Expulsion1
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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.
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- Duke Eberhard III
- Where
- Stuttgart, Württemberg, Germany
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Massacre / pogrom5
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1660 destruction of Safed
1660 destruction of Safed: reported destruction of a Jewish town.
- By
- Unknown
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1660 destruction of Tiberias
1660 destruction of Tiberias: Reported destruction of a Jewish town.
- By
- Unknown
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Muscovite and Cossack depredations against Pinsk Jews
Muscovite armies and Cossacks attacked the Pinsk community, killing some Jews and causing loss of property.
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- Muscovite armies and Cossacks
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Persecution of Slonim Jews by Czarniecki's armies
The armies of Stephan Czarniecki persecuted the Jews of Slonim.
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- Armies of Stephan Czarniecki
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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.
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- Russian forces
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Forced conversion3
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Forced conversion of Jews in Iran
Jews throughout Iran (including 7,000 in Kashan alone) are forced to convert to Islam as a result of persecutions by Abbas II of Persia.
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- Abbas II of Persia
- Where
- Iran
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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.
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- 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 law8
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Protection withdrawn from Hildesheim Jews
Protection was taken away from nearly all Jews and restored only on payment of 500 thalers.
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- Hildesheim authorities
- Where
- Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany
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King Leopold I confirms ban on Jews staying in Pösing
After townspeople petitioned him, King Leopold I upheld the town's old right to bar Jews from residing there, and the Jew Lazar Hirsch had to move to the Palffy estate.
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- King Leopold I
- Where
- Pezinok (Pösing), Slovakia
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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.
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- 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.
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- 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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Ghettoization1
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Ghetto established in Genoa
Land was assigned for a Jewish ghetto, with gates locked from sunset until morning.
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- Republic of Genoa
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False accusation (libel)3
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Well-poisoning accusation against Rabbi Borges and son
During a dysentery epidemic, the rabbi and his son were accused of poisoning the communal well with a dead pig; both fled the city.
- By
- Unknown
- Where
- Kolín, Bohemia, Czech Republic
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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.
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- Ferdinand II and Isabella I, with Pope Sixtus IV
- Where
- SpainSpanish Empire (several countries)
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Destruction2
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Destruction of Safed by the Arabs
Arabs destroyed Safed, a town with a Jewish community, in 1660.
- By
- Arabs
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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 / emancipation2
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Elector permits thirteen Jewish families to settle in Mannheim
Elector Karl Ludwig granted thirteen Jewish families, eleven German and two Portuguese, permission to reside in Mannheim.
- By
- Elector Karl Ludwig
- Where
- Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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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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