2 Iyar 5708 – May 11 1948 Safed Palmach forces completed the conquest of Safed. The city numbered 1,500...
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3 Iyar 5691 – April 20 1931 Jerusalem “We […] are the sabra leaves!” crowed journalist Uri Kesari in...
10 Iyar 5620 – May 2 1860 Pest Theodor Herzl was born to a wealthy Jewish family in what...
7 Iyar 5058 – April 20 1298 Röttingen The Rintfleisch massacres began, instigated by either an impoverished knight or...
7 Iyar 3828 – April 27 68 Jerusalem Roman soldiers under Titus breached Jerusalem’s third wall, which Agrippa I...
14 Iyar 2908 – April 28 853 BCE Karkar Shalmaneser III, king of Assyria, crossed the Tigris on a campaign...
January 24 1920 – 4 Shevat 5680 Paris Artist and sculptor Amadeo Clemente Modigliani died at age 35. Born in...
February 28 1716 – 5 Adar 5476 New York Judah Monis registered as a citizen of New York. Descended...
January 29 1258 – 23 Shevat 5018 Baghdad Hulago Kahn’s Mongolian army laid siege to Baghdad, capital of the...
January 7 1256 – 9 Shevat 5016 London Rabbi Berechiah de Nicole, a Tosafist and rabbi of the English...
March 13 624 – 16 Adar II 4384 Hijaz Though severely outnumbered, Muhammed’s army of three hundred fighters overcame...
March 3 117 – 12 Adar 3877 Laodicea Emperor Trajan died as the Diaspora Revolt drew to a close....
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