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 conf... »
January 25 41: Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate. “Claudius rescinded Caligula’s provocative decrees affecting Judean and reaffirmed Jewish rights throughout the rest of the Roman world.” Claudius supported the cause of the Jew... »
January 24 41: At midday today, Caligula, accompanied by Herod Agrippa, the last Jewish King of Judea, was leaving \ through a covered walkway when one of the Praetorian tribunes drew his sword and hit his shoulder with such force that he almost fille... »
January 23 393: Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine-year-old son Honorius co-emperor. “Under the rule of Theodosius and his sons… the Christian church consolidated its position as the sole power in the empire,” became less tolerant and ... »