What happened to the Jews in 1887 AD?

Jews in villages forbidden to move between villages

As the May Laws were applied more strictly, Jews who had lived in villages before 1882 were barred from moving from one village to another.

By

Russian government

Where

Russian Empire (several countries)

Quotas on Jewish students and other civil disabilities

Jewish enrollment in high schools and universities was limited. Jews were also barred from city councils and dismissed from railways, steamship lines and hospitals, and obstacles were placed in the way of practising Judaism.

By

Russian government under Alexander III

Where

Russian Empire (several countries)

Russia introduces measures to limit Jews access to education, known as the quota

By

Russia

Russian Ministry of Education imposes percentage quotas on Jewish students

The Ministry of Education capped Jewish enrollment in secondary schools and higher institutions at 10% in the Pale of Settlement, 5% outside it, and 3% in St. Petersburg and Moscow. Many schools were closed to Jews entirely.

By

Russian Ministry of Education

Where

Russian Empire (several countries)

Turkish limit on stay of American Jews in Jerusalem

The Turkish government tried to restrict American Jews to a one-month stay in Jerusalem, later extended to three months.

By

Turkish government

Where

Jerusalem

Regulations restricting non-native Bukharan Jews in Turkistan

New regulations classified Jews who could not prove native origin in Turkistan as foreigners, restricted their rights and required them to leave by 1905.

By

Russian authorities

Where

Russian Turkestan (several countries)

Rostov, Taganrog and Yalta removed from the Pale

Several places, including Rostov and Taganrog in 1887 and Yalta in 1893, were excluded from the area open to Jewish residence.

By

Russian government

Where

Rostov-on-Don, Russia · Taganrog, Russia · Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine

Romania evades Berlin treaty citizenship obligations

Instead of granting citizenship as required by the Berlin treaty, Romania required individual parliamentary naturalization, granting it to only 85 Jews in over twenty years.

By

Romanian government

Where

Romania

May Laws

Tsar Alexander III's "temporary regulations" barred Jews from settling in rural areas and from owning land, part of a wave of restrictions following the pogroms of 1881.

By

Tsar Alexander III (Russian Empire)

Where

Russian Empire (several countries)

Jews barred from burying their dead in Wiener Neustadt

After resettling in 1848, Jews were not allowed a cemetery in the city and had to bury their dead in neighboring communities until 1889.

By

Unknown

Where

Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria, Austria

Jews excluded from official posts, army officer ranks and professorships

Despite legal equality, Jews were in practice kept out of government appointments, the army officer corps and most full university professorships.

By

German state authorities and institutions

Where

Germany

Finnish restrictions on Jewish residence, movement and occupations

Finnish authorities imposed restrictions on Jewish residents, limiting where they could live, their movement and their occupations. They required permits renewed every three months and allowed expulsion for any violation.

By

Finnish authorities

Where

Finland

Ban on shehitah under the kingdom of Saxony

The Saxon kingdom prohibited Jewish ritual slaughter, affecting the Chemnitz community until the end of 1918.

By

Kingdom of Saxony

Where

Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany

Pale of Settlement

Catherine the Great restricted Jewish residence in the Russian Empire to its western provinces. The Pale lasted, with later additional restrictions, until the Russian Revolution.

By

Empress Catherine II (Russian Empire)

Where

Pale of Settlement (several countries)