July 5

1247: Pope
Innocent IV, semi-retired by Emperor Frederick II, issued a Bull refuting blood
libels and sent it throughout Germany and France.

1247: Today, Innocent IV
dispatched a bull from Lyons to the Church dignitaries of France and G…

July 4

925: Moslems
raided Oria as part of their attacks on Italy. Ten rabbinical leaders were
killed and many others were taken into captivity, including 12-year-old
Shabbetai Donnolo, who later achieved fame as a physician

1187: Guy de
Lusignan (Ki…

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…

JUNE 26

363:
Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire.
General Jovian is proclaimed Emperor by the troops on the battlefield.
According to various sources, Julian was a true Roman pagan who sought to roll
back the inr…

JUNE 23

79:
Vespasian, the Roman general who was in the process of conquering Judea when he
became Emperor, died.

79:
Titus, the Roman general whom the Jews will always remember for the destruction
of Jerusalem and the Temple succeeded his father Ves…