OCTOBER 4 610: Heraclius attacks Constantinople, overthrows the Byzantine Emperor Phocas Augustus and proclaims himself Emperor. The Christian...
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This Day, June 4, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
JUNE 4 1039 Conrad II passed away. Born in 990, he served Holy Roman Emperor from 1027 until his death. His reign was part of positive period for...
This Day, July 23, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
July 23 501: A violent earthquake hit Eretz Yisrael during which the town of Akko was totally destroyed. 636: Following the Battle of Yarmuk...
This Day, May 15, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 15 392: Theodosius I, who had been emperor of the eastern half of the Roman Empire became the last ruler of the entire Roman Empire (east and...
This Day, July 16, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
July 16 622: The Prophet Mohammed begins his Hijra from Mecca to Medina. This marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar. The importance of this...
This Day, August 7, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
August 7 117: The Roman Emperor Trajan passed away. Trajan came to think of himself as another Alexander the Great and moved east towards Babylonia...
This Day, July 1, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
July 1 69: Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as emperor. This consolidation of...
This Day, February 9, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
February 9 474: Zeno was crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. “The feeling of Emperor Zeno towards the Jews is illustrated by a remark...
This Day, April 25, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"l
April 25 693: Opening session of the Sixteenth Council of Toledo which, before its close, would add more regulations that would prove oppressive to...