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586 BCE
Babylon destroyed
Babylon destroyed the temple in Jerusalem, and captured Judea and 10,000 Jewish families. -
19 BCE
Expelling of Jews
Roman Emperor Tiberius expels Jews from Rome. Expulsion is reported by the Roman historical writers Suetonius, Josephus, and Cassius Dio. -
Dec 15, 1287
Mob kills 40 Jews
A mob in Oberwesel, Germany kills 40 Jewish men, women and children after a ritual murder accusatio. -
Dec 15, 1349
Synagogue turned into church and many killed
600 Jews burned at the stake, 140 children forcibly baptized, the remaining city's Jews expelled. The city synagogue is turned into a church and the Jewish cemetery is destroyed. -
Jan 12, 1493
Expulsion from Sicily
Expulsion from Sicily: approx. 37,000. -
Dec 15, 1519
Martin Luther
Martin Luther leads Protestant Reformation and challenges the doctrine of Servitus Judaeorum "... to deal kindly with the Jews and to instruct them to come over to us". 21 February. All Jews expelled from Ratisbon/Regensburg. -
Feb 15, 1563
Embrace Russian Orthodox Church or die
Russian troops take Polotsk from Lithuania, Jews are given ultimatum: embrace Russian Orthodox Church or die. Around 300 Jewish men, women and children were thrown into ice holes of Dvina river. -
Jewish communities destroyed
Destruction of most of the Jewish communities of Morocco. -
Tetiev Murder
Cossack troops under the command of Colonels Cherkovsky, Kurovsky and Shliatoshenko murdered 4000 Jews. -
Ku Klux Klan
Outbreak of antisemitism in United States, led by Ku Klux Klan -
Holocaust
About 6 million Jews were killed, including about 1 million children, systematically by Nazi Germany and other Axis powers. -
Jewish Museum shooting
Gunman opened fire at the Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels, Belgium, killing four people. Three people died at the scene; a fourth was taken to the hospital and died at a later date 6 June.
