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Place in Greece

What happened to the Jews in Corfu

17 events, 1406 AD to 1989 AD

15th century

  1. 1406 AD Venice orders yellow badge for Jews of Corfu · Corfu, Greece
  2. 1408 AD Limit on Jewish land ownership in Corfu · Corfu, Greece
  3. 1408 AD Venetian Senate repeals Corfu badge decree · Corfu, Greece
  4. 1425 AD Corfu Jews compelled to tear down their houses · Corfu, Greece

17th century

  1. 1622 AD Corfu Jews confined to a special quarter · Corfu, Greece
  2. 1656 AD Captain of Corfu levies 10,000 reals on Jews · Corfu, Greece
  3. 1679–1680 AD Law-practice ban extended to Corfu, then withdrawn · Corfu, Greece

18th century

  1. 1774 AD Order to remove Jewish lawyers from court in Corfu · Corfu, Greece
  2. 1797–1799 AD Full citizenship for Jews under French rule of Corfu · Corfu, Greece

19th century

  1. 1805–1815 AD Full citizenship for Jews under renewed French rule of Corfu · Corfu, Greece
  2. 1815–1863 AD Jews of Corfu lose rights under British protectorate · Corfu, Greece
  3. 1864 AD Anti-Jewish riots after annexation to Greece · Corfu, Greece
  4. c. 1864 AD Full civil and political rights after annexation to Greece · Corfu, Greece
  5. 1891 AD Ritual murder libel in Corfu forces Jews to flee · Corfu, Greece
  6. 1891 AD Violence against Jews in Corfu · Corfu, Greece

20th century

  1. 1944 AD Deportation of Corfu Jews to Auschwitz · Corfu, Greece
  2. c. 1980–1989 AD Damage to the Corfu synagogue doors · Corfu, Greece

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