Baghdad Purim, Jews freed by Turks, 1638
Edict of Tolerance in Austria, 1782
Nuremberg Trials established, 1945
Dutch grant Jews rights in Brazil, 1634
Poll tax abolished in Alsace, 1784
Birth of J. J. Schudt, Christian author on Judaism, 1664
Birth of Gideon Brecher, translator of Cusari, 1797
Birth of Henri Herz, pianist, Vienna, 1806
Death of M. J. Bresselau, Reform writer, Hamburg, 1839
Death of I. Chronik, an American Reform rabbi, Berlin, 1884
Death of Seligmann Heller, poet and translator, Vienna, 1890
Death of Meir Panigel, chief rabbi at Jerusalem, 1893
Death of Jonas Bergtheil, pioneer in Natal, London, 1901