August 22

70: According to
Josephus, Titus began the battering operations against the wall of the Temple
Court 6:4)

634: Abu Bakr, the father-in-law of Mohammed
and first Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate who was a leader in the “campaign
against the …

August 21

1157:
Alfonso the Emperor died. His kingdom was divided between his two sons with
Sancho III the receiving Castile and , Ferdinand II, “who granted the Jews
special privileges” receiving León.

1165:
Birthdate of Philip II Augustus, the Fren…

August 11

1284: Arghun Khan, the fourth ruler of the Mongol
empire’s Ilkhanate division, under whom Sa’ad al-Dawla, a Jewish physician
“from the town of Abrhar” served as grand vizier began his reign today.

1492: Alexander VI is
elected Pope.  A…

August 3 

8
C.E.: Roman Empire general Tiberius defeated Dalmatians on the river Bathinus.
As the stepson of Augustus, Tiberius would become Caesar four years after this
victory.  Tiberius did appoint Pontius
Pilate as the procurator of Jude…

July
26

412:
“Emperors Theodosius II and Honorius ban compulsion of public service or court
appearances for Jews on the Sabbath or any other Jewish holy day. Thus, all
legal issues involving Jews must be completed between Monday and Friday, an…