JUNE 13

823:
Birthdate of Charles the Bald, who as Holy Roman Emperor refused to comply with
anti-Semitic edicts of Amulo, the Archbishop of Lyon.  In doing so, Charles was following in the
footsteps of his grandfather Charlemagne who had also re…

JUNE 8

65
CE: Jewish insurgent forces captured the fortress of Antonia in Jerusalem. This
battle marked the outbreak of the Jewish revolt against Rome. This revolt would
end with the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 C.E.

68:
The Roman Senate ac…

June 3

350:  Roman usurper
Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor,
entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators. The Constantinian Dynasty
took its name from its most famous member, Constantine I, the Empe…

June 2 

876 BCE (28 Iyar
2884): This is the traditional date of death of Samuel, prophet and priest
(born 2832).

455:  The Vandals
entered Rome and plundered the city.  Among the treasures they took with
them were the spoils of the Se…

June 1

987: Hugh
Capet was elected King of France making him the first of the Capetians.  During this period, power lay with the nobles
and the leaders of the Church.  Among
other things this meant that the kings were unable to do anything t…

June 1

987: Hugh
Capet was elected King of France making him the first of the Capetians.  During this period, power lay with the nobles
and the leaders of the Church.  Among
other things this meant that the kings were unable to do anything t…

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…