JUNE 23

79:
Vespasian, the Roman general who was in the process of conquering Judea when he
became Emperor, died.

79:
Titus, the Roman general whom the Jews will always remember for the destruction
of Jerusalem and the Temple succeeded his father Ves…

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 Ptolemies for the land
mass that included…

JUNE 21

356 B.C.E.: Birthdate of Alexander the Great. Alexander traveled
back forth across Judea; first when he went down to conquer Egypt and then when
he came back from his Egyptian conquest and moved east to conquer more of the
Persian Empire. Ther…

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 14

1287: 
Kublai Khan defeated the force of Nayan and other traditionalist
Borjigin princes in East Mongolia and Manchuria.  It is quite possible that there were Jewish
soldiers serving under the great Mongol warrior who became Emperor …