JUNE 7

421:
Theodosius II, the Emperor whose code sought to reinforce Christianity as the
state religion at the expense of Judaism, married Aelia Eudocia Augusta, a
pagan who converted so that they could be married by the Church.

1099:  During t…

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…

May 29

363: A good
day for the Romans and bad day for the Jews. Roman Emperor Julian defeats the
Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sassanid
capital, but is impossible to conquer it. But Julian is killed at the end of
the…

May 28

408: Emperor
Theodosius issued a decree restricting Jewish activities related to Purim.  Specifically, he banned the burning of
Haman’s effigy because early Christians felt the Jews were mocking the
Crucifixion of Jesus

1247: “Pope
Innoce…