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Nisan 8

King of Denmark gives Jews rights, 1814

First Jews arrive at Auschwitz, 1942

End of King Achashverosh feast of 6 months

Guild riots in Worms, 1615

Death of R. Elijah Kalmankes of Lemberg, 1636, Aderet Eliyahu

Death of R. Elijah Shapira (Spira) of Prague, 1712, Eliyahu Rabbah

Death of R. Benjamin Zev, 1721, Ir Benyamin

Birth of Leonard Nimoy, actor, 1931

Birth of Jacob Rodriguez Pereira, originator of deaf mute instruction, Berlanger, 1715

Death of David Friesenhausen, first to advocate the establishment of rabbinical seminaries, Gyulafeservas, 1828

Death of Moritz Reichenheim, founder of the Orphan's Home, Berlin, 1872

Death of Ignaz Kuranda, Austrian politician, 1884

Death of Isaac Rabinowitz, poet in modern Hebrew, New York, 1900

Death of Max Ring, poet, Berlin, 1901