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Place in Romania

What happened to the Jews in Wallachia

37 events, 1594 AD to 1948 AD

16th century

  1. 1594 AD Massacre of the Jews of Bucharest · Bucharest, Romania
  2. 1594–1595 AD Princes of Wallachia and Moldavia kill Jewish and Muslim creditors · Wallachia, Romania

17th century

  1. 1640 AD Church laws brand Jews heretics and forbid relations with them · Moldavia, Romania
  2. c. 1689–1714 AD Jews restricted to one suburb of Bucharest · Bucharest, Romania
  3. 1695 AD Special assessments on Bucharest Jews for the Turkish war · Bucharest, Romania

18th century

  1. 1714–1716 AD Extortion and ill-treatment of Jews under Stephen Cantacuzene · Wallachia, Romania
  2. 1715 AD Riot in Bucharest kills the Jewish provost · Bucharest, Romania
  3. 1715 AD Synagogue of Bucharest ordered demolished · Bucharest, Romania
  4. 1764–1766 AD Second synagogue demolished by Alexander Ghika · Bucharest, Romania
  5. 1769–1774 AD Janizary violence and plunder against Jews · Bucharest, Romania
  6. 1770 AD Populace attacks Jews of Bucharest · Bucharest, Romania
  7. 1774–1782 AD Synagogue destroyed by Alexander Ypsilanti · Bucharest, Romania
  8. 1786–1789 AD Jewish artisans forced to work for the Turks · Bucharest, Romania
  9. 1793–1796 AD Jews forbidden to sell cosmetics · Bucharest, Romania
  10. 1793–1796 AD Moruzi closes synagogue and punishes Jewish defenders · Bucharest, Romania

19th century

  1. 1801 AD Massacre of 1801 in Bucharest · Bucharest, Romania
  2. 1804 AD Ritual murder accusation in Bucharest · Bucharest, Romania
  3. 1806 AD December 1806 massacre and baptism ultimatum · Bucharest, Romania
  4. 1806–1812 AD Ban on working on Christian festivals · Bucharest, Romania
  5. 1812 AD Kalmuck terror against Jews in Bucharest · Bucharest, Romania
  6. 1812–1818 AD Caradja revives restrictions on Jews · Bucharest, Romania
  7. 1812–1818 AD Jews blamed for spreading the plague · Bucharest, Romania
  8. 1821 AD Hetærists pillage the Jewish quarter · Bucharest, Romania
  9. 1822 AD Turkish soldiers attack Jews and others in Bucharest · Bucharest, Romania
  10. c. 1822–1828 AD Jews driven out of Bucharest as plague carriers · Bucharest, Romania
  11. 1827 AD Decree barring Moldavian Jews from settling in Bucharest · Bucharest, Romania
  12. 1832 AD New constitution curtails Jewish community autonomy · Bucharest, Romania
  13. 1834 AD Ritual murder accusation against Jews in Bucharest · Bucharest, Romania
  14. 1856 AD Treaty of Paris proclaims religious and civil liberties in the principalities · Moldavia, Romania
  15. 1864 AD Arrest and expulsion of Rabbi Malbim · Bucharest, Romania
  16. 1866 AD Bucharest synagogue demolished and Jews attacked · Bucharest, Romania
  17. c. 1866 AD Rise of anti-Semitism and loss of official recognition of communities · Bucharest, Romania
  18. 1893 AD Law practically excluding Jewish children from public schools · Bucharest, Romania
  19. 1897 AD December 1897 riot in Bucharest · Bucharest, Romania

20th century

  1. 1941 AD Bucharest pogrom · Bucharest, Romania
  2. 1941 AD Iron Guard rebellion violence against Bucharest Jews · Bucharest, Romania
  3. 1948 AD Violent attack on Zionist Organization branch in Bucharest · Bucharest, Romania

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