March 3

321:
Roman Emperor Constantine named Sunday which had been a Roman pagan day for
honoring the sun as a day of rest.  This
was an attempt by Constantine to close the gap between pagans and Christianity
and to isolate the Jews.  …

February
28

628: Persian Shah Khosrau II who “conquered
Jerusalem after a brief siege in 614 during the Byzantine – Sasanian War” came
passed away today.

1255: Bishop Richard of Worms transferred to
the chapter of the local cathedral, among other rev…

February 2

450: Birthdate
of Justin I during whose reign as Byzantine Emperor the Beth Alpha synagogue
was built “at the foot of the northern slopes of the Mt. Gilboa near Beit
She’an.

506: Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths
promulgated The Brev…

January
26

1482: “The first edition of the Pentateuch with
vowel signs and accents appeared today at Bologna.

1531: Three tremors shake Portugal and numerous
houses are destroyed in Lisbon by an earthquake which the Pope and others
believe confirm th…

January
11 

66(28th
of Tevet, 3826): The Sanhedrin elected Joseph ben Gorion and the High Priest
Anan as the administrative heads of the government of Judea replacing King
Agrippa

314:
Militades, who was the Pope when Constantine and Licinius is…