March 6

19 BCE (12th of Adar
II, 3741): The Temple “built” by King Herod was dedicated.  Technically, Herod had refurbished the Second
Temple and not built a ‘third Sanctuary.”

1239: With the Edict of
Valencia, Spanish King James I validated pri…

March 2

117(12th
of Adar, 3877):  As the rebellion by
Disapora Jews against the Roman Empire of Trajan came to an unsuccessful close,
two Jewish brothers who had been leaders in the revolt, Pappus and Julianus
were executed at Laodicea in Syria.&…

February 28

628: Persian
Shah Khosrau II who “conquered Jerusalem after a brief siege in 614 during the
Byzantine – Sasanian War” came passed away today.

1255: Bishop
Richard of Worms transferred to the chapter of the local cathedral, among other
rev…

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February
11

55:
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Emperorship, dies under
mysterious circumstances in Rome clearing the way for Nero to become Emperor
Would things have been better or worse if Britannicus had ruled instead of Ner…

February 5

517/519:
Alcimus Avitus, the Archbishop of Vienne in Gaul who in 576 on Easter
temporarily succeeded in calming a crowd angered when a recent convert to
Christianity was doused with oil. Four days later local Christians burned down
the syna…