This Day, March 17, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 17796 BCE (1st of Nisan, 2956): Based on computations using the Bible and archaeology, possible date for the death of Jehoash, King of Judah.45 BCE: Julius Caesar defeated the forces of Pompey...
View ArticleThis Day, March 18, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 1837: The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Caligula emperor. Caligula ruled from 37 until his death in 41. From the Jewish perspective he was not so much an anti-Semite as a...
View ArticleThis Day, March 19, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 19235: End of the reign of Severus Alexander, the 26th Emperor of the Roman Empirehttp://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/1153-alexander-severus1191: Eighty Jews were burned at Bray, France...
View ArticleThis Day, March 20, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 2043BCE: Birthdate of the Roman poet, Ovid. In “The Art of Love, Part One” Ovid wrote "And do not miss the festival of Adonis, mourned of Venus, and the rites celebrated every seventh day by the...
View ArticleThis Day, March 21, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levi Z"L
March 21 456 BCE: The convocation summoned by Ezra on intermarriage came to an end 629: Byzantine Emperor Heraclius marched into Jerusalem at the head of his army with the support of Jewish...
View ArticleThis Day, March 22, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 221144: This date marks the first ritual murder libel which took place in in Norwich, England. It set the pattern for subsequent accusations that would be made into the 20th century all across...
View ArticleThis Day, March 23, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 231369: King Pedro of Castile who employed Abraham ibn Zaral as his physician was beheaded by his rival and brother, Henry of Trastamara marking the end of their civil war for control of the...
View ArticleThis Day, March 24, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 24809: Harun al-Rashid (Aaron the Upright, Aaron the Just), fifth caliph of the Abbasid Empire who had issued a decree that Jews wear a yellow belt in 807, passed away.1244(18th of Nisan): Rabbi...
View ArticleThis Day, March 25, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 25972:Sviatoslav I who had conquered the Khazarian kingdom in 969 after which the Khazar Jewish population may have assimilated or migrated in part passed away today.1271: King Jaime (Kings...
View ArticleThis Day, March 26, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 26 1027: Coronation of Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor, whose court was the site of religious disputation between Bishop Wazon “the overlord of” Liege and an unnamed Jewish physician. (As...
View ArticleThis Day, March 27, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levi Z"L
March 27347: Traditional birthdate for Jerome, the priest and theologian best known for the creation of the Vulgate Bible, the Latin translation of the text and the author of correspondence with...
View ArticleThis Day, March 28, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 28364: Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor dividing the Roman Empire between two rulers. Valens, The Emperor of the East “was an Arian and had suffered too...
View ArticleThis Day, March 29, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 29835 BCE (1st of Nisan, 2926): According to some Joash assumed the throne as King of Judah1188: Emperor Frederick was convinced (both diplomatically and financially) by Moses bar Joseph Hakohen...
View ArticleThis Day, March 30, In Jewish History by Mitchell A or Deb Levin Z"L
March 301135: On the secular calendar, birthdate of Maimonides (Moses Ben Maimon) in Cordova, Spain. According to Jewish tradition he was born Erev Pesach. "From Moses to Moses there was none like...
View ArticleThis Day, March 31, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
March 311084: Henry IV, who had been embroiled in a conflict with the Papacy, was crowned Emperor by Clement III, called by some an anti-Pope. Within six years after this second coronation, Henry...
View ArticleThis Day, April 1, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 1515 BCE: The Second Temple was inaugurated in Jerusalem (As reported by Jona Lendering)527: Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. This...
View ArticleThis Day, April 2, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 2742: Birthdate of Charlemagne. Charlemagne was both King of the Franks and the first Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Despite pressure from the Catholic Church and the mighty Pope Gregory,...
View ArticleThis Day, April 3, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z":
April 3309 B.C.E.: Traditional date for the start of the Seleucid Dynasty. The Seleucid dynasty was one of the dynasties founded after the death of Alexander the Great. Its territory included Syria and...
View ArticleThis Day, April 4, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 4188: Birthdate of Cracalla, the Roman Emperor who allowed all free Jews within the empire to become full Roman citizens.397:Aurelius Ambrosius, (Saint Ambrose) a bishop of Milan who became one...
View ArticleThis Day, April 5, In Jewish History by Mitchell A and Deb Levin Z"L
April 5855: Today, in what is now part of the state of Israel,“at the banks of the Auja River, Abu'l-Abbas ibn al-Muwaffaq fought against Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun in the Battle of Tawahin ("The...
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