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  2. Shabbatai HaKohen - Wikipedia

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    Shabbatai HaKohen was born either in Amstibovo or in Vilna, Lithuania in 1621 and died at Holleschau, Holešov, Moravia, on the 1st of Adar, 1662.He first studied with his father Meir HaKohen [] and in 1633 he entered the yeshivah of Rabbi Joshua Höschel ben Joseph at Tykotzin, moving later to Kraków and Lublin, where he studied under Naphtali Cohen.

  3. Adar - Wikipedia

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    1 Adar (circa 1313 BCE) – Plague of Darkness, the ninth plague upon the Egyptians (Exodus 10:23). This started on the 1st of Adar, six weeks before the Exodus. [citation needed] 1 Adar [II] (1167/4 CE) – Death of the Ibn Ezra; 1 Adar (circa 1663) – Death of the Shach; 2 Adar (598 BCE) – Jerusalem falls to Nebuchadnezzar and Jeconiah is ...

  4. Great Clearance - Wikipedia

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    The Great Clearance (traditional Chinese: 遷界令; simplified Chinese: 迁界令), also translated as the Great Evacuation or Great Frontier Shift, was caused by edicts issued in 1661, 1664, and 1679, [1] [2] which required the evacuation of the coastal areas of Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangnan, and Shandong, [3] [note 1] in order to fight the Taiwan-based anti-Qing loyalist movement of ...

  5. 1662 - Wikipedia

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    1662 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1662nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 662nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 62nd year of the 17th century, and the 3rd year of the 1660s decade. As of the start of 1662, the ...

  6. List of caliphs - Wikipedia

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    A caliph is the supreme religious and political leader of an Islamic state known as the caliphate. [1] [2] Caliphs (also known as 'Khalifas') led the Muslim Ummah as political successors to the Islamic prophet Muhammad, [3] and widely-recognised caliphates have existed in various forms for most of Islamic history.

  7. Yahrzeit - Wikipedia

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    First day of the two-day Rosh Ḥodesh Second day of a two-day Rosh Ḥodesh, i.e., first day of the new month: Rosh Ḥodesh has two days: Second day of the two-day Rosh Ḥodesh Adar I (leap year) Is a leap year: Adar I Adar I (leap year) Not a leap year: Adar Adar (not a leap year) Is a leap year: Opinions vary (either Adar I, Adar II, or both)

  8. Battle of Tangier (1662) - Wikipedia

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    On April 1662, [5] Ghailand arrived in Tangier with an army of 5,000 troops, [6] where he tried to force the garrison to leave the fort for a battle. [7] On May 3, an English force of 500 men led by Major Nathaniel Fines left the fort with the goal of driving out the Moroccans from the city.

  9. Early Muslims - Wikipedia

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    The first person who professed Islam was his wife, Khadija bint Khuwaylid. The identity of the second male Muslim, after Muhammad himself, is nevertheless disputed largely along sectarian lines, as Shia and some Sunni sources identify him as the first Shia imam Ali ibn Abi Talib , a child at the time, who grew up in the household of his cousin ...