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What happened to the Jews in Jerusalem

54 events, 586 BC to 2023 AD

6th century BC

  1. c. 586 BC Destruction of the First Temple · Jerusalem
  2. 586 BC Expulsion of Jews from Jerusalem · Jerusalem
  3. 536 BC Cyrus permits the return to Zion and rebuilding of the Temple · Judah, Israel and Palestinian territories and elsewhere
  4. 516 BC Babylonian exile · Jerusalem

1st century

  1. 66 AD Cestius Gallus attacks Jerusalem · Jerusalem
  2. 66 AD Florus seizes Temple funds and plunders Jerusalem · Jerusalem
  3. 66 AD Jerusalem riots of 66 · Jerusalem
  4. 70 AD Destruction of the Second Temple · Jerusalem
  5. 73 AD Jerusalem · Jerusalem

2nd century

  1. 134 AD Further destruction of Jerusalem after the Bar Kokba revolt · Jerusalem
  2. c. 135 AD Hadrian bars Jews from Ælia Capitolina · Jerusalem
  3. 135–138 AD Hadrian bans Jews from Jerusalem · Judea, Israel and Palestinian territories and elsewhere

4th century

  1. 325 AD Expulsion of Jews from Jerusalem · Jerusalem
  2. 325 AD Renewed ban on Jews entering Christian Jerusalem · Jerusalem
  3. c. 352 AD Constantius renews ban on Jews entering Jerusalem · Jerusalem
  4. 363 AD Julian orders rebuilding of the Temple · Jerusalem

5th century

  1. 438 AD Jews again permitted to live in Jerusalem · Jerusalem

7th century

  1. c. 615 AD Jews of Jerusalem exiled to Persia · Jerusalem
  2. 617 AD Anti-Jewish measures in Jerusalem · Jerusalem

11th century

  1. 1071 AD Synagogue attacked in Jerusalem · Jerusalem
  2. 1099 AD Crusaders burn the Jews of Jerusalem · Jerusalem
  3. c. 1100–1187 AD Crusaders bar Jews from residing in Jerusalem · Jerusalem

12th century

  1. 1187 AD Saladin reputedly invites Jews to return to Palestine · Jerusalem
  2. 1190 AD Anti-Jewish restrictions lifted in Crusaders · Jerusalem

13th century

  1. 1229 AD Anti-Jewish measures in Jerusalem · Jerusalem
  2. 1244 AD Jews killed in Khwarizmian conquest of Jerusalem · Jerusalem

15th century

  1. c. 1450 AD Mameluke sultan imposes annual tax on Jerusalem Jews · Jerusalem

16th century

  1. 1586 AD Nahmanides Synagogue in Jerusalem closed after mufti's ruling · Jerusalem

17th century

  1. 1623–1640 AD Persecution of the Jews of Jerusalem under Murad IV · Jerusalem
  2. 1625 AD Persecution of Jerusalem Jews by governor Muhammad ibn Farrukh · Jerusalem
  3. 1625–1627 AD Extortion and torture of Jerusalem Jews under Governor Ibn Farukh · Jerusalem

18th century

  1. 1720 AD Arabs burn Torah scrolls and seize the Ashkenazi synagogue in Jerusalem · Jerusalem
  2. 1720 AD Expulsion of Jews from Jerusalem · Jerusalem
  3. 1721 AD Anti-Jewish measures in Jerusalem · Jerusalem

19th century

  1. 1840 AD Sultan's firman extends Tanzimat rights to Jews · Jerusalem
  2. 1841 AD Imperial authorization eases restrictions on Jerusalem synagogues · Jerusalem and elsewhere
  3. 1847 AD Blood libel against the Jews of Jerusalem · Jerusalem
  4. 1887–1888 AD Turkish limit on stay of American Jews in Jerusalem · Jerusalem
  5. 1891 AD Anti-Jewish measures in Jerusalem · Jerusalem
  6. 1895 AD Foreign Jews barred from holding real estate in Jerusalem · Jerusalem

20th century

  1. 1920 AD Jerusalem riots · Jerusalem
  2. 1929 AD 1929 Palestine riots · Jerusalem
  3. 1934 AD Municipal Councils Ordinance limits Jewish representation · Jerusalem
  4. 1936–1939 AD 1936–39 attacks on Jews in Jerusalem · Jerusalem
  5. 1937 AD Arab attacks on Jewish buses and convoys near Jerusalem · Jerusalem
  6. 1938 AD Attacks on Jewish traffic to Jerusalem · Jerusalem
  7. 1947–1948 AD Arab siege of Jewish Jerusalem · Jerusalem
  8. 1948 AD Arab shelling of Jewish areas of Jerusalem · Jerusalem
  9. 1948 AD Hadassah medical convoy massacre · Jerusalem
  10. 1948 AD Siege of Jerusalem · Jerusalem

21st century

  1. 2022 AD 2022 Jerusalem bombings · Jerusalem
  2. 2022 AD Shuafat checkpoint shooting attack · Jerusalem
  3. 2023 AD 2023 Neve Yaakov shooting · Jerusalem
  4. 2023 AD 2023 Ramot Junction attack · Jerusalem

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