44th day of the Omer
Death of Samuel the Prophet, 878 BCE, minor fast day
Hezekiah smashes Asherah poles and sacred stones
Segovia massacre, 1474
End of Six Day War, 1967
Act of Confederation guaranteed the rights of the Jews in the German Confederation, 1815
Death of R. Gabriel Dessauer, 1878, Yad Gavriel
Count Potocky, proselyte, burned in Wilna, 1753
Death of Fr. Albrecht Augusti, convert, Eschwege, 1782
Birth of Samuel Hirsch, philosopher of religion, 1815
Birth of Emile Erckmann, French ghetto novelist, 1822
Death of Daniel O'Connell, Catholic advocate of Jewish rights, 1847
Death of Israel Deutach, anti-Reform rabbi, Beuthen, 1853
Death of Feisch Fischmann, Maggid, Pressburg, 1881
Death of Michael Heilprin, celebrated scholar, New York, 1888
Death of Wilhelm Freund, philologist and champion of emancipation, Brealau, 1894
Death of Simon Samuel, professor of medicine, Koenigsberg, 1899