December
19

324: Licinius abdicates his position as Emperor leaving Constatine I,
“the first Christian Emperor” in control of the Roman Empire much to the
detriment of the Jewish people.

1154:
Coronation of Henry II, King of England. With the restora…

 December 8

65 BCE: Birthday of Quintus Horatius Flaccus, the Roman poet known as
Horace who created “credat Juadaeus Appella” which gave rise to the character
of “Jew Appela.”

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

1292: John …

DECEMBER 7

43 BCE: The famous orator Marcus Tullius Cicero
died.  Cicero was a Patrician, member of
the Senate and opponent of Julius Caesar. 
Following Caesar’s assassination, Mark Anthony and Octavian executed
those whom they viewed as ene…

November
22

1220: Frederick II, who would become the
protector of the Jews in Frankfurt in 1236, was crowned Holy Roman Emperor
today by Honorius III.

1280: The 3 year reign of Pope Nicholas III
whose bull Vineam sorce encouraged conversion through
“…

 November 18

1095: Pope Urban II opened the Council of
Clermont. Summoned to plan the First Crusade, it was attended by over 200
bishops. Among its official policies, the Council decreed that a pilgrimage to
Jerusalem made every other penance sup…