September 26 1087: Coronation of King William Rufus, the second son of William the Conqueror who “managed to prevent in England the massacres of...
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This Day, August 30, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
August 30 70: According to Josephus, the day one which the Second Temple was set aflame 500: Having conquered Italy, Ostrogoth King Theodoric gave...
This Day, March 20, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 20 43BCE: Birthdate of the Roman poet, Ovid. In “The Art of Love, Part One” Ovid wrote "And do not miss the festival of Adonis, mourned of...
This Day, May 13, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 13 1333: Birthdate of Reginald III of Guelders, a duchy in the Kingdom of Prussia. In 1349 the Duke of Guelders, was authorized by the Emperor...
This Day, September 21, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
September 21 19 BCE: Virgil, the classical Roman poet passes away. Eclogue 4, the so-called Messianic Eclogue, is the best known of Virgil’s...
This Day, October 12, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
OCTOBER 12 539 BCE: The Persian armies of Cyrus the Great captured Babylon. Within the year, Cyrus would make it possible for the Jews to return to...
This Day, October 23, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
OCTOBER 23 521 BCE (17th of Tishrei): The first Babylonian record of Nebuchadnezzar III the usurper who challenged the rule of Darius, the Persian...
This Day, March 24, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 24 809: Harun al-Rashid (Aaron the Upright, Aaron the Just), fifth caliph of the Abbasid Empire who had issued a decree that Jews wear a...
This Day, November 11, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
November 11 603 BCE (7th of Kislev): King Jehoiakim burned the scroll which had been dictated by the prophet Jeremiah to Barcuh ben Heriah. 518...