JUNE 15

1215:  King John of England puts his seal to the
Magna Carta.  The Great Charter which is
supposed to be one of the cornerstones of English and American rights contains
the following reference to the Jews: “If anyone who borrowed fro…

JUNE 12

816:
Leo III, the Pope whose aggressive plan to crown Charlemagne gave the Jews of
the Rhineland a comparatively benign ruler, passed away today.

1240:
Nicholas Donin, a renegade Jew under the patronage of Louis IX, convinced Pope Gregory
IX …

JUNE 6

1191: As the
Christians seek to retake Jerusalem King Richard the Lionhearted arrived at
Tyre.

1142: Today,
during the second Siege of Coria, Emperor Alonso VII of Leon and Castille
“granted the village of Fradejas to the Diocese of Zamora” t…

JUNE 5

70: Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle
wall of Jerusalem.

1191 After conquering Cyprus, Richard the Lionheart
and his Crusaders set sail for “the Holy Land.” This crusading left England in
the control of Prince John who, amongst oth…

June 2

876 BCE (28 Iyar 2884): This is the traditional date of
death of Samuel, prophet and priest (born 2832).

455:  The Vandals entered Rome and plundered the
city.  Among the treasures they took with them were the spoils of the
Second T…