Expulsion4
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Expulsion of the Jews from Wilna by the Russians
The surviving Jews were banished from Wilna on the order of the Russian ruler, and the community fled the city.
- By
- Russian king Alexis Mikhailovich
- Where
- Vilnius (Wilna), Lithuania
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Jews driven out of Kiev and the Ukraine under Czar Alexis
After a brief return, Jews were expelled again from Kiev and the Ukraine when the Ukraine passed to Czar Alexis Mikhailovich. Very few Jews lived there until the late eighteenth century.
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- Czar Alexis Mikhailovich
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Transfer of Jews from Kaluga to Nijni-Novgorod
A ukase ordered "Lithuanians and Jews" to be moved from Kaluga to Nijni-Novgorod, with protection and a travel allowance provided.
- By
- Russian government under Czar Alexis
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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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Massacre / pogrom11
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General massacre of Jews in Kraków
In 1655 a general massacre of Jews took place in Kraków, killing hundreds of heads of families.
- By
- Cossacks
- Where
- Kraków, Lesser Poland, Poland
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Massacre of Mahilyow Jews by Russian soldiers
Russian soldiers killed most of the Jews outside the city walls, where they had been ordered to assemble by the commander Poklonski.
- By
- Russian soldiers under commander Poklonski
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Massacre of Polotsk Jews by Russians and Cossacks
When Russian forces allied with Chmielnicki's Cossacks overran Lithuania, the Jewish community of Polotsk was slaughtered and its estates were divided among officers and nobles.
- By
- Russian army and Cossacks
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Chmielnicki massacres of Jews in Poland
Jews in Poland were persecuted and massacred during the Chmielnicki uprising, especially in 1654 and 1655. Many survivors fled by sea to Amsterdam.
- By
- Chmielnicki and his followers
- Where
- Poland
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Attacks on Jews during the Swedish invasion of Poland
During the Swedish invasion, Poles attacked Jews they accused of aiding the enemy, and Polish forces under Czarniecki and partisan bands ravaged Jewish communities.
- By
- Polish populace, army and partisan detachments
- Where
- Poland
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The Ukrainian Cossack Bohdan Chmielnicki leads a massacre of Polish gentry and Jewry that leaves an estimated 65,000 Jews dead and a similar number of gentry. The total decrease in the number of Jews is estimated at 100,000.
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- Cossacks
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The Ukrainian Cossacks led by Bohdan Chmielnicki massacre about 100,000 Jews and similar number of Polish nobles, 300 Jewish communities destroyed.
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- Bohdan Chmielnicki massacre about
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Khmelnytsky massacres
During the Cossack uprising against the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Cossack and peasant forces destroyed hundreds of Jewish communities. Estimates of Jewish deaths range from tens of thousands to over 100,000.
- By
- Cossacks under Bohdan Khmelnytsky
- Where
- Ukraine
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Khmelnytsky pogrom
Khmelnytsky pogrom (also known as Khmelnytsky massacres, or Cossack riots.). Deaths: 100,000.
- By
- Cossacks
- Where
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (several countries)
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Cossack and Tatar attacks on the Jews of Kamenetz-Podolsk
During the Cossack uprising the Jewish community of Kamenetz-Podolsk suffered greatly from Chmielnicki's Cossacks and from Crimean Tatar attacks aimed at extorting ransoms.
- By
- Chmielnicki's Cossacks and Crimean Tatars
- Where
- Kamianets-Podilskyi, Podolia, Ukraine
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Jews of Vitebsk captured and robbed by Russians
When Vitebsk fell to the Russian forces, Jewish property was seized and the Jews were held captive until peace with Poland in 1667.
- By
- Russian forces
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Forced conversion4
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Baptism of surviving Mahilyow Jews under threat
Jews who remained in the city, fearing the same fate as the massacred, declared their readiness to be baptized. Most later returned to Judaism after the war.
- By
- Russian military authorities
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Conversionist sermons and Jewish catechism in Hesse-Cassel
The state introduced sermons aimed at converting Jews and had a special catechism for Jews printed.
- By
- Landgravine Amalie Elizabeth
- Where
- Hesse-Cassel, Germany
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Forced conversion or expulsion of Hamadan Jews under Abbas II
The vizier Mohammed Bey forced Hamadan's Jews to choose between converting to Islam or leaving destitute, and killed those who refused both. Rewards for apostasy led many poor Jews to convert.
- By
- Mohammed Bey, vizier of Abbas II
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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 law7
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Jews refused militia service and taxed instead in New Amsterdam
Jews who sought to enlist in the militia were refused and were ordered to pay a tax in lieu of service.
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- New Amsterdam authorities
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Harsh anti-Jewish measures applied in Comtat Venaissin
In the second half of the seventeenth century the papal authorities fully enforced all the earlier restrictive measures against the Jews of Comtat Venaissin, making their condition unbearable.
- By
- Holy See and its councils
- Where
- Comtat Venaissin, France
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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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False accusation (libel)2
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Shabbtai Bass, Hebrew bibliographer, jailed over his press
Shabbtai ben Joseph Bass, biblical commentator and author of Siftei Yesharim, the earliest bibliography of Hebrew books, set up a printing house in 1689, though he was imprisoned several times on charges of printing anti-Christian material.
- By
- Unknown
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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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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 / emancipation5
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Dutch West India Company allows Jews to stay in New Netherland
The company directors overruled Stuyvesant and gave Jews permission to travel, trade, and live in the colony.
- By
- Directors of the Dutch West India Company
- Where
- New Netherland, United States
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Dutch West India Company lets Jews settle in New Amsterdam
The Dutch West India Company granted Jewish settlers the right to live permanently in New Amsterdam.
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- Dutch West India Company
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Jews readmitted to England by Oliver Cromwell
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- Oliver Cromwell
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Oliver Cromwell readmits Jews to England
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- Oliver Cromwell
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Jews readmitted to Rappoltsweiler under protection tax
Around the middle of the seventeenth century Jews were allowed to resettle, subject to yearly protection taxes and an admission fee for later arrivals.
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- Rappoltsweiler authorities
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