Centuries

Jewish history by century

What happened to the Jews in each century

  1. 8th century BC800–701 BCE The Assyrian conquest of the northern Kingdom of Israel, the fall of Samaria and the deportation of its people. · 5 entries
  2. 6th century BC600–501 BCE The siege of Jerusalem, the destruction of the First Temple, the Babylonian exile and the return under Cyrus. · 12 entries
  3. 4th century BC400–301 BCE The deportation of a group of rebellious Jews to Hyrcania by the Persian king Artaxerxes Ochus. · 1 entry
  4. 2nd century BC200–101 BCE Antiochus IV's ban on Judaism, the persecution that provoked the Maccabean revolt, and an expulsion from Rome. · 6 entries
  5. 1st century BC100–1 BCE Mithridates' seizure of Jewish silver on Kos, and the Roman killings during Pompey's conquest of the East. · 2 entries
  6. 1st century1–100 CE Tiberius' expulsion from Rome, the Alexandrian pogrom and the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 AD. · 38 entries
  7. 2nd century101–200 CE The suppression of the revolts of 115–117, Hadrian's penal laws, and the ban on Jews entering Jerusalem. · 18 entries
  8. 3rd century201–300 CE Severus' ban on conversion to Judaism, Roman citizenship under Caracalla, and killings under Sapor I. · 4 entries
  9. 4th century301–400 CE The first church and imperial laws against Jews: the Council of Elvira, Constantine, and attacks on synagogues. · 40 entries
  10. 5th century401–500 CE Bishop Cyril's expulsion in Alexandria, forced conversion on Minorca, and the end of the Jewish patriarchate. · 41 entries
  11. 6th century501–600 CE Church councils at Orleans, Clermont and Toledo, Justinian's edict, and forced baptisms in Frankish Gaul. · 65 entries
  12. 7th century601–700 CE Visigothic forced baptisms in Spain, massacres in the Byzantine Empire, and Caliph Umar's expulsion from Arabia. · 66 entries
  13. 8th century701–800 CE Visigothic restrictions lifted in Spain, Caliph Omar II's laws, and Leo III's decree to baptize all Jews. · 28 entries
  14. 9th century801–900 CE Badges in Abbasid Baghdad, the Pact of Omar under Mutawakkil, Agobard of Lyons, and persecution at Oria. · 37 entries
  15. 10th century901–1000 CE Raids on Oria, Romanus I's forced conversions in Italy and Byzantium, and restrictions under al-Hakim in Egypt. · 23 entries
  16. 11th century1001–1100 CE The Rhineland massacres of the First Crusade, the Granada massacre of 1066, and the killings in Jerusalem in 1099. · 109 entries
  17. 12th century1101–1200 CE The first blood libel at Norwich, Almohad forced conversions, the expulsion from France and the York massacre. · 176 entries
  18. 13th century1201–1300 CE The Lateran badge, the burning of the Talmud in Paris, the Rindfleisch massacres and the expulsion from England. · 509 entries
  19. 14th century1301–1400 CE The Black Death massacres, the expulsions from France, the Armleder killings and the massacres of 1391 in Spain. · 816 entries
  20. 15th century1401–1500 CE The Spanish Inquisition, the 1492 expulsion from Spain, and the forced conversion of the Jews of Portugal. · 763 entries
  21. 16th century1501–1600 CE The Lisbon massacre, the first ghetto in Venice, the burning of the Talmud and the papal bull of 1555. · 681 entries
  22. 17th century1601–1700 CE The Khmelnytsky massacres of 1648, the Fettmilch uprising, the expulsion from Vienna and readmission to England. · 622 entries
  23. 18th century1701–1800 CE The emancipation of French Jews, Joseph II's Edict of Tolerance, the Pale of Settlement and the Uman massacre. · 759 entries
  24. 19th century1801–1900 CE Emancipation across Europe, the Damascus and Dreyfus affairs, the Russian pogroms of 1881 and the May Laws. · 1008 entries
  25. 20th century1901–2000 CE The Holocaust, Kristallnacht and the Nuremberg Laws, pogroms from Kishinev to Kielce, and the Farhud in Baghdad. · 2364 entries
  26. 21st century2001–2100 CE Attacks on synagogues and Jewish communities, from Tunisia and Istanbul to Pittsburgh, and the October 7 attacks. · 152 entries