JUNE 22

217 BCE:
Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeated Antiochus III at the Battle of Raphia. The Battle of Raphia, also known as the Battle of Gaza, was part of the
ongoing power struggle between the Seleucids and the Ptolomies for the land
mass that included…

JUNE 15

1215:  King John of England puts his seal to the
Magna Carta.  The Great Charter which is
supposed to be one of the cornerstones of English and American rights contains
the following reference to the Jews: “If anyone who borrowed fro…

JUNE 11

1509:  Marriage of King Henry VIII of England and
Katherine of Aragon. Before marrying Henry, the Spanish made him promise that
he would never permit Jews to live in his Kingdom.  Henry agreed which was no big deal at the
time since …

JUNE 10

1190: During the Third Crusade Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the
Saleph River while leading an army to Jerusalem.  The German emperor was one of three monarchs
leading the crusade.  The other two were
Phillip Augustus of France an…

May 30

70: During the
Siege of Jerusalem, Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of
Jerusalem. The Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a
circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometers.

1096: In …

May 29

363: A good
day for the Romans and bad day for the Jews. Roman Emperor Julian defeats the
Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sassanid
capital, but is impossible to conquer it. But Julian is killed at the end of
the…