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What happened to the Jews in Europe

16 events, 305 AD to 1945 AD

4th century

  1. 305 AD Church Councils issue discriminatory legislation against Jews · Europe (several countries)

11th century

  1. 1012 AD Expulsion of Jews from Europe · Europe (several countries)

12th century

  1. 1141 AD Blood libel charges begin against Jews · Europe (several countries)

13th century

  1. 1215 AD Fourth Lateran Council anti-Jewish legislation and badge · Europe (several countries)
  2. 1215 AD Fourth Lateran Council imposes the yellow "Badge of Shame" · Europe (several countries)
  3. 1215 AD Host desecration accusations against Jews · Europe (several countries)
  4. 1240 AD Jews blamed for the Mongol raids · Europe (several countries)

14th century

  1. c. 1340 AD Well-poisoning libel during the Black Death · Europe (several countries)

16th century

  1. 1516 AD Venice creates the ghetto to confine Jews · Europe (several countries)
  2. 1531 AD Earliest recorded Jewish play performed in Venice ghetto · Europe (several countries)

19th century

  1. 1848 AD Political equality secured for Jews in the revolutions of 1848 · Europe (several countries)
  2. c. 1870 AD Jewish emancipation accepted across Europe · Europe (several countries)

20th century

  1. 1938–1945 AD The Holocaust (Ha Shoah), resulting in the methodical extermination of nearly 6… · Europe (several countries)
  2. 1939 AD Operation Tannenberg · Europe (several countries)
  3. 1941 AD Göring orders Heydrich to prepare the "Final Solution" · Europe (several countries)
  4. 1943 AD BBC chief orders Holocaust atrocities downplayed · Europe (several countries)

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