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”

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December 3

311: Sixty-sixty-year-old Emperor Diocletian passed away.

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1368: Birthdate of Charles VI, the French king who would order the
expulsion of the Jews from his re…

November 30

1215: The Fourth Lateran Council which had been led by
Innocent III came to a close. The Fourth Lateran Council made the first
official use of the term “transubstantiation,” with reference to the
Eucharist (Lord’s Supper). The adoption of …

November 2

655: The Ninth Council of Toledo which
was held under the auspices of King Recceuith and would adopt a resolution
“that all conversos, not only converted Jews also others who had come during
the Migration Period, had to pass Christian festi…

OCTOBER 25

732:  Christian forces led by Charles Martel clash
defeat the invading Moors at the Battle of Tours which is near Poitiers in
modern day France. The victory at Tours ensured that Western Europe would be
Christian.  For Jews, it al…

OCTOBER 24

51: Birthdate of Titus
Flavius Domitianus, who gained fame as the Roman Emperor Domitian.  Domitian was the son of Vespasian and the
brother of Titus, all three of whom played a key role in the destruction of
Jerusalem which was one of…

OCTOBER
11

1138: Massive earthquake strikes Aleppo, Syria.  According to tradition, the Jewish community
traces its origins back to the time of King David.  This is based on the description of the
conquest of the city by Joab found in the Bo…