What happened to the Jews in 1882 AD?

Jewish population of Algiers is attacked by a Muslim mob

By

Local mob

Pogroms in Balta and surrounding villages

Pogroms broke out in Balta and nearby villages at Passover, involving murder and rape.

By

Rioters

Where

Balta, Podolia, Ukraine

Anti-Jewish riots in the government of Poltava

Anti-Jewish riots broke out across the government of Poltava in 1881-82. Many Jews fled to Krementchug, where the local community raised a relief fund for them.

By

Mobs

Where

Poltava Governorate, Ukraine

Riots following Tisza-Eszlár affair

Riots on Sept. 28, 1882, and Aug.

By

Mob

Where

Bratislava (Pressburg), Slovakia

Pogrom in Russia

Three major waves of pogroms kill tens of thousands of Jews in Russia and Ukraine. More than two million Russian Jews emigrate in the period 1881–1920.

By

Mobs

Where

Russian Empire (several countries)

Pogroms sweep southern Russia

Pogroms sweep southern Russia, propelling mass Jewish emigration from the Pale of Settlement: about 2 million Russian Jews emigrated in period 1880–1924, many of them to the United States (until the National Origins Quota of 1924 and Immigration Act of 1924 largely halted immigration to the U.S. from Eastern Europe and Russia). The Russian word "pogrom" becomes international.

By

Mobs

Where

Pale of Settlement (several countries)

Pogroms

Pogroms in the Russian Empire: around 2.5 million Jews emigrated from eastern Europe, mostly to the United States.

By

Unknown

Hayim Nahman Bialik, poet of the national movement

Hayim Nahman Bialik, poet laureate of the Jewish national movement, wrote "In the City of Slaughter," "El Ha-Tsippor" (To the Bird) and "Metei Midbar" (Dead of the Desert).

By

Unknown

Frequent pogroms against the Jews of Meknès

After Meknès lost its status as capital in 1790, the Jewish community was repeatedly subjected to pogroms throughout the nineteenth century.

By

Unknown

Where

Meknes, Morocco