August 27 410: The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ends after three days. Some view the Visigoths as just one more group of barbarians that helped...
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This Day, August 25, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"l
August 25 79: Pliny the Elder passed away. 1270: Louis IX passed away. To the Christian world he became known as St. Louis. Louis “despised his...
This Day, August 24, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
August 24 410: The Visigoths under Alaric begin to pillage Rome for three days. According to tradition, the treasures of the Temples taken by the...
This Day, August 23, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
August 23 634: Umar began his reign as the second Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate. Umar overturned the ban on Jews worshipping in Jerusalem. Not...
This Day, August 22, in Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin
August 22 70: According to Josephus, Titus began the battering operations against the wall of the Temple Court 6:4) 634: Abu Bakr, the...
This Day, August 21, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
August 21 1157: Alfonso the Emperor died. His kingdom was divided between his two sons with Sancho III the receiving Castile and , Ferdinand II,...
This Day, August 20, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. and Deb Levin Z"L
August 20 430: The Vandals, a Germanic tribe, established a kingdom in North Africa. The Jews lived there peacefully and flourished until the...
This Day, August 19, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
August 19 43 BCE: Octavian. later known as Augustus compels the senate to elect him Consul. As the first Emperor of Rome (in fact, if not in name)...
This Day, August 18, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
August 18 1201: Founding of Riga, capital of modern-day Latvia. The first Jews appeared in Riga three centuries later and despite Czars, Nazis and...