Expulsion2
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Expulsion of Jews from Isfahan
All Jews are expelled from Isfahan because of the common belief of their impurity. The ones who stay are forced to convert to Islam.
- 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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Massacre / pogrom9
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Cossack invasion of Bukovina
The Cossack invasion from Ukraine brought great suffering to the Jews of the region.
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- Cossacks
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Cossack massacre of the Jews of Lublin
Cossacks killed most of the many thousands of Jews in Lublin, including refugees from nearby villages and many rabbis and scholars.
- By
- Cossacks
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Jews martyred in the Swedish-Polish war
Many Jews of Great Poland were killed during the war between Sweden and Poland.
- By
- Unknown
- Where
- Greater Poland, Poland
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Jews slain in Gnesen
Two years after the plundering of the Jews' street, some Jews of Gnesen were killed.
- By
- Unknown
- Where
- Gniezno (Gnesen), Greater Poland, 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.
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- Polish populace, army and partisan detachments
- Where
- Poland
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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.
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- 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 conversion2
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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 law9
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Bishop demands Jews clear land for a church
The Russian bishop asked a Brest priest to build a church on a site occupied by Jewish houses and to give the Jews notice to clear the ground.
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- Russian Orthodox bishop Petei
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Captain of Corfu levies 10,000 reals on Jews
The captain of the island imposed a tax of 10,000 reals on the Jews despite their offer of an annual military contribution. After they protested, the Senate ordered the money returned.
- By
- Captain of Corfu
- Where
- Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece
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New Netherland bars Jews from synagogue, public service and retail shops
The Dutch authorities denied Jews the right to build a synagogue and soon also excluded them from public employment and from opening retail shops.
- By
- Dutch West India Company directors
- Where
- New Netherland, United States
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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.
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- 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.
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- Ottoman soldiery
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Readmission / emancipation3
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Barbados Jews granted rights of English law
After petitioning, the Jews of Barbados were given the benefit of the laws and statutes of England and the island that applied to foreigners and strangers.
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- Government of Barbados
- Where
- Barbados
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Jews readmitted to England
After the Whitehall Conference of 1655, Oliver Cromwell's government informally allowed Jews to live and worship openly in England for the first time since 1290.
- By
- Oliver Cromwell (Commonwealth of England)
- Where
- England, United Kingdom
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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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