19th century
- 1835–1852 AD Russian anti-Jewish legislation extended to Bessarabia · Bessarabia, Moldova
- 1839 AD Frontier-zone removal decree extended to Bessarabia · Bessarabia, Moldova
- 1858 AD Edict of 1858 restricting Jewish residence near the frontier · Bessarabia, Moldova
- 1859 AD Czar permits Jews to buy land in Bessarabia · Bessarabia, Moldova
- 1869 AD 1869 decree expelling Jews from the Bessarabian border area · Bessarabia, Moldova
- 1872 AD Anti-Jewish riots in Izmail, Kagul and Vilkovo · Izmail, Ukraine and elsewhere
- 1879 AD 1879 decree expelling Jews from the Bessarabian border area · Bessarabia, Moldova
- 1886 AD 1886 decree expelling Jews from the Bessarabian border area · Bessarabia, Moldova
- 1891 AD 1891 decree expelling Jews from the Bessarabian border area · Bessarabia, Moldova
20th century
- 1903 AD Kishinef riot · Chișinău (Kishinev), Moldova
- 1903 AD Kishinev pogrom · Chișinău (Kishinev), Moldova
- 1905 AD Second Kishinev pogrom · Chișinău (Kishinev), Moldova
- 1905 AD Wave of pogroms across Bessarabia · Bessarabia, Moldova
- 1917 AD Civic equality granted to Bessarabian Jews · Bessarabia, Moldova
- 1917–1918 AD Looting of Jewish homes by retreating Russian troops · Chișinău (Kishinev), Moldova
- 1918 AD Romanian citizenship granted to Bessarabian Jews · Bessarabia, Moldova
- c. 1922–1930 AD Romanian authorities strip Jewish schools of their Jewish character in Bessarabia · Bessarabia, Moldova
- 1924 AD Romanian Nationality Law strips Bessarabian Jews of citizenship · Bessarabia, Moldova
- 1924 AD Romanian authorities strip Bessarabian Jews of citizenship · Chișinău (Kishinev), Moldova
- 1930 AD Pogrom in Bălți · Bălți, Moldova
- 1938 AD Antisemitic laws of the Cuza government · Chișinău (Kishinev), Moldova
- 1938 AD Denationalization of Bessarabian Jewish families · Bessarabia, Moldova
- 1940–1941 AD Soviet closure of Jewish institutions and ban on Zionism · Chișinău (Kishinev), Moldova
- 1941 AD Concentration of Jews in ghettos and camps · Bessarabia, Moldova and elsewhere
- 1941 AD Death marches of 150,000 Jews in Bessarabia · Bessarabia, Moldova and elsewhere
- 1941 AD Einsatzkommando kills over 1,000 Jews at Kishinev · Chișinău (Kishinev), Moldova
- 1941 AD Establishment of Kishinev ghetto and yellow badge order · Chișinău (Kishinev), Moldova
- 1941 AD German squads begin killing remaining Kishinev Jews · Chișinău (Kishinev), Moldova
- 1941 AD Killing of 411 Jews on August 1 · Chișinău (Kishinev), Moldova
- 1941 AD Liquidation of 551 Jews on August 7 · Chișinău (Kishinev), Moldova
- 1941 AD Massacres of Jews in Bessarabia, Bukovina and Dorohoi · Bessarabia, Moldova and elsewhere
- 1941 AD Over 150,000 Jews killed in Bessarabia · Bessarabia, Moldova
- 1941 AD Romanian gendarmes remove ghetto inmates for forced labor · Chișinău (Kishinev), Moldova
- 1941 AD Soviet arrest and exile of Jewish activists and wealthy Jews · Chișinău (Kishinev), Moldova
- 1941 AD Soviet purge and deportation of Bessarabian Jews · Bessarabia, Moldova
- 1941 AD Thousands of Jews murdered at Edineti · Edineț, Moldova
- 1941 AD Thousands of Jews murdered at Kishinev · Chișinău (Kishinev), Moldova
- 1956 AD Kishinev rabbi forced to sign protest against Sinai Campaign · Chișinău (Kishinev), Moldova
- c. 1960–1969 AD Jewish cemetery of Kishinev closed and desecrated · Chișinău (Kishinev), Moldova
- 1961 AD Bar-mitzvah ceremony banned in Kishinev · Chișinău (Kishinev), Moldova
- 1962 AD Arrest of 31 Kishinev Jews for "economic crimes" · Chișinău (Kishinev), Moldova
- 1964 AD Closure of all but one Kishinev synagogue · Chișinău (Kishinev), Moldova
- 1965 AD Baking of matzah permitted in Kishinev · Chișinău (Kishinev), Moldova
- 1967 AD Jewish students expelled from Kishinev university · Chișinău (Kishinev), Moldova
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