Place in Greece

What happened to the Jews in Crete

15 events, 408 AD to 1873 AD

5th century

  1. 408 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Crete under Theodosius II · Crete, Greece

14th century

  1. 1387 AD Venetian tax on Cretan Jews raised to 2,500 hyperperes · Crete, Greece
  2. 1392–1395 AD Jews ordered to supply guards for ramparts near the ghetto · Crete, Greece
  3. 1395 AD Venetian tax on Cretan Jews raised to 3,000 hyperperes · Crete, Greece
  4. 1398 AD Interest cap of 12 per cent on Khania Jews · Chania, Greece

15th century

  1. 1403 AD Jews made to pay half the cost of repairing Candia's walls · Heraklion (Candia), Greece
  2. 1410 AD Forced loans demanded of Cretan Jews by the Venetian Senate · Crete, Greece
  3. 1431 AD Oppressive taxes laid on Cretan Jews (1431) · Crete, Greece
  4. 1432 AD Oppressive taxes laid on Cretan Jews (1432) · Crete, Greece
  5. 1433 AD Jews of Crete barred from brokerage · Crete, Greece
  6. 1439 AD Jews burdened with annual war payment of 4,000 ducats · Crete, Greece
  7. 1449 AD Khania Jews barred from lending on mortgages · Chania, Greece
  8. 1465 AD Oppressive taxes laid on Cretan Jews (1465) · Crete, Greece
  9. 1485 AD Oppressive taxes laid on Cretan Jews (1485) · Crete, Greece

19th century

  1. 1873 AD Ritual murder accusation against the Jews of Khania · Chania, Greece

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