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…

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…

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 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…

May 12

940: Sixty-two-year-old Eutychius of Alexandria, the Greek who wrote Nazm
al-Jauhar, a history, of what some may consider of dubious accuracy that
began with Creation and ran through the 10th century which included
a description of the Great Re…