Chronology of גזירות תתנ״ו GIZEROT TATNO (Events of 4856)

Crusaders and a crowd assembled for the feast of John the Baptist massacred refugees from Cologne at Neuss.

א׳ בתמוז ד׳תתנ״ו 1st 𝑜𝑓 Tamuz, AM 4856Precision: day · Basis: not-assessed

א׳ בתמוז ד׳תתנ״ו 1st 𝑜𝑓 Tamuz, AM 4856: Crusaders and a crowd assembled for the feast of John the Baptist massacred refugees from Cologne at Neuss. Relocation under episcopal protection had not put them beyond the attackers' reach.11

Footnotes

  1. Müller, Rheinischer Städteatlas Neuss, section 4.8, gives 24 June 1096 Julian, corresponding to 1 Tamuz; Jacobs and Seligsohn, Neuss, gives 26 June. The linked companion preserves that disagreement; neither account supports placing these refugees' deaths before the Cologne attack. ↩