January 1 630: Prophet Muhammad sets out toward Mecca with the army that will capture it bloodlessly. At first Mohammed “had hoped to find is main...
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This Day, July 20, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
July 20 356 BCE: In Macedonia, King Philip II and Queen Olympia gave birth to Alexander the Great. You can draw a straight line from Alexander’s...
This Day, October 6, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
OCTOBER 6 877: Charles the Bald, King of France, passed away. Regardless of whatever others may think of him, Charles the Bald, who was King of...
This Day, February 11, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
February 11 55: Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome clearing the way...
This Day, February 12, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
February 12 553: Byzantine Emperor Justinian ordered the public reading of the Greek translation to Parshat Hashavuah (weekly Torah portion) on...
This Day, April 3, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z":
April 3309 B.C.E.: Traditional date for the start of the Seleucid Dynasty. The Seleucid dynasty was one of the dynasties founded after the death of...
This Day, August 12, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
August 12 30 BCE: Cleopatra committed suicide. According to Josephus, the Egyptian tried to convince her lover and co-ruler, Marc Antony, to give...
This Day, February 5, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
February 5 517/519: Alcimus Avitus, the Archbishop of Vienne in Gaul who in 576 on Easter temporarily succeeded in calming a crowd angered when a...
This Day, May 21, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 21 383: As the emperor struggles to make Christianity the state religion of the Roman Empire he promulgates a law that denies anybody who...