December 21 69: The Senate acknowledged Vespasian as emperor. This marked the end of the so-called The Year of the Four Emperors during which four individuals - Galba, Otho, Vitellius and Vespasian – held the position of imperial leadership. &nbs... »
December 19 324: Licinius abdicates his position as Emperor leaving Constatine I, “the first Christian Emperor” in control of the Roman Empire much to the detriment of the Jewish people. 1154: Coronation of Henry II, King of England. With the restora... »
December 17 520 BCE (24th of Kislev): “The foundation-stone of the Temple was laid” (As reported by Jewish Encyclopedia) http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/4902-darius-i 630: Modestus of Jerusalem who replaced Zacharias as Greek Orthodox Pat... »
DECEMBER 14 164 BCE (3597): On the secular calendar date on which Judah Maccabee restored the service in the Temple in Jerusalem. 1243: “King Henry III turned a confiscated synagogue into the chapel of St. Mary. Many other synagogues were also confis... »