Expulsion2
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Expulsion of Jews without fixed business from Teplitz
Jews with no fixed business in Teplitz were expelled in 1667, leaving only 8 families. Many returned, but in 1668 they were forced to leave the town again.
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- Bohemian authorities during the counter-reformation
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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 / pogrom1
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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 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 law10
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Dutch refuse Surinam Jews permission to leave
After Surinam was restored to the Dutch, the colonial authorities would not let wealthy and prominent Jews depart for Jamaica, despite the treaty clause and British representations.
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- Dutch authorities at Surinam
- Where
- Suriname
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Jews excluded from tanning in Wilna
Jews appear to have been barred from tanning.
- By
- Unknown
- Where
- Vilnius (Wilna), Lithuania
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Severe decree on Jewish businessmen visiting Heilbronn
A very harsh decree was issued regulating Jewish merchants who visited the city.
- By
- Municipal authorities of Heilbronn
- Where
- Heilbronn, Württemberg, Germany
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Elector limits number of Jews permitted in Mainz
Elector Johann Philipp decreed that only twenty Jews could be protected and live in the city, and the cap was cut to ten in 1671.
- By
- Elector Johann Philipp
- Where
- Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, 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.
- By
- 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.
- 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)3
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Jews of Barbados accused of illicit trade with the Dutch
The island's Jews were accused of trading illegally with the Dutch while the Netherlands was at war with England.
- By
- Authorities of Barbados
- Where
- Barbados
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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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