March 16

597 BCE (2nd
Adar): On the secular calendar, according to certain archaeological
calculations, the first conquest of Jerusalem by Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar
occurred. In the Bible, the event is recorded in 2 Kings 24:1ff. and in 2
Chronic…

March 13

624: Islamic forces under the command of
Muhammad were victorious at the Battle of Badr which cemented the power of the
Moslem leader with all that we would mean for civilization in general and the
Jews in particular.

1202: Seventy-six-year-…

March 2

117(12th
of Adar, 3877):  As the rebellion by
Disapora Jews against the Roman Empire of Trajan came to an unsuccessful close,
two Jewish brothers who had been leaders in the revolt, Pappus and Julianus
were executed at Laodicea in Syria.&…

 March 1

 286: Roman Emperor Diocletian raises Maximian
to the rank of Caesar. Diocletian was determined to restore greatness and
stability to the Roman Empire.  He was
far more concerned about the Christians whom he saw “as the sole ca…

February 28

628: Persian
Shah Khosrau II who “conquered Jerusalem after a brief siege in 614 during the
Byzantine – Sasanian War” came passed away today.

1255: Bishop
Richard of Worms transferred to the chapter of the local cathedral, among other
rev…

February 25

161 BCE:
Jewish soldiers led by Judah Maccabee defeated Nicanor, the Syrian general who
had boasted that he would destroy the Temple and mount Judah’s head on the
gates of Jerusalem.

138: The
Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effecti…