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 …

September
24

416: “Roman emperors Honorius and
Theodosius II order that any Jews who have joined the Christian church to avoid
punishments for crimes must be allowed to return to Judaism because, in the
long run, Christianity will be better off withou…

September 13

586
BCE (3 Tishrei 3338): On the civil calendar assassination of Gedaliah ben
Achikam. He had been appointed Governor of Judea by Nebuchadnezzar in an
attempt to revitalize the Jewish community. His assassin, Ishmael ben Natanya,
a descen…

September 16 

1380:
King Charles V of France died.  Charles
ruled during a very difficult time in French history – the 14th
century – that included the One Hundred Years War and the Black Death.  For French monarchs, guile and deception…

September 15

53: Birthdate of Trajan who was Roman emperor
from 98 until his death of 117. In the last decade of his rule, Trajan began a
campaign against the Parthians, a people living east of the Roman Empire.  Since this territory bordered Jud…

September
7

70: On the secular calendar the date on which a
Roman army under Titus occupied and plundered Jerusalem.

1191: The Crusader army led by King Richard the
Lionhearted defeated the army of Saladin at the Battle of Arsuf, north of Jaffa.
The …

September 6

3761
B.C.E.: The first day of the Hebrew Calendar. “The epoch of the modern
Hebrew calendar is Monday, October 7, 3761 BCE,
being the tabular date (same daylight period) in the proleptic Julian calendar
corresponding to 1 Tishri AM 1 (AM =…