Jistory

Place in Italy

What happened to the Jews in Emilia-Romagna

89 events, 489 AD to 1945 AD

5th century

  1. 489–526 AD Christians burn synagogues in Ravenna · Ravenna, Italy

6th century

  1. 519 AD Burning of Ravenna's synagogues · Ravenna, Italy

12th century

  1. 1171 AD Expulsion of Jews from Bologna · Bologna, Italy

13th century

  1. 1226 AD Extortion of Donfolino by the mayor of Ravenna · Ravenna, Italy

14th century

  1. c. 1301–1310 AD Jews of Ferrara heavily fined by the Inquisition · Ferrara, Italy
  2. 1348 AD Plague-related violence against Jews of Parma · Parma, Italy
  3. 1366 AD Jews enclosed in a ghetto at Bologna · Bologna, Italy

15th century

  1. 1417 AD Bishop Albergati orders Jews to wear yellow badge · Bologna, Italy
  2. 1442 AD Eugene IV's bull stripping Jews of rights · Ravenna, Italy
  3. 1456 AD Borso forces Ferrara Jews to plant avenue of poplars · Ferrara, Italy
  4. 1458 AD Yellow badge order renewed at Bologna · Bologna, Italy
  5. 1473 AD Yellow wheel badge imposed on Jews of Parma · Parma, Italy
  6. 1481 AD Annulment of Jewish short-term lending decree · Parma, Italy
  7. 1488 AD Anti-Jewish disorders and sacking of loan banks in Forlì · Forlì, Italy
  8. 1491 AD Expulsion of Jews from Ravenna · Ravenna, Italy

16th century

  1. 1553 AD Burning of the Talmud and Hebrew books at Bologna · Bologna, Italy
  2. 1553 AD Burning of the Talmud at Ferrara · Ferrara, Italy
  3. 1553 AD Talmud confiscation and burning at Ravenna · Ravenna, Italy
  4. 1554 AD Italian Jews meet in Ferrara over Talmud ban · Ferrara, Italy
  5. 1556 AD Jews again enclosed in a ghetto at Bologna · Bologna, Italy
  6. 1569 AD Expulsion of Jews from Bologna · Bologna, Italy
  7. 1569 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Cesena · Cesena, Italy
  8. 1569 AD Jewish cemetery of Bologna given to monks to be destroyed · Bologna, Italy
  9. 1570 AD Yellow badge ordered and Jews expelled from Parma area villages · Parma, Italy
  10. 1586 AD Sixtus V permits Jews to return to Bologna · Bologna, Italy
  11. 1587–1589 AD Authorization of Jewish loan banks in Rimini · Rimini, Italy
  12. 1593 AD Banishment of Jews from Ravenna by Clement VIII · Ravenna, Italy
  13. 1593 AD Expulsion of Jews from Bologna · Bologna, Italy
  14. 1593 AD Expulsion of Jews from Rimini by papal bull · Rimini, Italy
  15. 1593 AD Jews forbidden to settle in Bologna · Bologna, Italy
  16. 1598 AD Ban on Jewish moneylending and banking in Ferrara · Ferrara, Italy
  17. 1598 AD Ferrara constitution imposing the Jews' badge and restrictions · Ferrara, Italy
  18. 1598 AD Papal restrictions imposed on the Jews of Cento · Cento, Italy
  19. 1598–1602 AD Forced sale of Jewish property in Ferrara · Ferrara, Italy
  20. 1599 AD Jews again allowed to open banks in Ferrara · Ferrara, Italy

17th century

  1. 1624 AD Ghetto established in Ferrara, Italy · Ferrara, Italy
  2. 1636 AD Ghetto established in Cento · Cento, Italy
  3. 1638 AD Establishment of the Modena ghetto · Modena, Italy
  4. 1648 AD Mob outrages in the Ferrara ghetto · Ferrara, Italy
  5. 1651 AD Mob attack on the Ferrara ghetto (1651) · Ferrara, Italy
  6. 1689 AD Attacks on Jews of Cento after fall of Buda · Cento, Italy
  7. 1700 AD Opera Pia dei Catecumeni founded in Modena · Modena, Italy

18th century

  1. 1705 AD Mob attack on the Ferrara ghetto (1705) · Ferrara, Italy
  2. 1708 AD Abolition of Jewish judicial autonomy in Ferrara · Ferrara, Italy
  3. 1721 AD Blood libel charge in Ferrara · Ferrara, Italy
  4. 1732–1733 AD Roman decree of 1732 and 1733 edict against Ferrara Jews · Ferrara, Italy
  5. 1735 AD Jews' badge on journeys abolished in Ferrara · Ferrara, Italy
  6. 1747 AD Mob attack on the Ferrara ghetto (1747) · Ferrara, Italy
  7. 1749 AD Limits on stay of Jews visiting Parma · Parma, Italy
  8. 1751 AD Law forbidding Jews to make contracts · Parma, Italy
  9. 1754 AD Mob attack on the Ferrara ghetto (1754) · Ferrara, Italy
  10. 1796 AD French decree grants Jews equal rights at Bologna · Bologna, Italy
  11. 1796 AD French remove civil disabilities of Ferrara Jews · Ferrara, Italy
  12. 1797 AD Abolition of the ghetto at Cento · Cento, Italy
  13. 1797 AD Ghetto gates torn down under French rule · Ferrara, Italy
  14. 1799 AD Fine and restoration of old laws after Austrian return · Ferrara, Italy
  15. 1799 AD Mob fury against Jews on Austrian entry into Ferrara · Ferrara, Italy

19th century

  1. 1802 AD Equality of rights restored under the French · Ferrara, Italy
  2. 1803 AD Equal rights granted to Jews of Parma · Parma, Italy
  3. c. 1815 AD Ghetto restrictions renewed during the Restoration · Modena, Italy
  4. 1815 AD Jews of surrounding villages allowed to resettle in Parma · Parma, Italy
  5. 1815 AD Pius VII demands removal of Jews from public office · Ferrara, Italy
  6. 1815 AD Restoration of exceptional laws against Jews at Cento · Cento, Italy
  7. 1819 AD Jewish funerals required to be private · Parma, Italy
  8. 1826 AD Ghetto gates restored in Ferrara under Leo XII · Ferrara, Italy
  9. 1827 AD Renewed restrictions on Ferrara Jews · Ferrara, Italy
  10. 1831 AD Ghetto gates torn down and rights granted in 1831 · Ferrara, Italy
  11. 1836 AD Expulsion of Risorgimento-linked Jews from Bologna · Bologna, Italy
  12. 1837 AD Community punished for Rabbi Reggio's public funeral · Ferrara, Italy
  13. 1848 AD Ghetto gate pillars destroyed and equality obtained · Ferrara, Italy
  14. 1849 AD Jews' rights withdrawn after the pope's restoration · Ferrara, Italy
  15. 1849 AD Return of ghetto confinement and restrictions in Papal States · Rome, Italy
  16. 1857 AD Ban on leaving the city abolished · Ferrara, Italy
  17. 1858 AD Abduction of Edgar Mortara · Bologna, Italy
  18. 1859 AD Civil and political equality proclaimed in Romagna · Bologna, Italy
  19. 1859 AD Final emancipation of Jews of Parma · Parma, Italy
  20. 1859 AD Full equality granted to the Jews of Modena · Modena, Italy
  21. 1859 AD Jews of Cento receive full citizenship rights · Cento, Italy
  22. 1859–1860 AD Jews of Ferrara freed with Italian unification · Ferrara, Italy
  23. 1861 AD Emancipation of the Jews of Modena · Modena, Italy

20th century

  1. 1938 AD Anti-Jewish laws applied in Bologna · Bologna, Italy
  2. 1938 AD Racial laws applied to Jews of Cesena · Cesena, Italy
  3. 1941 AD Ferrara synagogue devastated by fascists · Ferrara, Italy
  4. 1943 AD Deportation of Cesena Jews to Auschwitz · Cesena, Italy
  5. 1943 AD Ferrara Jews deported to extermination camps · Ferrara, Italy
  6. 1943 AD Three Jews killed in the streets of Ferrara · Ferrara, Italy
  7. 1943–1944 AD Concentration camp in Forlì holding mostly Jewish prisoners · Forlì, Italy
  8. 1943–1945 AD Deportation of Bologna Jews to death camps · Bologna, Italy
  9. 1944 AD Nazi massacre at Forlì airport · Forlì, Italy

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