April 27 399 BCE: Socrates drank hemlock as he carried out the death penalty that had been imposed on him by the government. For centuries to come...
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This Day, February 19, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
February 19 197: Emperor Septimius Severus defeated the usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, Severus was trying to use syncretism to...
This Day, August 8, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
August 8 117 C.E.: Hadrian named Emperor of the Roman Empire. He is remembered as the man who accepted the limits of the Roman empire, as can be...
This Day, April 6, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 6 1199: King Richard I of England dies from an infection following the removal of an arrow from his shoulder. Richard spent most of his reign...
This Day, November 24, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
November 24 166 BCE: According to secular calculations this date marked “The Origin of Era of the Maccabees.” 655: The Ninth Council of Toledo...
This Day, March 19, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 19 235: End of the reign of Severus Alexander, the 26th Emperor of the Roman Empire 1191: Eighty Jews were burned at Bray, France for...
This Day, August 6, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
August 6 412: Roman emperors Honorius and Theodosius II command that Jews should not be persecuted because of their religion or have their property...
This Day, July 11, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
July 11 1174: Amalric I who had been King of Jerusalem since 1162 passed away. During his reign most of the Jews were expelled from Jerusalem; a...
This Day, July 21, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
July 21 285: Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler. This was part of an attempt to shore up the imperial authority. In another such...