Worms riots begin, 1349, Adar II
Purim Povidl, freedom of David Brandeis of Jungbunzlau, 1731
First Gulf War enters Iraq, 1991
Freedom of religion proclaimed in Austria, 1849
Death of R. Joseph Chajes of Lemberg, 1685, Ben Porot Yosef
Death of Joel Engel, composer, 1927
Birth of Mayer Rothschild, start of dynasty, 1744
Birth of Isaac Marcus Jost, Jewish historian, Bernburg, 1793
Birth of Fischel Arnheim, Bavarian statesman, Baireuth, 1812
Death of Nicholas I, Czar of Russia, persecutor of the Jews, 1855
Death of Justus Olshausen, grammarian and exegete, 1874
Death of Eljakim Carmoly, Jewish author, Frankfurt, 1875, Adar I
Death of James J. Sylvester, renowned mathematician, London, 1897, Adar II