17thי״זIyarאיירAM 0000ה׳תשפ״ו

According to R. Yehoŝua’s chronology, המבול HAʾMABUL (the Flood) began.

יהודים YEHUDIM forced a Roman Empire garrison to retreat.

ירושלים Yeruŝalayim · ארץ ישראל Ereẓ Yisraʾel

English colonists began building Jamestown.

Virginia

Death of ר׳ יחזקאל Landau R. YEḤEZKEL

Prague · Europe

Death of ר׳ משה חיים אפרים אשכנזי R. MOŜE ḤAYIM EFRAYIM AŜKENAZI of Sudilkov.

Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide in Berlin.

Publication of a fatwa denying Jewish claims to the Western Wall.

ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇᴡꜱ: Islamic scholars published an argument for questioning השואה HAʾŜOA.

Timeday

Thirty-second day of ספירת העומר SEFIRAT HAʾOMER