18th day of the Omer
Seven Jews in Seville burned at the stake, 1660
Death of Mordechai Anielewicz, leader of Warsaw Ghetto, 1943
Death of R. Menachem b. Jacob of Worms, 1203
Death of R. Aryeh Leib b. Moses Zuenz of Plotsk, 1883, Ya'alat Hen
Death of R. Isaac Farhi of Jerusalem, 1853, Marpe la-Ezem
Death of Samuel Falk, the Baal Shem of London, 1782
Death of Emperor Napoleon, who called Sanhedrin together, 1821
Birth of Hermann L. Strack, Christian advocate of the Jews, 1848
Death of Gabriel Riesser, champion of the rights of the Jews, Hamburg, 1863