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…
May 26
1096(1st of
Sivan): The Crusaders massacred the Jews of Neuss, Germany
1135: Alfonso VII of León and Castile was crowned
in the Cathedral of Leon as Imperator
totius Hispaniae, “Emperor of all of Spain”. At the start of his
reign, he cur…
May 251085: Pope Gregory VI passed away. Gregory opposed Henry IV, the Holy Roman Emperor who saw himself as a protector of the Jews. Henry contended that the Jews, regardless of where they lived, were his subjects. &nb…
May 20
68(3rd
of Sivan, 3828): During the Great Revolt, Vespasian captured Jericho and
slaughtered the Jewish inhabitants.
325: The First Council of Nicaea, convoked by
Emperor Constantine, opens. Among other
things, the Council dealt wit…
May 3
1282 BCE: (28
Nissan 2488): Traditional date marking the fall of the walls of Jericho.
443 BCE (7th
of Iyar, 3317): Nehemiah dedicated the newly built walls that had been built
around Jerusalem
996: Papacy of
Gregory V began today making him a…
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