August 4

70:
According to some, the date on the secular calendar when the Second Temple was
destroyed by the Romans.

367:
Gratian, son of Roman Emperor Valentinian I, is named co-August by his father
and associated to the throne aged eight. 
The…

August 2

338 BCE:  A Macedonian army
led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the
Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean.
Phillip was the father of Alexander Great. 
His victor…

July 28

64: The Great Fire of Rome, which Emperor Nero variously blamed on
the Christians and the Jews

which had begun July 19 reportedly came to an end today

450: Theodosius II the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Emperor from
408 to 450 pass…

July
26

412:
“Emperors Theodosius II and Honorius ban compulsion of public service or court
appearances for Jews on the Sabbath or any other Jewish holy day. Thus, all
legal issues involving Jews must be completed between Monday and Friday, an…

July 16

622: The
Prophet Mohammed begins his Hijra from Mecca to Medina. This marks the
beginning of the Islamic calendar.  The
importance of this to Jewish history should require no explanation.

1099: As the
Crusaders sacked Jerusalem, they bur…