Gate of Jerusalem began by King Agrippa I, 42 CE, minor holiday, Adar I
Yeshiva University founded, 1897, Adar II
United Synagogue of America, Conservative, founded by Solomon Schechter, 1913, Adar I
Death of Judah Leib b. Ze'ev, 1811
Death of R. Simeon Sofer of Galicia, 1883
Birth of Johann David Michaelis, learned Orientalist, 1717
Birth of Ernest Renan, historian of Israel, 1823
Death of S. H. Burgheim, the first Jew to receive a degree in Leipzig, 1823
Birth of Rahel (Varnhagen) Levin, Berlin, 1833
Death of Hirsch Katzenelenbogen, rabbinical author, Wilna, 1868
Death of Max Budinger, historian, convert, Vienna, 1902, Adar I
Death of David Athias, prominent printer, Amsterdam, 1753, Adar II
Death of Moses Reines, Hebrew author, Wilna, 1891, Adar II