OCTOBER 20

1409 BCE (10 Cheshvan 2351): This is the
traditional date of the death of Gad, son of Jacob, one of the Twelve Tribes
(born 2196).

460: Aeilia Eudocia, the Byzantine Empress
who allowed the Jews to return to Jerusalem in 438, passed away …

OCTOBER 16

521 BCE (10th of Tishrei): Darius, the
Persian monarch under whose rule the Second Temple was completed, and six
companions killed another claimant to throne and cemented his position as
ruling monarch.

912: Abd-ar-Rahman III began his rei…

OCTOBER 7

3761 BCE: According to some Jewish
traditionalists, this corresponds to the date on which God created the
World.  This marks the start of the epoch of the Modern Hebrew
calendar.  The attached article should provide an explanation …

OCTOBER 5

610: Phocas, the
Byzantine Emperor during whose reign the Jews of Antioch revolted was murdered
by his successor Heraclitus.

871: A scribe stopped
writing a ketubah that he had dated the 16th day of Tishrei
because he had made a mistak…

OCTOBER
4

610:  Heraclius attacks
Constantinople, overthrows the Byzantine Emperor Phocas Augustus and proclaims
himself Emperor. The Christian Emperor attacked his Persian neighbors to the
east with disastrous results. In 614, the advancing Pers…