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...
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This Day, September 27, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
September 27 0070 The walls of the upper city of Jerusalem were battered down by the Roman army 1331: Polish forces under Wladyslaw and his son...
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...
This Day, October 15, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
OCTOBER 15 586 BCE (16th of Cheshvan, 3176): King Zedekiah was blinded and taken into captivity. He was the last king of Judea. Zedekiah’s...
This Day, March 25, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 25 972: Sviatoslav I who had conquered the Khazarian kingdom in 969 after which the Khazar Jewish population may have assimilated or migrated...
This Day, May 17, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 17 142 BCE: “Simon the Hasmonean captured the citadel of Jerusalem and expelled its Syrian garrison ad the Hellenized Jews” who had fought with...
This Day, June 20, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
JUNE 20 840: Louis the Pious, King of the Franks and the Holy Roman Emperor by virtue of being the son of Charlemagne. When it came to dealing with...
This Day, May 1, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 1 305: Due to age and ill health and a desire to provide stability for the Roman Empire Diocletian resigned as Emperor of Rome. Relatively...
This Day, May 11, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 11 330: Roman Emperor Constantine I changed the name of the ancient city of Byzantium to Nova Roma (New Rome) as it becomes the capital of the...