Expulsion4
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Expulsion edict of 1506 against the Jews of Nördlingen
An edict ordered all Jews to leave the city by March 1507, and it was strictly enforced; Jews were barred from residence until 1860 apart from temporary wartime shelter.
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- City of Nördlingen, confirmed by the emperor
- Where
- Nördlingen, Bavaria, Germany
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Series of expulsions of Jews, 1503-1516
Despite the Diet's 1501 resolution never to expel Jews again, a series of expulsions took place in 1503, 1504, 1506, 1507, 1512 and 1516.
- By
- Unknown
- Where
- Germany
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Expulsion of Regensburg exiles from surrounding settlements
The Jews who had settled near Regensburg under the Duke of Bavaria's protection were expelled from those places later in the sixteenth century.
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- Duke of Bavaria
- Where
- Stadtamhof, Bavaria, GermanyRegensburg, Bavaria, Germany
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Expulsion of the Jews from Pilsen
During the sixteenth century the Jews of Pilsen were expelled, as in most other Bohemian cities.
- By
- Unknown
- Where
- Plzeň (Pilsen), Bohemia, Czech Republic
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Massacre / pogrom3
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Inquisition burns twenty-two Jews in effigy
The Inquisition condemned twenty-two Jews, dead or absent, and burned them in effigy.
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- Inquisition
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Lisbon massacre
Over three days in April 1506, mobs in Lisbon, urged on by Dominican friars, killed hundreds and perhaps thousands of New Christians, converts of Jewish origin.
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- Lisbon mobs incited by Dominican friars
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- Jewish Encyclopedia (1906): Marrano (opens in a new tab)
- Jewish Encyclopedia (1906): Lisbon (opens in a new tab)
- Jewish Encyclopedia (1906): Portugal (opens in a new tab)
- Encyclopaedia Judaica: Lisbon (opens in a new tab)
- Encyclopaedia Judaica: Portugal (opens in a new tab)
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Massacre in St
A marrano expresses his doubts about miracle visions at St. Dominics Church in Lisbon, Portugal. The crowd, led by Dominican friars, kills him, then ransacks Jewish houses and slaughters any Jew they could find.
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- Dominican friars
- Where
- St
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Forced conversion1
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Abraham Zacuto, astronomer, flees Spain for Portugal
The astronomer and historian Abraham Zacuto produced tables that Columbus used. After the 1492 expulsion he moved to Portugal, where he devised the metal astrolabe used by Vasco da Gama.
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- Columbus
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Discriminatory law9
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Ferdinand orders bishops to act against Jews in the West Indies
The king instructed bishops to take action against Jews who had already settled in the West Indies.
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- King Ferdinand
- Where
- West Indies (several countries)
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Jews prevented from leaving Bratislava
Ladislas II blocked a Jewish attempt to leave Bratislava and confiscated the property of those who had already left.
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- Ladislas II
- Where
- Bratislava, Slovakia
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Captured Jews enslaved on Rhodes by the Knights
Over two decades, the Order's ships captured 2,000 to 3,000 Jews who were brought to Rhodes and held as slaves to labor on fortifications.
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- Knights Hospitalers of St. John
- Where
- Rhodes, Dodecanese, Greece
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Heavy taxes imposed on Jews by Ladislaus II
King Ladislaus II, constantly short of money, burdened the Jews with heavy taxation during his reign.
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- King Ladislaus II
- Where
- Hungary
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Ladislas VI cancels debts owed to Jews
During his reign King Ladislas VI annulled all debts owed to Jews, worsening their economic situation.
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- King Ladislas VI
- Where
- Hungary
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Special tax imposed on the Jews of Sopron
The town's governor levied a special tax on the Jews from 1495 until the king took them under his protection in 1523.
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- Governor of the town
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Popes enforce Jew-badge and cancel debts owed to Jews
Successive popes renewed and intensified restrictions on Jews, annulled debts of ten years' standing owed to them, and forced them to wear the Jew-badge under severe penalties.
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- Popes Alexander VI, Clement VII, Paul IV and Pius V
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Venetian ban on Jewish property ownership in Dalmatia
A Venetian doge's ordinance barred Jews in Dalmatia from owning real estate, which effectively kept them from settling there.
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- Venetian doge
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Jews excluded from Moscow for religious enmity
From the early sixteenth century to the mid-seventeenth century Jews were barred from living in or entering Moscow because of religious hostility.
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- Russian rulers
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False accusation (libel)2
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First auto da fé at Palma: 22 Judaizers burned in effigy
The Inquisition held its first auto da fé at Palma in the Balearic Isles, burning 22 Judaizers in effigy.
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- Inquisition
- Where
- Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
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Spanish Inquisition
Established with papal approval, the Inquisition investigated and tried conversos (converted Jews and their descendants) suspected of secretly practising Judaism. Thousands were executed and many more punished.
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- Ferdinand II and Isabella I, with Pope Sixtus IV
- Where
- SpainSpanish Empire (several countries)
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Destruction1
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Demolition of the Frankfurt (Oder) synagogue
The Jewish synagogue was torn down and the new university was built on its site.
- By
- Unknown
- Where
- Frankfurt (Oder), Brandenburg, Germany
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Readmission / emancipation1
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Sigismund I lifts tax on the synagogues of Lutsk
Sigismund I relieved the Rabbinite and Karaite synagogues of Lutsk of an annual tax that the city authorities had imposed on them.
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- Sigismund I
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