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
September 15 53: Birthdate of Trajan who was Roman emperor from 98 until his death of 117. In the last decade of his rule, Trajan began a campaign...
This Day, September 14, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
September 14 81: Domitian, the third of the Falvians, became Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. Like his father...
This Day, September 13, In Jewish History, by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
September 13 586 BCE (3 Tishrei 3338): On the civil calendar assassination of Gedaliah ben Achikam. He had been appointed Governor of Judea by...
This Day, September 12, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
September 12 490 BCE: According to German scholar Philipp August Böckh, the Greeks defeated the Persians at the Battle of Marathon. The Persians...
This Day, September 11, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
September 11 813: Coronation of Louis the Pious who “faithful to the principles of his father Charlemagne and granted strict protection to Jews,...
This Day, September 10, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
September 10 134 CE: The great Talmudic sage, Rabbi Akiva, was taken captive by the Romans, and executed five days later in Caesarea, Israel. Rabbi...
This Day, September 9, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
September 9 337: Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans I succeed their father Constantine I as co-emperors dividing the Roman Empire between...
This Day, September 8, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
September 8 70: On the secular calendar, Jerusalem is sacked by the 60,000 troops of Titus' Roman army after a six-month siege. Over a million...