JUNE 12

816:
Leo III, the Pope whose aggressive plan to crown Charlemagne gave the Jews of
the Rhineland a comparatively benign ruler, passed away today.

1240:
Nicholas Donin, a renegade Jew under the patronage of Louis IX, convinced Pope
Gregory IX …

JUNE 7

421:
Theodosius II, the Emperor whose code sought to reinforce Christianity as the
state religion at the expense of Judaism, married Aelia Eudocia Augusta, a
pagan who converted so that they could be married by the Church.

1099:  During t…

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…

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 treasu…