March 31

627: The
Battle of the Trench which was part of the conflict between the Muslims led by
Muhammed and the Quraysh, a “pagan Arab Tribe began today.  In attempt to thwart the attack on Medina,
the Muslims, built a trench around the city wi…

March 30

1135: On the
secular calendar, birthdate of Maimonides (Moses Ben Maimon) in Cordova, Spain.
According to Jewish tradition he was born Erev Pesach. “From Moses to
Moses there was none like Moses.’ This folk saying sums up the greatness of the…

March 24

809: Harun
al-Rashid (Aaron the Upright, Aaron the Just), fifth caliph of the Abbasid
Empire who had issued a decree that Jews wear a yellow belt in 807, passed
away.

1244(18th of
Nisan): Rabbi Meir Abulafya Ha-Levi (Ramah) an opponent of Ma…

March 21

456 BCE: The
convocation summoned by Ezra on intermarriage came to an end

629: Byzantine
Emperor Heraclius marched into Jerusalem at the head of his army with the
support of Jewish inhabitants. The Jews who had previously fought with the
Pe…

March 19

235: End of
the reign of Severus Alexander, the 26th Emperor of the Roman Empire

http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/1153-alexander-severus

1191: Eighty
Jews were burned at Bray, France for trying to execute a vassal who had killed
a…