Century

What happened to the Jews in the 18th century?

100 years with recorded events

  1. 1701 AD Expulsion of Jews from the cantons of Bern, Freiburg and Basel · and 25 more
  2. 1702 AD Inquisition persecution of Maranos begins in Rio de Janeiro · and 25 more
  3. 1703 AD Edict regulating the recitation of'Alenu · and 28 more
  4. 1704 AD All economic restrictions on Jews lifted in Paderborn bishopric · and 25 more
  5. 1705 AD Dortmund edict forbids Jews to trade in horses · and 24 more
  6. 1706 AD Prayer services in Brünn inn prohibited · and 28 more
  7. 1707 AD Confiscation of Talmud copies in Brandenburg · and 22 more
  8. 1708 AD Abolition of Jewish judicial autonomy in Ferrara · and 23 more
  9. 1709 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Leszno · and 22 more
  10. 1710 AD Imperial Reglement legally settles German Jews in Hamburg · and 21 more
  11. 1711 AD Coronation levy on the Jews of Vienna · and 21 more
  12. 1712 AD Decree expelling the Jews from Buda (1712) · and 25 more
  13. 1713 AD Austrian tolerance tax imposed on Silesian Jews · and 25 more
  14. 1714 AD Duke Ferdinand orders Jews out of Courland · and 34 more
  15. 1715 AD Expulsion of Jews from Bavaria · and 23 more
  16. 1716 AD Berlin merchant guild bars Jews from membership · and 22 more
  17. 1717 AD Expulsion of Jews from Dauphiné by parliament · and 23 more
  18. 1718 AD Coimbra auto da fé of 1718 · and 25 more
  19. 1719 AD Ban on trading by nonresident Jews in Harburg · and 20 more
  20. 1720 AD Arabs burn Torah scrolls and seize the Ashkenazi synagogue in Jerusalem · and 25 more
  21. 1721 AD Anti-Jewish measures in Jerusalem · and 22 more
  22. 1722 AD Aussee synagogue destroyed and members exiled · and 16 more
  23. 1723 AD Rio Maranos sentenced to life imprisonment at Lisbon auto · and 28 more
  24. 1724 AD Jews of Vercelli confined to a ghetto · and 24 more
  25. 1725 AD Ban on Jews acquiring real estate · and 21 more
  26. 1726 AD Familianten Law limits Jewish families to one married son · and 22 more
  27. 1727 AD Edict expelling the Jews from Russia · and 28 more
  28. 1728 AD Blood libel against the Jews of Lemberg · and 22 more
  29. 1729 AD Edict banning Jews from Croatia and Slavonia · and 20 more
  30. 1730 AD General-privilegium caps Berlin Jewish families at 120 · and 23 more
  31. 1731 AD August the Strong bans Jewish shops and peddling · and 24 more
  32. 1732 AD Countess Charlotte restricts Jewish religious life and moneylending · and 20 more
  33. 1733 AD Obligation to rent all ghetto houses jointly · and 22 more
  34. 1734 AD Expulsion of Avignonese Jews from Bordeaux · and 20 more
  35. 1735 AD Ban on Hebrew characters in Jewish accounts · and 23 more
  36. 1736 AD Accusation against Jews in Lima · and 22 more
  37. 1737 AD Berlin Jews forced out of their houses into barracks · and 23 more
  38. 1738 AD Expulsion of Jews from Breslau · and 24 more
  39. 1739 AD Antonio José da Silva burned as a Jew at Lisbon · and 26 more
  40. 1740 AD Expulsion of Jews from Sicily lifted in practice · and 28 more
  41. 1741 AD Courland knights attempt to expel Jews from Mitau · and 24 more
  42. 1742 AD Elizabeth of Russia issues a decree of expulsion of all the Jews out of Ukraine · and 29 more
  43. 1743 AD Expulsion of eighteen Jews from Dorpat · and 25 more
  44. 1744 AD Maria Theresa orders expulsion of Jews from Bohemia and Moravia · and 37 more
  45. 1745 AD Maria Theresa orders expulsion of Jews from Bohemia and Moravia · and 30 more
  46. 1746 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Ofen · and 30 more
  47. 1747 AD Maria Theresa expels the Jews from Prague · and 27 more
  48. 1748 AD Limited readmission of Jewish families to Prague · and 32 more
  49. 1749 AD Expulsion of seventy-eight poor Jews from Bayonne, Bidache and Peyrehorade · and 23 more
  50. 1750 AD Badge abolished for the Jews of Nice · and 31 more
  51. 1751 AD Law forbidding Jews to make contracts · and 23 more
  52. 1752 AD New liberal charter for Jews in Genoa · and 27 more
  53. 1753 AD Expulsion of Jews from England lifted formally · and 28 more
  54. 1754 AD Generalordnung and limit on Jewish families in Moravia · and 29 more
  55. 1755 AD Abolition of the Jewish tribunal · and 22 more
  56. 1756 AD Second decree banishing Jews from Brussels · and 21 more
  57. 1757 AD Public burning of the Talmud in Kamenetz-Podolsk · and 23 more
  58. 1758 AD Per capita tax and billeting burdens during Seven Years' War · and 19 more
  59. 1759 AD Ten Jewish families admitted into the city of Bayreuth · and 19 more
  60. 1760 AD Expulsion of Jews from the duchy of Courland · and 25 more
  61. 1761 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Kovno · and 24 more
  62. 1762 AD Residence limit of 180 Jewish families in Lorraine · and 20 more
  63. 1763 AD Berlin Jews allowed to acquire 70 houses instead of 40 · and 19 more
  64. 1764 AD Blood libel in Lutsk · and 22 more
  65. 1765 AD Temporary sojourn of Jews allowed in Riga · and 21 more
  66. 1766 AD Expulsion of Jews from Toruń · and 18 more
  67. 1767 AD Pombal restores civil rights of New Christians · and 14 more
  68. 1768 AD Massacre in Uman, Ukraine · and 18 more
  69. 1769 AD Austrian writ of protection restricts Jews of Hohenems · and 23 more
  70. 1770 AD Confederates of Bar storm Tarnopol and massacre Jews · and 21 more
  71. 1771 AD Restraints placed on the Jews of Venice · and 18 more
  72. 1772 AD Austrian rule curtails Jewish autonomy and limits numbers and marriages · and 23 more
  73. 1773 AD Pombal-era decrees curb the Inquisition · and 26 more
  74. 1774 AD Pombal-era decrees curb the Inquisition · and 25 more
  75. 1775 AD Restrictive legislation of Pius VI on the Rome ghetto · and 27 more
  76. 1776 AD Austrian tax law of 1776 on Galician Jews · and 31 more
  77. 1777 AD Burning of Jewish-owned houses in Bzenec · and 21 more
  78. 1778 AD Galician guild constitution restricts Jewish artisans · and 20 more
  79. 1779 AD Ancient restrictions repealed and badge abolished · and 22 more
  80. 1780 AD Deportation order for forty-three Jews from Riga · and 22 more
  81. 1781 AD Imperial decree restricting Jewish settlement to Carlsburg · and 26 more
  82. 1782 AD Joseph II's Edict of Tolerance · and 27 more
  83. 1783 AD King Stanislaus Augustus grants Kovno Jews the right of residence · and 32 more
  84. 1784 AD Abolition of the poll-tax on Jews and freedom to settle in France · and 22 more
  85. 1785 AD Abolition of the corporal toll on Jews · and 22 more
  86. 1786 AD Expulsion of Jews from Jeddah · and 18 more
  87. 1787 AD Compulsory family names and army service for Jews · and 24 more
  88. 1788 AD Bishop's capitulation requires expulsion of Jews beyond 125 families · and 21 more
  89. 1789 AD National Assembly denies equal rights to Jews · and 27 more
  90. 1790 AD Attacks on Jews at the time of the French Revolution · and 43 more
  91. 1791 AD Emancipation of the Jews of France · and 35 more
  92. 1792 AD Jews of Mainz become free French citizens · and 27 more
  93. 1793 AD Moruzi closes synagogue and punishes Jewish defenders · and 29 more
  94. 1794 AD French rule opens Brussels to free Jewish settlement and citizenship · and 35 more
  95. 1795 AD Moruzi closes synagogue and punishes Jewish defenders · and 27 more
  96. 1796 AD French remove civil disabilities of Ferrara Jews · and 38 more
  97. 1797 AD Emancipation of Venetian Jews and opening of the ghetto · and 46 more
  98. 1798 AD Jews of Rome granted equal rights · and 47 more
  99. 1799 AD Austro-Russian-Piedmontese government tightens rules on Jews · and 47 more
  100. 1800 AD Jews of Mainz become free French citizens · and 29 more