March
5

363: Roman Emperor
Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sassanid Empire,
in a campaign which will bring to his own death. Julian followed Constantine to
the throne and turned back his predecessor’s pro-Christian promu…

February
28

628: Persian Shah Khosrau II who “conquered
Jerusalem after a brief siege in 614 during the Byzantine – Sasanian War” came
passed away today.

1255: Bishop Richard of Worms transferred to
the chapter of the local cathedral, among other rev…

February 27

272:  Birthdate of
Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor from 306 to
337.  Constantine adopted Christianity as the state religion for
the Roman Empire which marked a turning point (negative) for the Jews of
Eur…

February
23

42(16th
of Adar, 3892): King Agrippa I began the construction of a gate for the of
Jerusalem (pg 128)

68(4th
of Adar, 3828): During the Great Revolt, Vespasian occupied the city of Gadara
as the legions made their slow, inexorable march t…

February
13

515 BCE (3rd of Adar, 3245): Completion of the
construction of the Second Temple at Jerusalem.

996: Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim who “ordered…Jews
to wear wooden calves around their necks” began his reign today.

1130: The Papacy of Honorius I…