April
17

44: Birthdate of Pope Evaristus, who was “born in Greece of a Jewish father
named Juda, who was originally from the city of Bethlehem and who reigned for
thirteen years, six months and two days, under the reigns of Domitian, Nerva
and Trajan….

April
15

1191: Coronation of
Henry VI as Holy Roman Emperor during whose reign anti-Semitic riots took place
stretching from the districts along the Rhine all the way to Vienna.  Ephraim Ben Jacob of Bonn was one of the
leading Talmudist during t…

April 13

1111: Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. Henry gained
power by revolting against his father Henry IV. 
This was unfortunate for the Jews of Germany since Henry IV had been
protective of his Jewish subjects as can be seen by his enfor…

April
9

193: Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman
Emperor by the army in Illyricum.  Severus is the first emperor to ban
proselytizing by Jews.

423: Emperor Theodosius II reaffirms the Roman
law according to which “No Jew may purchase Christian…

April 4

188: Birthdate
of Cracalla, the Roman Emperor who allowed all free Jews within the empire to
become full Roman citizens.

397: Aurelius
Ambrosius, (Saint Ambrose) a bishop of Milan who became one of the most
influential ecclesiastical figures …

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 25

972: Sviatoslav I who had
conquered the Khazarian kingdom in 969 after which  the Khazar Jewish population may have
assimilated or migrated in part passed away today.

1144: It has been
suggested that the  relatives  of W…