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What happened to the Jews in Egypt

45 events, 38 AD to 2000 AD

Cities, towns and sites in Egypt

Timeline

1st century

  1. 38 AD Alexandrian Jews confined to one quarter · Alexandria, Egypt
  2. 38 AD Alexandrian pogrom · Alexandria, Egypt
  3. 38 AD Anti-Jewish riots in Alexandria under Flaccus · Alexandria, Egypt
  4. 38 AD Expulsion of Jews from Egypt · Egypt
  5. c. 41 AD Claudius restores rights of Alexandrian Jews · Alexandria, Egypt
  6. 66 AD Alexandria riot · Alexandria, Egypt

2nd century

  1. 114–117 AD Jewish revolts against Rome in Cyprus, Egypt and Cyrene · Cyprus and elsewhere
  2. 115–117 AD Burning of the great synagogue of Alexandria · Alexandria, Egypt
  3. 115–117 AD Roman suppression of the Great Revolt in North Africa · North Africa (several countries) and elsewhere
  4. 115–117 AD Violence against Jews in Egypt, Cyprus · Egypt and elsewhere

5th century

  1. 415 AD Expulsion of Jews from Alexandria · Alexandria, Egypt
  2. 415 AD Massacre in Alexandria · Alexandria, Egypt

7th century

  1. 642 AD Anti-Jewish measures in Egypt, Cyrenaica, Tripolitania · Egypt and elsewhere

10th century

  1. 996–1021 AD Al-Hakim enforces and amplifies anti-Jewish restrictions in Egypt · Egypt

11th century

  1. c. 1001 AD Violent persecution of Jews in Egypt · Egypt
  2. 1005 AD Egyptian Jews ordered to wear bells and a wooden calf · Egypt
  3. c. 1006–1020 AD Burning of the Jewish quarter Al-Jaudariyyah · Cairo (Fostat), Egypt

13th century

  1. 1260–1277 AD Baibars doubles the tribute of non-Muslims · Egypt
  2. 1260–1277 AD Baibars extorts heavy tribute from Jews after abandoning plan to burn them · Egypt
  3. 1293–1340 AD Tribute levied on Jews under Al-Naṣir Mohammed · Egypt

14th century

  1. 1301 AD Riot in Egypt · Egypt
  2. 1324 AD Jews accused of arson in Fostat and Cairo · Cairo (Fostat), Egypt

15th century

  1. 1412 AD Strict enforcement of anti-Jewish laws under Burji Mamelukes · Egypt
  2. 1468 AD Expulsion of Jews from Cairo · Cairo, Egypt

16th century

  1. 1524 AD Ahmad Pasha's revenge on the Jews of Egypt · Egypt
  2. c. 1600–1699 AD Robbery and oppression of Jews by the ḳadi al-'asakir · Egypt

18th century

  1. c. 1798–1801 AD Napoleon fines Jews and orders synagogue destroyed in Alexandria · Alexandria, Egypt

19th century

  1. 1840 AD Release of Damascus prisoners and declaration of innocence · Alexandria, Egypt and elsewhere
  2. 1844 AD Accusation against Jews in Cairo · Cairo, Egypt
  3. 1844 AD Blood libel at Alexandria (1844) · Alexandria, Egypt
  4. 1881–1882 AD Fornaraki affair · Alexandria, Egypt

20th century

  1. c. 1901–2000 AD 20th century departures of foreign nationals from Egypt · Egypt
  2. 1902 AD Blood libel at Alexandria (1902) · Alexandria, Egypt
  3. 1945 AD 1945 Anti-Jewish riots in Egypt · Egypt
  4. 1947 AD Arab League plans against partition; strife after jihad call · Cairo, Egypt
  5. 1948 AD 1948 Cairo bombings · Cairo, Egypt
  6. 1948 AD Old Jewish Quarter of Cairo Massacre · Cairo, Egypt
  7. 1948 AD Violence against Jews in Egypt · Egypt
  8. 1948–1950 AD Detention of Jews in Alexandria camps after 1948 war · Alexandria, Egypt
  9. 1951 AD Bomb thrown into Alexandria synagogue · Alexandria, Egypt
  10. 1954 AD Anti-Jewish measures in Egypt · Egypt
  11. 1954 AD Arrests of Jews under Nasser · Alexandria, Egypt
  12. 1956 AD Banishment of Jews from Alexandria after Sinai Campaign · Alexandria, Egypt
  13. 1956 AD Expulsion of Jews from Port Said · Port Said, Egypt
  14. 1967 AD Internment of Alexandria Jews after Six-Day War · Alexandria, Egypt

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