January 1 630: Prophet Muhammad sets out toward Mecca with the army that will capture it bloodlessly. At first Mohammed “had hoped to find is main supporters among the Jewish tribes” of Arabia. This can be seen in his early adoption ... »
December 31 335: End of the Papacy of Sylvester I “who convinced Constantine to prohibit Jews from living in Jerusalem.” 535: Byzantine General Belisarius took the city of Syracuse which marks the completion of the conquest of Sicily. In 536 he would... »
December 13 522 BCE: Darius I, the Persian monarch who allowed the Jewish people to re-build the Temple at Jerusalem strengthened his hold on his kingdom when he defeated Nebuchadnezzar III in a battle at the Tigris and that at the Euphrates. 519 BCE... »
December 10 1475: Seventy-eight-year-old Italian artist Paolo Uccello passed away. Like many artists of his time, Uccello produced what today would be called anti-Semitic art. Among his works was “Miracle of the Host” http://en.wikipedia.org/w... »
December 3 311: Sixty-sixty-year-old Emperor Diocletian passed away. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0005_0_05240.html 1368: Birthdate of Charles VI, the French king who would order the expulsion of the Jews from his re... »