Events Tagged: "escape"

Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai escapes Jerusalem in coffin - Establishes academy at Yavneh, saves Judaism from destruction

Patrick escapes from slavery in Ireland after six years, travels 200 miles to the coast and returns to Britain

Charles Martel escapes imprisonment - Pepin's widow Plectrude imprisons him, he escapes and raises army in Austrasia

Richard I escapes captivity - Bernard the Dane helps young duke escape, Norse allies restore him to power

Matilda's escape from Oxford Castle - escapes Stephen's siege across frozen Thames wearing white as camouflage

Walter Schreiber (Paperclip scientist) flees to Argentina with U.S. military assistance