OCTOBER 20 1409 BCE (10 Cheshvan 2351): This is the traditional date of the death of Gad, son of Jacob, one of the Twelve Tribes (born 2196). 460: Aeilia Eudocia, the Byzantine Empress who allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem in 438, passed away ... »
OCTOBER 7 3761 BCE: According to some Jewish traditionalists, this corresponds to the date on which God created the World. This marks the start of the epoch of the Modern Hebrew calendar. The attached article should provide an explanation ... »
September 12 490 BCE: According to German scholar Philipp August Böckh, the Greeks defeated the Persians at the Battle of Marathon. The Persians were led by Darius I, the ruler under whom the Second Temple was built. It would not be surprising i... »
September 14 81: Domitian, the third of the Falvians, became Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. Like his father Vespasian and his brother Titus, Domitian took great deal of pride in the victory over Judea. On ... »