Expulsion3
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Expulsion of the Jews from Baden-Durlach
Jews who had been tolerated in Baden-Durlach were expelled during the Thirty Years' War.
- By
- Baden-Durlach authorities
- Where
- Baden-Durlach, Germany
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Jews compelled to leave Kassel during Thirty Years' War
During the Thirty Years' War the Jews of Kassel were forced to leave the city.
- By
- Unknown
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Parliament of Orange renews expulsion decree
During the first half of the 17th century the parliament of Orange repeatedly renewed the decree expelling Jews.
- By
- Parliament of Orange
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Massacre / pogrom3
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Antonio Homem burned at the stake in Lisbon
Antonio Homem, who led services in a secret synagogue of crypto-Jews, was executed by burning for his adherence to Judaism.
- By
- Inquisition
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Christian theologian Antonio Homem is burned at the stake for pursuing Judaism
- By
- Unknown
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Persecution of the Jews of Jerusalem under Murad IV
An Arab who had bought the governorship of Jerusalem persecuted the city's Jews during Murad IV's reign.
- By
- Arab governor of Jerusalem
- Where
- Jerusalem
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Forced conversion3
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Persian Jews forcibly converted to Islam
Jews in Persia were compelled to convert to Islam.
- By
- Unknown
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Compulsory Jesuit conversion sermons
Under Ferdinand II, Jews were forced to attend Jesuit sermons intended to bring about their conversion.
- By
- Ferdinand II and the Jesuits
- Where
- Bohemia, Czech Republic
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Persecution and forced conversion under Shah Abbas I and II
Persecution and forced conversion begun under Shah Abbas I and renewed under Abbas II struck the Jewish communities of Persia, Isfahan's included, during the 17th century.
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- Shah Abbas I and Shah Abbas II
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Discriminatory law6
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Sigismund II bans Jewish residence in Smolensk
When Smolensk passed to Poland, the king prohibited Jews from living in the city, though some stayed anyway. The ban's date is only implied by the start of Polish rule.
- By
- King Sigismund II
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Ban on Jewish real estate ownership in Split
Because Jews were growing wealthy, Split prohibited them from owning real estate except with a special license, so that gentiles could not pledge houses and land to Jews.
- By
- Venetian authorities of Split
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Robbery and oppression of Jews by the ḳadi al-'asakir
A military judge sent from Constantinople robbed and oppressed the Jews of Egypt, bringing a severe trial upon them. It probably happened in the seventeenth century.
- By
- Ḳadi al-'asakir sent from Constantinople
- Where
- Egypt
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Toulouse parliament limits Jewish stays in Montpellier
The parliament of Toulouse allowed Jews from the Comtat-Venaissin to stay in Montpellier only one month in each season.
- By
- Parliament of Toulouse
- Where
- Montpellier, Languedoc, France
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Siegburg Jews forced to quarter troops
In the seventeenth century the Jews of Siegburg were made to host troops, in breach of the terms of their charter.
- By
- Unknown
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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.
- By
- Russian rulers
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Ghettoization2
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Ghetto established in Ferrara, Italy
- By
- Ghetto
- Where
- Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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Jews confined to the Unterer Werd ghetto
Jews were restricted to a ghetto in the "Unterer Werd" made up of 15 houses. Over the following decades the community expanded to 132 houses.
- By
- Unknown
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False accusation (libel)1
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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.
- By
- Ferdinand II and Isabella I, with Pope Sixtus IV
- Where
- SpainSpanish Empire (several countries)
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Destruction2
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Gershon ben Eliezer Yiddels
Gershon ben Eliezer ha-Levi Yiddels of Prague (Hebrew: גרשון בן אליעזר הלוי יידלש מפראג, romanized: Gershon ben Eliʻezer ha-Levi Yidelsh mi-Prag; fl. 17th century) was a possibly fictitious Jewish travel writer.
- By
- Unknown
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Soldiery burn Jewish quarters of Constantinople
In the seventeenth century, with the sultans weak and Muslim fanaticism growing, soldiers repeatedly set fire to Jewish quarters in order to plunder.
- By
- Ottoman soldiery
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Readmission / emancipation3
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Distinctive sign suspended for the Jews of Vienna
The requirement for Jews to wear the distinctive sign was suspended in Vienna.
- By
- Vienna authorities
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Bethlen grants Jews privileges of settlement, commerce and worship
Grand duke Gabriel Bethlen allowed Jews to settle in fortified cities, trade across the country and practise their religion freely; the national assembly made this law in 1627, though it was short-lived.
- By
- Gabriel Bethlen, grand duke of Transylvania
- Where
- Transylvania, Romania
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Readmission of Jews to Baden-Baden
Jews were allowed back into Baden-Baden during the Thirty Years' War.
- By
- Baden-Baden authorities
- Where
- Baden-Baden, Baden, Germany
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