This Day, March 22, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
March 22 1144: 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...
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March 23 1369: 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. Levin
March 24 809: 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):...
View ArticleThis Day, March 25, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
March 25 1271: King Jaime (Kings James I of Aragon) freed all the Jews in Murviedro, a city in Valencia of debts from Christians. It should be noted this came after the Christians burned down a...
View ArticleThis Day, March 26, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
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. Levin
March 27 538 BCE: Cyrus was crowned “King of Babylonia and King of All Lands.” Cyrus was the King who made it possible for the Jews to return to Judea marking the end of the Babylonian exile.196 BCE:...
View ArticleThis Day, March 28, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
March 28 364: 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...
View ArticleThis Day, March 29, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
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. Levin
March 30 1135: 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. Levin
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. Levin
April 1 515 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....
View ArticleThis Day, April 2, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
April 2 742: 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. Levin
April 3 309 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...
View ArticleThis Day, April 4, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
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. Levin
April 51291: Muslim forces began the siege of Acre, the last Crusader stronghold. Today, this site, Akko, is back in the control of the true titleholders, the people of People of Israel who were more...
View ArticleThis Day, April 6, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
April 61199: King Richard I of England dies from an infection following the removal of an arrow from his shoulder. Richard spent most of his reign fighting to protect his lands in France or on the...
View ArticleThis Day, April 7, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
April 7451: Attila the Hun sacked Metz in what is now Germany as he pillaged his across Europe. Based on the Thirteenth Tribe, there are those who contend that a large proportion of Europe’s Jews were...
View ArticleThis Day, April 8, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
April 873: The Great Revolt came to an end today when the defenders of Masada completed their murder/suicide pact217: Assassination of Roman Emperor Caracalla. Some Romans may Caracalla who was...
View ArticleThis Day, April 9, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
April 9193: Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum. Severus is the first emperor to ban proselytizing by Jews.423: Emperor Theodosius II reaffirms the Roman law...
View ArticleThis Day, April 10, In Jewish History by Mitchell A. Levin
April 10 401: Birthdate of Theodosius II. As Emperor he adopted many of the anti-Semitic views of his sister which led to the destruction of innumerable synagogues and the murder of the Nasi, Gamliel...
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