August 30

70: According to
Josephus, the day one which the Second Temple was set aflame

500: Having conquered
Italy, Ostrogoth King Theodoric gave the Jews freedom to worship.

526 Death of Theodoric
the Great, king of the Ostrogoths (the eastern Got…

August 28

388: Magnus
Maximus, an Hispanic usurper to the throne of the western Roman Empire passed
away. During his disputed reign Maximus issued an edict of which censured
Christians at Rome for burning down a Jewish synagogue which was condemned by…

August 22

70:
According to Josephus, Titus began the battering operations against the wall of
the Temple Court 6:4)

634: Abu Bakr,
the father-in-law of Mohammed and first Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate who
was a leader in the “campaign against the …

August 20

430: The Vandals, a
Germanic tribe, established a kingdom in North Africa.  The Jews lived there peacefully and
flourished until the Almohad conquest in the 11th century.

636: Arab forces defeat
the Byzantine Christians at the Battle o…

July 21

285:
Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler. This was part of an attempt
to shore up the imperial authority.  In
another such step, Diocletian “ordered all the people …to accept his divinity
and offer sacrifices to him.  Fo…