Abraham told that Sarah will bear a son
Aaron Levi founds Aaronsburg PA, 1786, first US city named for a Jew
Louis de Torres, recent Christian convert, sets foot in America calls turkey Hebrew tuki, 1492
Death of R. Abraham b. Dov Baer of Mezhirech, Malakh, 1776, Hesed la-Avraham
Death of Menachem Ussishkin, 1941
Birth of Johann Ludwig Ewald, evangelical pastor, advocate of Jewish emancipation, 1747
Birth of Hermann von Zeissi, medical professor, Vierzighuben, 1817
Death of Joseph Pen, champion of modem culture, Tarnopol, 1838
Death of Jacob Herz, physician, professor in Erlangen, 1871
Death of Max Henoch, mathematician, Berlin, 1890
Death of Ernst Renan, critical theologian and friend of the Jews, 1892
Death of Martin Steinthal, Berlin physician, 1892