December 4

771: King Carloman
dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne King of the entire Frankish Kingdom.  Following the death of their father, King
Pepin the Short, the two brothers had each ruled a portion of the realm.  The sharing was not…

December 1

500: (Kislev 4428): This is
the traditional date of the closing of the Talmudic era and the beginning of the Saboraic era. Saboraim is
“the title applied to the principals and scholars of the Babylonian academies
in the period immediately f…

November
29

800: Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Pope
Leo III. Leo and Charlemagne were allies. 
Charlemagne would exonerate Leo of the charges and Leo would crown
Charlemagne Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.&nbs…

November 28

1058: Casmir I the Restorer who was “the de jure monarch of Poland
starting in 1034” during whose reign there were Jews living in the capital city
of Gniezno passed away today.

1095: On the last day of the Council of Clermont, Pope Urban …

November 27

8 BCE: Horace, the Roman poet who created “The Jew Apella” passed away
today.

https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/1629-apella

176: Emperor Marcus Aurelius grant his son Commodus the rank of Imperator
and makes him Supreme Command…