August 10

612
BCE: Sinsharishkun, King of the Assyrian Empire was
killed, and his capital city of Nineveh was destroyed.  This is the same Assyria that destroyed the
Northern Kingdom and laid siege to Jerusalem. 
This is also the same Nineve…

Book Reviews 155 Timothy B. Cremeens, Marginalized Voices: A History of the Charismatic Movement in the Orthodox Church in North America 1972–1993(Eugene,OR: Pickwick Publica-…

August 5

135: Betar fell to the
Romans

http://www.jewishmag.com/135mag/beitar/beitar.htm

http://archaeology.tau.ac.il/?page_id=2049

939: Battle of
Alhandic: Cordoban forces conquered the Leonese city of Zamora, Spain with
great cost in lives to bot…

July 27

1192: As
Richard the Lionheart and Saladin continued their conflict during the Third
Crusade, Saladin laid siege to Jaffa.

1214: French
King Phillip II defeats the forces headed by Otto IV, the Holy Roman Emperor
and King John of England at t…

July 23

501: A violent
earthquake hit Eretz Yisrael during which the town of Akko was totally
destroyed.

636: Following
the Battle of Yarmuk Arabs took control of most of Eretz Yisrael from the
Byzantine Empire.

1253: The Jews
were expelled from V…