JUNE 11

1509:  Marriage of King Henry VIII of England and
Katherine of Aragon. Before marrying Henry, the Spanish made him promise that
he would never permit Jews to live in his Kingdom.  Henry agreed which was no big deal at the
time since …

JUNE 11

1509:  Marriage of King Henry VIII of England and
Katherine of Aragon. Before marrying Henry, the Spanish made him promise that
he would never permit Jews to live in his Kingdom.  Henry agreed which was no big deal at the
time since …

June 3

350:  Roman usurper
Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor,
entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators. The Constantinian Dynasty
took its name from its most famous member, Constantine I, the Empe…

June 2 

876 BCE (28 Iyar
2884): This is the traditional date of death of Samuel, prophet and priest
(born 2832).

455:  The Vandals
entered Rome and plundered the city.  Among the treasures they took with
them were the spoils of the Se…

May 31

1279 BCE:
Ramses II (The Great) (19th dynasty) becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. If you
accept the contention that Moses lived from 1391–1271 BCE, Ramses would be the
Pharaoh who came to power after the Exodus. During his reign he reasserted
Eg…

May 27

1096 (3rd
of Sivan): Count Emicho and the Crusaders entered Mayence, Germany. The Jews
took refuge in the Episcopal Palace and committed mass suicide rather than
convert. One Jew by the name of Isaac, his two daughters and a friend called
Uriah…

May 24

1218:  The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt.
The driving forces behind the crusade were two Popes who broke new ground in
the mistreatment of the Jews – Innocent III and his successor, Honorius
III.   One of their mo…