Jistory

Place in Lithuania

What happened to the Jews in Vilnius (Wilna)

27 events, 1551 AD to 1993 AD

16th century

  1. 1551 AD Lithuanian nobles urge special poll tax on Jews at Diet of Wilna · Vilnius (Wilna), Lithuania
  2. 1555 AD Illegal treatment of Jews by Wilna magistrate · Vilnius (Wilna), Lithuania
  3. 1592 AD Citizens of Wilna destroy the Jewish bet ha-midrash · Vilnius (Wilna), Lithuania

17th century

  1. 1635 AD Mob destroys Jewish prayer-house in Wilna · Vilnius (Wilna), Lithuania
  2. 1635 AD Riot in Vilna · Vilnius (Vilna), Lithuania
  3. 1653 AD King John Casimir restricts Jewish occupations · Vilnius (Wilna), Lithuania
  4. 1654 AD Cossack and Russian conquest of Wilna: Jews killed · Vilnius (Wilna), Lithuania
  5. 1655 AD Expulsion of the Jews from Wilna by the Russians · Vilnius (Wilna), Lithuania
  6. 1663 AD Wilna glaziers' union bars Jews · Vilnius (Wilna), Lithuania
  7. 1664 AD Fishermen's union excludes Jews from fishing trade · Vilnius (Wilna), Lithuania
  8. 1664 AD Jews barred from silversmith and goldsmith trades · Vilnius (Wilna), Lithuania
  9. 1666 AD Jews excluded from the grain business in Wilna · Vilnius (Wilna), Lithuania
  10. 1667 AD Jews excluded from tanning in Wilna · Vilnius (Wilna), Lithuania
  11. 1669 AD Jews excluded from bristle manufacturing in Wilna · Vilnius (Wilna), Lithuania
  12. 1681 AD Attack in Vilna · Vilnius (Vilna), Lithuania

18th century

  1. 1742 AD Wilna Jews forced to surrender grain-trade privileges · Vilnius (Wilna), Lithuania

19th century

  1. 1900 AD Blondes Case in Vilna · Vilnius (Vilna), Lithuania

20th century

  1. 1919–1920 AD Vilna pogrom · Vilnius (Vilna), Lithuania
  2. 1938 AD Pogrom in Vilna, Poland · Vilnius (Vilna), Lithuania
  3. 1941 AD 33,500 of Vilna's 57,000 Jews already murdered · Vilnius (Vilna), Lithuania
  4. 1941 AD During the month of July 1941, Einsatzkommando 9 murders approximately 5,000… · Vilnius (Vilna), Lithuania
  5. 1941 AD Nazi raid on Vilna ghetto leaves 3,000 dead at Ponary · Vilnius (Vilna), Lithuania
  6. 1941 AD Vilna Jewish leader Dr. Jacob Wigodsky arrested · Vilnius (Vilna), Lithuania
  7. 1941–1943 AD Vilna Ghetto · Vilnius, Lithuania
  8. 1942 AD Vitka Kempner sets out to mine a German train · Vilnius (Vilna), Lithuania
  9. 1943 AD SS authorities order the final deportation of Jews from the Vilna (Vilne)… · Vilnius (Vilna), Lithuania
  10. 1993 AD Desecration of Jewish cemeteries in Vilnius and Kaunas · Vilnius, Lithuania

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