April 30 313: Licinius defeated Maximinus at the Battle of Tzirallum, thus making him the Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire. The Emperor of the Western Roman Empire was his brother-in-law, Constantine. The two in laws would clash repeatedly un... »
September 30 132 C.E. (10 Tishrei): On the secular calendar, Akivah ben Joseph known as Rabbi Akiva passed away. He was born in 50 C.E., twenty years before the destruction of the Second Temple. According to tradition, he was an unle... »
JUNE 30 713 CE: In Spain, Visigoth nobility which had held out against the invading Moslem forces, throughout the winter of 712 finally surrendered to the Arabs. A majority of the remaining Goths and Hispano-Roman people who lived in the newly acquire... »
November 30 1215: The Fourth Lateran Council which had been led by Innocent III came to a close. The Fourth Lateran Council made the first official use of the term "transubstantiation," with reference to the Eucharist (Lord's Supper). The adoption of ... »