JUNE 15

1215:  King John of England puts his seal to the
Magna Carta.  The Great Charter which is
supposed to be one of the cornerstones of English and American rights contains
the following reference to the Jews: “If anyone who borrowed fro…

JUNE 13

823:
Birthdate of Charles the Bald, who as Holy Roman Emperor refused to comply with
anti-Semitic edicts of Amulo, the Archbishop of Lyon.  In doing so, Charles was following in the
footsteps of his grandfather Charlemagne who had also re…

JUNE 12

816:
Leo III, the Pope whose aggressive plan to crown Charlemagne gave the Jews of
the Rhineland a comparatively benign ruler, passed away today.

1240:
Nicholas Donin, a renegade Jew under the patronage of Louis IX, convinced Pope Gregory
IX …

JUNE 9

68:
The Emperor Nero died in Rome. Nero had appointed four governors of Judea each
of whom was crueler and greedier than his predecessor. The Jewish Revolt in 66
was caused, in part, by this succession of disastrous appointments by Nero.
Nero h…

June 2

876 BCE (28 Iyar 2884): This is the traditional date of
death of Samuel, prophet and priest (born 2832).

455:  The Vandals entered Rome and plundered the
city.  Among the treasures they took with them were the spoils of the
Second T…

May 30

70: During the
Siege of Jerusalem, Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of
Jerusalem. The Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a
circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometers.

1096: In …

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