November 4

1053: Today, “according to a document
preserved in the archives of the Cathedral of Leon, the Infanta D. Fronilda,
daughter of D. Pelayo, who restored Christian supremacy after the invasion of
the Saracens, purchased, from the Jew Joseph b….

OCTOBER
28

97:
Emperor Nerva is forced by the Praetorian Guard, to adopt general Marcus Ulpius
Trajanus as his heir and successor. Trajan would not become Emperor until Nerva
died in January of the following year. Trajan will be remembered as the rule…

1Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being
gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers,a 2not to be quickly
shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a
letter seeming to be from us, to th…

OCTOBER 24

51: Birthdate of Titus
Flavius Domitianus, who gained fame as the Roman Emperor Domitian.  Domitian was the son of Vespasian and the
brother of Titus, all three of whom played a key role in the destruction of
Jerusalem which was one of…

OCTOBER 22

362: A mysterious fire destroys the temple of Apollo at Daphne
outside Antioch. According to one source, the Christians living in Antioch who were angry with the Emperor
Julian for the favor he showed to Jewish and pagan rites, and, outrage…