Byzantine emperor Heraclius marches into Jerusalem, 629, Adar II
Hadassah founded by Henrietta Szold, 1912
Infamous decree of Napoleon, 1808
Death of R. Alexander Suskind of Horodno, kabbalist, 1794, Yesod ve-Soresh ha-Avodah
Death of Mordecai Manuel Noah, 1851, communal leader, Adar II
Death of evil Joseph Stalin, 1953
Birth of Joseph von Wertheimer, philanthropist and author, Vienna, 1800
Birth of Solomon Kohn, ghetto novelist, Prague, 1825
Death of Joseph Salvador, apologist of Judaism, Paris, 1873
Birth of Joel Deutach, teacher of deaf and dumb, Nicolsburg, 1813, Adar II
Death of Chananja Cohen, Hebrew grammarian and lexicographer, Florence, 1834, Adar II
Death of Solomon Tiktin, orthodox rabbi, Breslau, 1843, Adar II