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JUNE 9

68:
The Emperor Nero died in Rome. Nero had appointed four governors of Judea each
of whom was crueler and greedier than his predecessor. The Jewish Revolt in 66
was caused, in part, by this succession of disastrous appointments by Nero.
Nero h…

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JUNE 9

68:
The Emperor Nero died in Rome. Nero had appointed four governors of Judea each
of whom was crueler and greedier than his predecessor. The Jewish Revolt in 66
was caused, in part, by this succession of disastrous appointments by Nero.
Nero h…

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JUNE
6

1191: As the
Christians seek to retake Jerusalem King Richard the Lionhearted arrived at
Tyre.

1142: Today,
during the second Siege of Coria, Emperor Alonso VII of Leon and Castille
“granted the village of Fradejas to the Diocese of Zamora” t…

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June
4

1039
Conrad II passed away.  Born in 990, he
served Holy Roman Emperor from 1027 until his death. His reign was part of
positive period for the Jews of the Rhineland. The first synagogue was built in
Worms in 1034 and Rabbi Gershom ben Jud…