Expulsion6
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Final expulsion of Jews from Zurich
After a Jew, Aaron of Lengnau, was executed for blasphemy, the Jews were finally and totally expelled from Zurich.
- By
- Zurich authorities
- Where
- Zurich, Switzerland
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Lithuanian Jews exiled to Siberia as prisoners of war
Jews from Lithuanian towns taken by Russia in the Russo-Polish war were sent into exile in Siberia together with other prisoners.
- By
- Russian state
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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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Duke Eberhard III orders expulsion of Jews from Stuttgart
Duke Eberhard III ordered the Jews expelled because there were too many of them, giving only a few individuals fourteen days to settle affairs.
- By
- Duke Eberhard III
- Where
- Stuttgart, Württemberg, Germany
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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.
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- Parliament of Orange
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Massacre / pogrom2
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Inquisition trial and burning of Francisco Maldonado da Silva
The surgeon Maldonado da Silva was arrested in Concepción in 1627 and sent to Lima. After nearly 12 years in prison he was burned at the stake with ten others in a major auto-de-fé.
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- Inquisition (Lima tribunal)
- Where
- Concepción, Biobío, ChileLima, Peru
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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 conversion1
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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 law9
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Ban on Jewish settlement in Zurich
After a Jew was beheaded for a remark about Christianity, it was proclaimed that no Jew could settle in Zurich without special permission. No Jews lived there until the nineteenth century.
- By
- Zurich authorities
- Where
- Zurich, Switzerland
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Jews made to pay annuity to convert Masserano
Urban VIII required the Jewish community to pay 1,200 scudi a year to a convert who had written against Judaism, for five years until 1634.
- By
- Pope Urban VIII
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Diet bars Jews from administering customs
The Diet of 1630 forbade Jews to take charge of the customs, and the Diet of 1646 confirmed the ban, calling Jews unbelievers excluded from the privileges of the realm.
- By
- Hungarian Diet
- Where
- Hungary
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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.
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- 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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Pesaro Jews confined to a ghetto and made to wear yellow badge
Jews were segregated into a ghetto and forced to wear a yellow badge. They were also barred from owning real estate, restricted to trade in secondhand clothes, forbidden to employ Christians, and Jewish physicians lost the right to treat Christians.
- By
- Papal authorities
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Jews removed from central Moghilef to lower quarter
A July 1626 decree expelled the Jews from the central part of Moghilef and assigned them new quarters in the lower part of the city. Ladislaus IV confirmed it in 1633 and again in 1646.
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- King Sigismund III and King Ladislaus IV
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False accusation (libel)2
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Imprisonment and execution of Francisco Maldonado de Silva
Maldonado de Silva was seized in Concepcion, Chile, after being denounced by his sister, imprisoned for nearly twelve years, and executed at Lima.
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- Inquisition
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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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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 / emancipation1
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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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