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What happened to the Jews in Cuba

19 events, 1518 AD to 1942 AD

Cities, towns and sites in Cuba

Timeline

16th century

  1. 1518 AD Ban on New Christian immigration to the Indies · Cuba

17th century

  1. 1613 AD Inquisition death sentence of Francisco Gómez de León · Cartagena, Colombia and elsewhere
  2. 1613 AD Inquisition extracts confession and executes Francisco Gomez de Leon · Havana, Cuba
  3. c. 1627 AD Inquisition seizes Antonio Mendez, Luis Rodrigues and others · Cuba
  4. c. 1636 AD Extortion of 150,000 pesos from three Havana citizens on charge of Judaizing · Havana, Cuba
  5. 1649 AD Execution in effigy of Miguel Nuñez de Guerta · Havana, Cuba
  6. 1689 AD Vincente Gomez Coello denounced as a Jew · Cuba

18th century

  1. 1712 AD Jacob Nuñez Lopez denounced for Judaizing · Cuba
  2. 1717 AD Auto da fé involving Fray Joseph Diez Pimienta · Cuba
  3. 1783 AD Inquisition persecutes Cuban Marranos · Cuba
  4. 1783 AD Inquisition victims Juan Rodriguez Mexia and Antonio Santaella · Havana, Cuba

19th century

  1. 1881 AD Jews legally admitted into the Spanish colonies · Cuba
  2. 1898–1902 AD Freedom of religion granted under U.S. Military Occupation · Cuba

20th century

  1. 1930–1933 AD Police murder of four Jewish Communists in Cuba · Cuba
  2. 1937 AD Law of Nationalization of Labor restricts alien workers · Cuba
  3. 1939 AD Cuba invalidates entry permits of Saint Louis refugees · Cuba
  4. c. 1939 AD Nazi-organized anti-Jewish campaign in Cuba · Cuba
  5. 1939 AD Saint Louis refugees barred from landing in Cuba · Cuba
  6. c. 1942 AD São Tomé and Guiné refugees refused landing and detained in Cuba · Cuba

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