Birth of Moses Maimonides, a.k.a. “Maimuni”; a.k.a. The “Rambam” (acronym for “Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon”).
A towering figure in Judaism.
Authors: The Commentary on the Mishnah (Perush HaMishnayot); The Book of Commandments (Sefer Hamitzvot); Code of Jewish Law (Mishne Torah a.k.a. Sefer Yad HaChazakah); The Guide to the Perplexed (Moreh Nevuchim); Letter to Yemen (Iggeret Teiman).
Maimonides (and Aristotle) are later rigorously critiqued in classic Or HaShem by Hasdai Crescas of Barcelona in the late 1300s, who in turn directly influences Spinoza in the 1600s.
Miamonides dies at age sixty–nine in 1204 CE. [I, among others, respectfully believe that the works of Maimonides are an unattributed key source of Aquinas’s renowned Summa Theologica (written 1265-1274 CE). See entry later – Aquinas].