December 17 520 BCE (24th of Kislev): “The foundation-stone of the Temple was laid” (As reported by Jewish Encyclopedia) http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/4902-darius-i 630: Modestus of Jerusalem who replaced Zacharias as Greek Orthodox Pat... »
December 10 925: Sancho I to whom the Caliph Abd-al-Rahman III sent his Jewish physician Hasdai ibn Shaprut so he could “cure” his wife passed away today. 1475: Seventy-eight-year-old Italian artist Paolo Uccello passed away. Like many artists of his... »
December 9 1212: In Mainz, coronation of Frederick II as King of Germany during whose reign the Jewish “community of Austria began to flourish” due to his “recognition that the Jews were a separate ethnic and religious group and were not bound to the ... »
December 8 65 BCE: Birthday of Quintus Horatius Flaccus, the Roman poet known as Horace who created “credat Juadaeus Appella” which gave rise to the character of “Jew Appela.” https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/1629-apella 1292: John Peckha... »