August 26 1071: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at the Battle of Manzikert. This battle took place during the successful conquest of...
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This Day, January 2, In Jewish History, by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
January 2 438: Empress Eudocia, the wife of Byzantine Emperor Theodius II, who spent the last years of her life in the Holy Land allowed the Jews...
This Day, December 22, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
December 22 69: Emperor Vitellius is captured and murdered by the Gemonian stairs in Rome. Vitellius was the third of The Four Emperors. He would...
This Day, April 16, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 16 1457 BCE: Egyptian forces under Thutmose III defeated a group of rebellious Canaanite Vassal States at the Battle of Megiddo. This would...
This Day, June 18, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
JUNE 18 1155: In Rome, the coronation of Frederick Barbarossa makes him the Holy Roman Emperor. Compared to other medieval monarchs, Frederick’s...
This Day, November 1, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
November 1 1179: Philip II is crowned King of France. In 1180, Phillip would order the arrest of all Jews living in his realm based on charges of...
This Day, October 28, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
OCTOBER 28 97: Emperor Nerva is forced by the Praetorian Guard to adopt general Marcus Ulpius Trajanus as his heir and successor. Trajan would not...
This Day, July 19, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
July 19 64: During the reign of Nero, The Great Fire at Rome comes to end. According to the Jewish Encyclopedia, Jews had been living in Rome since...
This Day, July 4, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z’L
July 4 925: Moslems raided Oria as part of their attacks on Italy. Ten rabbinical leaders were killed and many others were taken into captivity,...