September 6 3761 B.C.E.: The first day of the Hebrew Calendar. "The epoch of the modern Hebrew calendar is Monday, October 7, 3761 BCE, being the...
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This Day, December 24, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
December 24 1166: King Henry II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine gave birth King John of England, the brother of Richard the Lionheart...
This Day, March 27, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 27 347: Traditional birthdate for Jerome, the priest and theologian best known for the creation of the Vulgate Bible, the Latin translation...
This Day, February 17, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
February 17 1411: Musa Celebi became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire which turned out well for a portion of the Jewish population because during his...
This Day, June 14, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
JUNE 14 1287: Kublai Khan defeated the force of Nayan and other traditionalist Borjigin princes in East Mongolia and Manchuria. It is quite...
This Day, March 23, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 23 1369: King Pedro of Castile who employed Abraham ibn Zaral as his physician was beheaded by his rival and brother, Henry of Trastamara...
This Day, November 27, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
November 27 8 BCE: Horace, the Roman poet who created “The Jew Apella” passed away today. 176: Emperor Marcus Aurelius grant his son Commodus the...
This Day, December 26, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
December 26 1135: Coronation of Stephen I, king of England, who in 1141 burned down the house of Aaron f. Isaac in Oxford as a way to “induce” the...
October 30, In Jewish History, by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
OCTOBER 30 1207BCE: According to “three scientists from Beersheba’s Ben Gurion University” who used NASA date today is the date of the eclipse...