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...
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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, 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...
This Day, June 27, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
JUNE 27 1096: Massacres of the Jews took place in Xanten and Eller (Germany). This was the second massacre at Xanten in a month. Fifty Jews died....
This Day, October 24, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
OCTOBER 24 51: Birthdate of Titus Flavius Domitianus, who gained fame as the Roman Emperor Domitian. Domitian was the son of Vespasian and the...
This Day, October 8, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
OCTOBER 8 314: In his quest to consolidate his power, Constantine I, the man who will become the first Christian Roman Emperor defeats his rival...