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Historical Events
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0065-06-08 - Jews revolt against Rome, capturing fortress of Antonia in Jerusalem
0070-08-10 - "2nd Temple" of Jews is set aflame (approx)
0335-10-21 - Constantinople emperor Constantine the Great rules laws against Jews
0418-03-10 - Jews are excluded from public office in the Roman Empire
0694-11-09 - Spanish King Egica accuses Jews of aiding Moslems/sentenced to slavery
1096-05-18 - Crusaders massacre Jews of Worm
1096-06-25 - 1st Crusade slaughter Jews of Werelinghofen Germany
1099-07-16 - Crusaders herd Jews of Jerusalem into a synagogue & set it afire
1130-02-14 - Jewish Cardinal Pietro Pierleone elected as anti-pope Anacletus II
1147-03-26 - Jewish community in Cologne fast to commemorate anti-Jewish violence
1189-09-03 - 30 Jews are mnassacred at King Richard I (lion hearted) coronation
1190-03-16 - Crusades begin massacre of Jews of York England
1190-03-16 - Jews of York England commit mass sucide rather than submit to baptism
1190-03-17 - Crusades complete massacre of Jews of York England
1190-03-18 - Crusaders kill 57 Jews in Bury St Edmonds England
1205-07-15 - Pope Innocent III states Jews are doomed to perpetual servitudea and subjugation due to crucifixion of Jesus
1210-11-01 - King John of England begins imprisoning Jews
1235-01-02 - Emperor Joseph II orders Jews of Galicia Austria to adopt family names
1241-05-25 - 1st attack on Jewish community of Frankfort-on-the-Main Germany
1250-04-15 - Pope Innoncent III refuses Jews of Cordova Spain to build a synagogue
1253-07-23 - Jews are expelled from Vienne France by order of Pope Innocent III
1264-08-05 - Anti-Jewish riots break out in Arnstadt Germany
1267-02-09 - Synod of Breslau orders Jews of Silesia to wear special caps
1267-05-10 - Vienna's church orders all Jews to wear a distinctive garb
1267-09-01 - Rabbi Moses Ben Nachman establishes a Jewish community in Jerusalem
1269-06-19 - King Louis IX of Frances decrees all Jews must wear a badge of shame
1275-05-23 - King Edward I of Engld orders cessation of persecution of French Jews
1278-05-10 - Jews of England imprisoned on charges of coining
1278-11-17 - 680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins
1285-10-12 - 180 Jews refuse baptism in Munich Germany, they are set on fire
1288-04-24 - Jews of Yroyes France are accused of ritual murder
1290-07-12 - Jews are expelled from England by order of King Edward I
1290-07-18 - King Edward I of England orders expulsion of Jews
1290-10-09 - Last of 16,000 English Jews expelled by King Edward I, leaves
1294-06-30 - Jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland
1298-06-24 - Rindfleish Persecutions-Jews of Ifhauben Austria massacred
1298-06-25 - Rindfleish Persecutions-250 Jews killed in Rothenburg Germany
1298-07-23 - Jews are massacred at Wurzburg Germany
1298-07-23 - Rindfleish Persecutions-Jewish community Wurzburg Germany annihilated
1298-10-19 - Rindfleish-140 Jews of Heilbron Germany are murdered
1306-07-22 - King Phillip the Fair, orders expulsion of Jews out of France
1321-08-21 - 160 Jews of Chincon France, burned at stake
1322-06-24 - Jews are expelled from France for 3rd time
1348-09-21 - Jews in Zurich Switzerland are accused of poisoning wells
1348-11-15 - Rudolph of Oron claims Jews have confessed to poisoning wells
1349-01-09 - 700 Jews of Basel Switzerland, burned alive in their houses
1349-01-30 - Jews of Freilsburg Germany are massacred
1349-02-13 - Jews are expelled from Burgsordf Switzerland
1349-02-22 - Jews are expelled from Zurich Switzerland
1349-03-21 - 3,000 Jews killed in Black Death riots in Efurt Germany
1349-03-22 - Townspeople of Fulda Germany massacre Jews (blamed for black death)
1349-04-30 - Jewish community at Radolszell Germany, exterminated
1349-05-28 - 60 Jews murdered in Breslau Silesia
1349-08-24 - 6,000 Jews, blamed for the Plague, are killed in Mainz
1349-08-24 - Jews of Cologne Germany set themselves on fire to avoid baptism
1349-09-10 - Jews who survived a massacre in Constance Germany are burned to death
1349-09-29 - People of Krems Austria accuse Jews of poisoning wells
1349-11-01 - Duke of Brabant orders execution of all Jews in Brussels, accusing them of poisoning the wells
1349-11-29 - Jews of Augsburg Germany massacred
1349-12-05 - 500 Jews of Nuremberg massacre during Black Death riots
1350-03-12 - Orvieto city says it will behead & burn Jewish-Christian couples
1355-05-07 - 1,200 Jews of Toledo Spain killed by Count Henry of Trastamara
1357-11-25 - Charles IV issues letter of protection of Jews of Strasbourg Alsace
1360-07-25 - Jews are expelled from Breslau Silesia
1370-05-22 - Jews are expelled/massacred from Brussels Belgium
1391-03-15 - Jew hating Monk in Seville Spain stirs up people to attack Jews
1391-06-04 - Mob led by Ferrand Martinez surounds & sets fire to Jewish quarter of Seville Spain, surviving Jews sold into slavery
1391-06-06 - Inhabitants of Seville Spain massacres 5,000 Jews
1391-08-05 - Castilian sailors fire attack Jewish ghetto of Barcelona, 100's killed
1391-08-05 - Jews are massacred in Toledo & Barcelona Spain
1391-08-24 - Jews of Palma Majorca massacred
1394-09-17 - Jews are expelled from France by order of King Charles VI
1394-11-03 - Jews are expelled from France by Charles VI
1407-10-26 - Mobs attack Jewish community of Cracow
1415-10-17 - Jewish autonomy in Palestine ends, as Raban Gamliel leaves office
1420-05-23 - Jews of Syria & Austria expelled
1421-05-11 - Jews are expelled from Styria Austria
1421-05-23 - Jews of Austria imprisoned & expelled
1424-12-06 - Don Alfonso V of Aragon grants Barcelona the right to exclude Jews
1427-05-10 - Jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland
1428-02-05 - King Alfonso V, orders Sicily's Jews to attend conversion sermons
1430-01-01 - Jews of Sicily are no longer required to attend conversionist services
1430-05-05 - Jews are expelled from Speyer Germany
1430-10-03 - Jews are expelled from Eger Bohemia
1450-10-05 - Jews are expelled from Lower Bavaria by order of Ludwig IX
1451-09-21 - Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa orders Jews of Holland to wear a badge
1453-07-04 - 41 Jewish martyrs burned at stake at Breslau
1454-08-22 - Jews are expelled from Brunn Moravia by order of King Ladislaus
1455-05-03 - Jews flee Spain
1479-12-12 - Jews are expelled from Schlettstadt Alsace by Emperor Frederick III
1491-11-15 - 6 Jews & 5 Conversos accused of killing Christians in La Guardia Spain
1492-01-23 - "Pentateuch" (Jewish holy book) 1st printed
1492-03-30 - King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella sign decree expelling Jews from Spain
1492-03-31 - Queen Isabella of Castilia & Ferdinand of Aragon expels Jews
1492-04-30 - Spain announces it will expels all Jews
1492-08-02 - Jews are expelled from Spain by King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella
1492-08-03 - All Jews are expelled from Spain
1492-10-24 - 24 Jews are burned at stake in Mecklenburg Germany
1492-11-15 - In Spain, 6 Jews & 5 Conversos are accused of using black magic
1492-12-31 - 100,000 Jews expelled from Sicily
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 61 of 61
1239-06-17 - Edward I, King of England (1272-1307)/chased Jews out of England
1452-03-10 - Ferdinand II, the Catholic, King of Aragon/Sicily (expelled Jews)
1810-05-24 - Abraham Geiger, theologian/author/leader of Reform Judaism
1812-02-15 - Charles Lewis Tiffany, Killingly Ct, jeweler (Tiffany)
1821-11-11 - F M Dostojewski, writer
1823-06-26 - Frederick Bowen Jewson, composer
1845-08-10 - Kunanbajew, writer
1847-12-07 - Solomon Schechter, US Talmudic scholar/Jewish leader
1849-07-22 - Emma Lazarus, Jewish poet ("New Colossus"-base of Statue of Liberty)
1849-09-03 - Sarah Orne Jewett, Maine, author (Country of the Pointed Firs)
1852-08-08 - Barend Barendse, actor/director (Wandering Jew)
1859-10-09 - Alfred Dreyfus, accused Jewish French officer (Dreyfus Affair)
1860-04-06 - René Lalique, French jewel designer
1864-02-14 - Israel Zangwill, England, Jewish author/Zionist (Children of Ghetto)
1864-04-21 - Max Weber, German sociologist/economist/historian (Ancient Judaism)
1873-03-10 - Jakob Wassermann, Germany, novelist (My Life as German & Jew)
1873-05-23 - Leo Baeck, rabbi/president (World Union for Progressive Judaism)
1881-12-31 - Jacob Israel de Haan, Dutch poet/writer (Pipelines, Jewish Song)
1882-12-31 - David Cohen, Dutch historian/chairman (Jewish Council)
1886-01-26 - Joannes A Veraart, Dutch economist/MP (Jews of the Netherlands)
1892-09-24 - Sam[uel] de Vries, actor (Wandering Jew)
1893-09-17 - Abel J Herzberg, Russ/Dutch writer (Persecution of Jews)
1895-08-19 - Andrzejewski, writer
1899-01-22 - Guido Kisch, Czech/German/US historian (Jews in medieval Germany)
1900-05-05 - Charles Jewtraw, US, 500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1924)
1902-04-14 - Menachem A Schneerson, rebee (head of Lubavitcher Jews)
1903-12-13 - Jewgeni Petrow, writer
1905-12-24 - Anna "Ans" van Dike ("the Young"), Jewish nazi collaborator
1906-03-20 - Abraham Beame, (Mayor-D-NYC), NYC's 1st Jewish mayor
1908-06-12 - Max Tailleur, adjudant to Prince Bernhard/Jewish humorist
1909-02-14 - A Moses Klein, Montreal, poet (Hath Not a Jew...)
1909-07-15 - Isabel Jewell, Shoshone WY, actress (Ceiling Zero, Arousers)
1909-08-19 - Jerzy Andrzejewski, Warsaw Poland, writer (Ashes & Diamonds)
1910-02-28 - Roman Maciejewski, composer
1910-03-27 - Rudi Ball, Germany, Jewish ice hockey star (Olympic-bronze-1932)
1912-08-04 - Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved 10,000s of Jews)
1912-11-28 - Heinz Galinski, President (Central council for Jews in Germany)
1912-12-04 - Jimmy Jewel, comedian
1921-05-31 - Andrew Grima, British jeweller
1922-02-01 - Bogumil Witalis Andrzejewski, professor of Cushtic Languages
1924-01-17 - Jewel Plummer Cobb, educator/pres (California State U at Fullerton)
1924-07-16 - Bess Myerson, Bronx NY, 1st Jewish Miss America (1945)
1926-07-21 - Norman Jewison, director (Moonstruck, ...and Justice For All)
1933-09-28 - Madeleine M Kunin, Switzerland (Gov-D-Vt), 1st Jewish gov of Vermont
1934-08-16 - Ed van Thijn, (Jewish) Dutch foreign min/mayor (Amsterdam, 1983-94)
1938-11-08 - John Asprey, British jeweler/multi-millionaire
1940-09-28 - George Greenstein, author (Secret of a Jewish Baker)
1944-07-30 - Frances de la Tour, actress (Bejeweled, Wombling Free)
1944-08-08 - Hans van Eijk, Dutch rock guitarist (Jumping Jewels)
1944-09-25 - Michael Douglas, NJ, actor (Coma, Wall St, Jewel of the Nile)
1944-10-31 - Kinky Friedman, Palestine Tx, country rocker (Ride 'em Jewboy)
1945-08-02 - Jewell Jackson McCabe, pres (natl coaltion of 100 black women)
1946-05-13 - Tim Pigott-Smith, actor (Sweet William, Jewel in Crown)
1946-07-27 - Toktar Ongarbajewitch Aubakirov, Kazakhstan, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-13)
1946-10-10 - Charles Dane, England, actor (Plenty, Jewel in the Crown)
1948-11-10 - Mario Viegas, actor (The Jew, Divine Comedy, Funeral of Patrao)
1953-01-10 - Pat Benatar, [Andrezejewski], Bkln NY, singer (Hell Is for Children)
1954-07-19 - Kathleen Turner, actress (Accidental Tourist, Jewel of Nile)
1963-01-05 - Rick Ambrose, singer (Jewel)
1968-03-19 - Liam Jewell, Toronto Ontario, kayaker (Olympics-96)
1974-05-23 - Jewel [Kilcher], Alaska, folk/rock vocalist (Pieces of You)
Famous Deaths
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1105-07-13 - Rashi, [Rabbi Shlomo Yitzaki], Jewish intellectual, dies
1138-01-25 - Anacletus II, [Pietro Pierleone], Jewish anti-pope (1130-38), dies
1189-09-03 - Jacob of Orleans, Rabbi, killed in anti Jewish riot in London England
1204-12-13 - Maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69
1291-03-05 - Sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated
1553-09-04 - Cornelia da Nomatalcino, monk converted to Judaism, burned at stake
1583-02-09 - Jeseph Sanalbo, Jewish convert in Rome, burned at stake
1596-12-08 - Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico
1619-08-15 - Miriam Bella, head of Jewish community of Cracow, dies
1632-12-20 - Nicolas Antoine, French cath pastor who converted to Judaism, executed
1675-08-16 - Bogdan Chmilnicki, cosack leader/murderer of 300,000 Jews, dies
1684-02-21 - Pieter van den Abeelen, Dutch medallist/jeweller, dies at about 75
1738-07-15 - Alexander Voznitsyn, Rus Naval officer converted to Judaism, executed
1738-07-15 - Baruch Leibov, converted Russian Naval officer to Judaism, executed
1776-07-01 - Francis Salvador, 1st Jew to die in American Revolutionary War
1786-01-04 - Mozes Mendelssohn, Jewish/German philosopher (Haksalah), dies at 56
1883-09-03 - Iwan Turgenjew, writer, dies at 64
1886-10-10 - David L Yule, 1st Jewish US senator, dies
1891-05-26 - Frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67
1912-11-28 - Heinz Galinski, chairman (Central Council for Jews in Germany), dies
1915-08-15 - Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, Jew convicted of murder, lynched
1937-03-06 - Frank Vosper, actor/writer (Jew Suss), dies at 37
1941-08-31 - Marian Zwetajewa, writer, dies
1941-10-05 - Louis D Brandeis, 1st Jewish Supreme Court Judge (1916-39), dies at 84
1943-08-01 - Ismar Elbogen, German/US learned/rabbi (Jewish Lexicon), dies at 68
1944-11-06 - Hannah Senesh, Jewish poetess, executed by Nazis in Budapest
1947-02-05 - Ganzefles, Dutch nazi spy/Jews hunter, executed
1947-07-17 - Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved Jews), dies at 34
1948-01-14 - Anna "Ans" van Dike, Dutch Jewish Nazi-collaborator, executed at 42
1950-01-08 - Joseph Issac Shneerson, Jewish Lubavitch Chabal leader, dies
1952-08-21 - Isaac Sadeh, leader of Jewish commando forces, dies
1955-01-17 - Joannes A Veraart, Dut judge/MP, (Jews in Neth), dies at 68
1956-11-02 - Leo Baeck, Pres of World Union for Progressive Judaism, dies at 83
1962-05-31 - Nazi Adolf Eichmann hanged in Israel for crimes against Jews in WW II
1967-09-03 - David Cohen, historian/chairman (Jewish Council), dies at 84
1972-01-07 - John Berryman, US poet (Imaginary Jew), dies
1972-04-05 - Isabel Jewell, dies at 62
1978-12-28 - Harry Winston, US jeweler for the "rich & famous", dies at 82
1983-04-19 - Jerzy Andrzejewski, writer (Ashes & Diamonds), dies at 73
1983-04-20 - Jerzy Andrezjewski, writer, dies
1983-11-08 - Mordecai Kaplan, Rabbi, founded Reconstructionist Judaism (b. 1881)
1984-07-17 - J Delos Jewkes, singer/actor (Stars & Stripes Forever), dies at 89
1989-03-21 - Milton Frome, actor (Family Jewels), dies
1989-10-03 - Joseph Wybran, Belgian physician/Jews foreman, murdered
1990-10-05 - Meir Kahane, founder of Jewish defense league, assassinated at 58
1990-10-12 - Max Tailleur, adjunct prince Bernhard/Jewish humorist, dies
1992-06-30 - Nico Booken, director (Jewish Labor Social), dies
1992-07-03 - Marc Tannenbaum, rabbi (only Jew to attend Vatican II), dies at 66
1992-07-19 - Heinz Galinski, Pres (Central council for Jews in Germany), dies at 79
1992-08-15 - Giorgio Perlasca, Italian anti-fascist (saved 5,200 Jews), dies
1993-06-08 - René Bousquet, French Vichy-police chief deports jews, dies at 84
1995-01-12 - Marion Herbst, German/Dutch jewelry designer, dies at 50
1995-03-08 - Ota Adler, Czech/British fur trader (Jewish Aid Fund), dies at 83
1995-11-26 - Terri Jewell, writer, dies at 40
1995-12-03 - Jimmy Jewel, comedian, dies at 82
1996-04-01 - Mario Viegas, actor (The Jew, Divine Comedy), dies at 47
