Jistory

Place in Greece

What happened to the Jews in Ionian Islands

22 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
  5. 1498 AD Venice offers privileges to settlers on Zakynthos · Zakynthos, 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  3. 1679–1680 AD Law-practice ban extended to Corfu, then withdrawn · Corfu, Greece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. 1815–1864 AD English rule bars Jews from citizenship · Zakynthos, Greece
  4. 1862 AD Ghetto gates torn down in Zante · Zakynthos, Greece
  5. 1864 AD Anti-Jewish riots after annexation to Greece · Corfu, Greece
  6. c. 1864 AD Full civil and political rights after annexation to Greece · Corfu, Greece
  7. 1864 AD Jews of Zante granted civil and political rights · Zakynthos, Greece
  8. 1891 AD Anti-Jewish excesses in Zante · Zakynthos, Greece
  9. 1891 AD Ritual murder libel in Corfu forces Jews to flee · Corfu, Greece
  10. 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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