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... »