JUNE 29

1096: Crusaders massacred the Jews of Mehr.

1106: Moses Sephardi was baptized at Huseca, Spain
and took the name of Petrus Alphonsi, the noted “physician, writer, astronomer
and polemicist.”  Among those who took
issue with Alphonsi’s mu…

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 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…