28th day of the Omer
Purim Angora
Prague restrictions lifted, 1745
Some Jews were killed at Lemberg, 1664
Death of R. Moses Darshan, 1726, Torat Asham
Death of R. Nethanel Weil of Prague, 1769, Korban Nethanel
Death of R. Joseph of Piltz, 1800, Maaseh Choshev
Death of Jacob Horwitz, Talmudic author, 1622
Death of Chajim Vital, founder of Lurianian mysticism, Damascus, 1629
Birth of Julius Fuerst, professor of the University of Leipzig, bibliographer, Zerkow, 1805
Birth of David Levi, Italian poet, 1819
Birth of Abraham Jacobi, medical professor, Hartum, 1830
Birth of Adolf Ludwig Cohn, historian, convert, Breslau, 1834
Birth of William Steinitz, chess player, Prague, 1837
Death of Judah P. Benjamin, American statesman, London, 1884
Death of R. Samuel Hirsch, American Reform, 1889
Death of Attilio Luzzato, Italian politician and editor, 1900