April 29 

711: According to some sources the date on which an
army led by Tariq ibn Ziyad landed at Gibraltar marking the start of the Moslem
conquest of the Iberian Peninsula with all that would come to mean for the
Jewish population during the …

April 26

121: Birthdate of
Marcus Aurelius the Roman Emperor who described the Jews as being “stinking and
tumultuous.”

1198: Frederick I, Duke
of Austria who employed a Jew named Schlom as his master of the mint, passed
away today.

1478: The Pazzi…

April 24

70:
During the Jewish rebellion against Rome, Roman legions broke through
Jerusalem’s middle wall but were driven back by the Jewish defenders. 

396:
As conditions for the Jews in the Roman Empire worsen, the Roman Emperors adopt
a law…

April
17

44: Birthdate of Pope Evaristus, who was “born in Greece of a Jewish father
named Juda, who was originally from the city of Bethlehem and who reigned for
thirteen years, six months and two days, under the reigns of Domitian, Nerva
and Trajan….

 April 16

1457 BCE: Egyptian forces under Thutmose III defeated a
group of rebellious Canaanite Vassal States at the Battle of Megiddo. This
would have taken place while the Israelites were slaves in Egypt. The strategic
position of Megiddo would…