January 15

588 BCE: 
On the secular calendar, Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem
under Zedekiah’s reign. The siege lasts until July 18, 586 BCE 

69: Servius
Sulpicius Galba 6th emperor of Rome (68-69) was killed by Praeto…

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 issued t…

January 3

106 BCE:
Birthdate of Marcus Tullius, the Roman statesman and orator.  From the Jewish point of view he was just one
more anti-Semitic intellectual.  “He
denounced Judaism as a ‘barbarous superstition.’” He defended a Roman officia…

January
1

630:  Prophet Muhammad sets out
toward Mecca with the army that will capture it bloodlessly.  At first Mohammed “had hoped to find is main
supporters among the Jewish tribes” of Arabia. 
This can be seen in his early adoption …

December
29

584 BCE
(10 Tevet 3175): The Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar,
began his siege of Jerusalem leading to the destruction of the first Temple.
This day is commemorated as one of the “minor” fasts, lasting from
sunrise to sunset.  Of cours…