August 21 1157: Alfonso the Emperor died. His kingdom was divided between his two sons with Sancho III the receiving Castile and , Ferdinand II,...
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This Day, June 10, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
JUNE 10 1190: During the Third Crusade Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Saleph River while leading an army to Jerusalem. The German emperor was...
This Day, July 8, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
July 8 1099: In a move reminiscent of Joshua at Jericho, during the First Crusade 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in religious procession...
This Day, February 4, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
February 4 211: The reign of Septimius Servus, the Roman emperor who outlawed conversions to both Judaism and Christianity in an attempt to unify...
This Day, May 5, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
May 5 1028: King Alfonso V of Castile passed away. In 1020, Alfonso had presided over the Council of Leon which adopted laws that created a certain...
This Day, June 13, In Jewish History, By Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
JUNE 13 823: Birthdate of Charles the Bald, who as Holy Roman Emperor refused to comply with anti-Semitic edicts of Amulo, the Archbishop of Lyon....
This Day, September 10, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
September 10 134 CE: The great Talmudic sage, Rabbi Akiva, was taken captive by the Romans, and executed five days later in Caesarea, Israel. Rabbi...
This Day, June 14, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
JUNE 14 1287: Kublai Khan defeated the force of Nayan and other traditionalist Borjigin princes in East Mongolia and Manchuria. It is quite...
This Day, March 27, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levi Z"L
March 27 347: Traditional birthdate for Jerome, the priest and theologian best known for the creation of the Vulgate Bible, the Latin translation...