Israel secures Ein Gedi, 1949
Congregation of Dessau founded, 1672, Adar I
Birth of Albert Einstein, scientist, 1879, Adar I
Death of Baruch Spinoza, philosopher at The Hague, 1677, Adar I
Death of R. Jacob Kahana of Vilna, 1826, Ge'on Ya'akov, Adar II
Death of R. Hayyim b. Naphtali Coslin, 1832, Maslul, Adar II
Death of Aaron Wolfsohn, one of the Biurists, Furth, 1835
Death of C. Asser, famous Dutch jurist, 1890
Death of Lord Farrar Herschell, English statesman, son of a baptized Jewish missionary, 1899
Birth of S. Rosenstein, medical professor at Leyden, Berlin, 1832, Adar I
Birth of Julius Hitzig, jurist, son of Isaac Itzig, Berlin, 1780, Adar II
Birth of R. Isaac M. Wise, Steingrub, 1819, Adar II
Death of Chayim Coslin, grammarian, Stettin, 1832, Adar II
Death of Samuel Vita della Volta, physician and Hebrew author, Mantua, 1853, Adar II
Death of Benjamin Mandelstein, Hebrew author, Simferopol, 1886, Adar II