Atlantic Coast

15

1492

Columbus uses Abraham Zakuto's tables for his travels

5 Credits

Atlantic Coast

15

1444

Davin de Caderouse (a Jew) collaborates with

Waldvogel on "ars scribendi artificialiter"

(art of official writing) in Avignon

CHANCE

Atlantic Coast

15

1487

First printer in Portugal was a Jew (Samuel Porteiro,

Faro)

5 Credits

Atlantic Coast

15

1492

Jews expelled from Spain

5 Credits

Eastern Europe

15

1453

Casimir IV Jagello confirmed the

priviledges of the Jews

CHANCE

Eastern Europe

15

1494

Jacob Pollack founds yeshiva in

Cracow

4 Credits

Eastern Europe

15

1495

Jews expelled from Lithuania due to a fear of "Judaizing"

4 Credits

Eastern Europe

15

1453

S. Poland rises as commercial center

after fall of Constantinople, bringing Jews

4 Credits

Germanic

15

1434

Council of Basel renews and

increases legislation against the Jews

(such as distinctive clothing) 3 Credits

Germanic

15

1440s

Jewish financiers from Einheim loan

money to Gutenberg for his press

3 Credits

Germanic

15

1450

John Capistrano begins preaching

against Jews, leading to

persecutions and expulsions CHANCE

Germanic

15

1450

Samuel and Simon Soncino leave Furth

for Italy, (they settled in Soncino in

1454)

3 Credits

Islamic World

15

1493

Arba'ah Turim is the first book printed in the

Ottoman Empire

2 Credits

Islamic World

15

1426

Ashenazi Jews, expelled from their

lands, begin migrations to OE

2 Credits

Islamic World

15

1492

Bayezid II, Sultan of Ottoman Empire,

invites Spanish refugees to his lands

CHANCE

Islamic World

15

1481

Meshullam of Valterra travels to Palestine; writes

detailed narrative of inhabitants

2 Credits

Italy

15

1487

First book printed in life of author

(Agur) + haskamot (Naples)

1 Credit

Italy

15

1475

First dated Hebrew book (Rashi, Reggio

di Calabria)

CHANCE

Italy

15

1469-1473

First Hebrew books printed (Rome)

1 Credit

Italy

15

1475

Simon of Trent blood libel; included in

Nuremberg chronicle (first instance of anti-Jewish news in print)

1 Credit

Atlantic Coast

16

1531

Beginning of the Inquisition in

Portugal to identify crypto-Jews

4 Credits

Atlantic Coast

16

1550

Henry II gave letter patent to New

Christians, allowing them to live in

France

CHANCE

Atlantic Coast

16

1596-1599

Merchant of Venice produced

4 Credits

Atlantic Coast

16

1525

Negotiations of shtadlan Yosef

Yoselman save Jews of Alsace during

Peasants War

4 Credits

Eastern Europe

16

1580

Earliest record of the Va'ad Arba

Aratsot

3 Credits

Eastern Europe

16

1530

First Hebrew book printed in Poland (Cracow, Torah)

CHANCE

Eastern Europe

16

1559

First printing of Talmud in Poland (Lublin); Talmud

printing moves east

3 Credits

Eastern Europe

16

1537

Jews boycott Cracow press

because owners convert to

Christianity; king breaks the boycott

3 Credits

Germanic

16

1512

First Hebrew press founded in Prague by Gershom Kohen

2 Credits

Germanic

16

1510

Host descration libel against Jews in Brandenburg

2 Credits

Germanic

16

1595

Jews begin settling in Amsterdam

2 Credits

Germanic

16

1543

Martin Luther prints "On the Jews and

Their Lies," sparking anti-Jewish hatred that would last for

centuries

CHANCE

Islamic World

16

1553

Dona Gracia Mendes settles in Constantinople,

would establish a huge network

supporting anusim 1 Credit

Islamic World

16

1570

Isaac Luria leads the Kabbalists in

Safed

1 Credit

Islamic World

16

1516

Ottomans conquer Palestine; would

hold it for 400 years

CHANCE

Islamic World

16

1538

Re-introduction of formal Semikha by

Yaakov Berav in Safed

1 Credit

Italy

16

1517

First complete Talmud printed in

Venice

CHANCE

Italy

16

1566

Pope authorizes printing of "non-

offensive" Hebrew books; beginning of

censorship

5 Credits

Italy

16

1553

Pope orders the burning of the

Talmud throughout Italy

5 Credits

Italy

16

1565

Printing of Shulhan 'Arukh w/Rema's

commentary

5 Credits

Atlantic Coast

17

1640

Bay Psalm Book includes Hebrew

characters

CHANCE

Atlantic Coast

17

1664

Charles II grants formal statement of toleration of Jews in

England

3 Credits

Atlantic Coast

17

1656

Menasseh ben Israel begins printing

activity in England

3 Credits

Atlantic Coast

17

1654

Portugal occupies Recife; Jews flee to

New Amsterdam

3 Credits

Eastern Europe

17

1648

Chmielnicki massacres; tens of thousands of Jews

killed

2 Credits

Eastern Europe

17

1692

Establishment of the press in Zolkiew

(Poland)

CHANCE

Eastern Europe

17

1650

First record of hazzanut in Eastern

Europe

2 Credits

Eastern Europe

17

1654-1656

Muscovite and Swedish invasions of Poland kill Jews

as armies sweep through

2 Credits

Germanic

17

1657

Dutch Republic announces that Jews should be considered full

citizens abroad and not be restricted

CHANCE

Germanic

17

1691

Glikl of Hamlen begins writing her

memoirs

1 Credit

Germanic

17

1627

Menasseh ben Israel is first Jew to print

Hebrew in Amsterdam

1 Credit

Germanic

17

1656

Spinoza is excommunicated in

Amsterdam

1 Credit

Islamic World

17

1661

Jews in Persia allowed to practice

Judaism openly

5 Credits

Islamic World

17

1679

Jews of Yemen expelled to the

province of Mawza; many would die en

route

5 Credits

Islamic World

17

1666

Shabbetai Tsevi converts to Islam

5 Credits

Islamic World

17

1620s

Shene Luhot Ha-berit written in

Jerusalem

CHANCE

Italy

17

1630

Mantua sacked by German troops;

Jews expelled

4 Credits

Italy

17

1698

Roman community declared bankrupt

4 Credits

Italy

17

1612

Salamone [de Rossi] invited to play at the

ducal court in Mirandola

CHANCE

Italy

17

1645

Yedidiah, son of Isaac ben Solomon Gabbay receives a privativa to print Jewish books in

Livorno 4 Credits

Atlantic Coast

18

1776

American Revolution: New USA allows for

citizenship regardless of

religion 2 Credits

Atlantic Coast

18

1789

Declaration of the Rights of Man

(France) implies equal rights to Jews

2 Credits

Atlantic Coast

18

1791

National Assembly (France) grants equal

rights to Jews of Alcase and Lorraine;

completes French Jews’ emancipation

2 Credits

Atlantic Coast

18

1753

Jewish Naturalization Act

(English) was announced and repealed due to

violent opposition CHANCE

Eastern Europe

18

1734

Ba'al Shem Tov began teaching

publicly

1 Credit

Eastern Europe

18

1772

Debate between Hassidim and Mitnagdim in

Shklov

1 Credit

Eastern Europe

18

1759

Frankist debates and mass baptism

CHANCE

Eastern Europe

18

1764

Va'ad Arba Aratsot abolished by the

Sejm

1 Credit

Germanic

18

1784-1811

Ha-me'asef printed in Germany

(Hebrew literature and Haskalah)

CHANCE

Germanic

18

1700s

Jews active selling books at Frankfurt

Book Fair

5 Credits

Germanic

18

1783

Moses Mendelsohn publishes his

"Biur"

5 Credits

Germanic

18

1703

Oppenheim library moves to Hanover, opens to visitors

5 Credits

Islamic World

18

1702

Decree against Jews wearing same

clothing as Muslims in OE (required to

wear black)

4 Credits

Islamic World

18

1720

Hurva Synagogue is destroyed;

Ashkenazic Jews expelled from

Jerusalem

4 Credits

Islamic World

18

1790

James Bruce publishes travelogue including details on

the Falashas (Ethiopian Jews)

4 Credits

Islamic World

18

1730

Janissary massacres in Istanbul,

Salonika, Izmir, and other cities kill

many Jews

CHANCE

Italy

18

1767

First communal library established in Italy (at Mantua)

3 Credits

Italy

18

1782

Naftali Herz Wessely sends Divre shalom ve-emet to Italy in an attempt

to spread his Maskilik ideals

3 Credits

Italy

18

1796

Napoleon announces

emancipation of Italian Jews

3 Credits

Italy

18

1767

New regulations broke the monopoly on Hebrew printing

in Tuscany

CHANCE

Atlantic Coast

19

1860

Alliance Israelite Universelle

established in France

CHANCE

Atlantic Coast

19

1824

First Reform congregation established in

America in Charleston, SC

1 Credit

Atlantic Coast

19

1827

Moses Montifiore began his travels and philanthropy

1 Credit

Atlantic Coast

19

1807

Napoleon convenes the Sanhedrin

1 Credit

Eastern Europe

19

1884

Publication of the Mishnah Berurah

5 Credits

Eastern Europe

19

1849

Rabbi Israel Salanter founds the Mussar movement

in Kovno

CHANCE

Eastern Europe

19

1836

Rivalry over publication of the Talmud leads to closure of many

presses in Russian Empire 5 Credits

Eastern Europe

19

1885

Strashun Library bequeathed to Vilna Jewish community

5 Credits

Germanic

19

1897

First World Zionist Congress held in

Basel, Switzerland

4 Credits

Germanic

19

1867

Franz Joseph I gives Jews in Hapsburg

Empire equal rights

CHANCE

Germanic

19

1810

Israel Jacobson introduces an organ

into a synagogue

4 Credits

Germanic

19

1851

Sampson Raphael Hirsch becomes

rabbi in Frankfurt

4 Credits

Islamic World

19

1842

Buena Esperanza, first weekly in

Ladino, is published in Izmir

CHANCE

Islamic World

19

1840

Damascus blood libel

3 Credits

Islamic World

19

1835

Hakham Bashi (Chief Rabbi) given jurisdiction over all

Jews in OE

3 Credits

Islamic World

19

1878

Petah Tikva established - first new settlement in

modern era

3 Credits

Italy

19

1853

First Jewish periodical in Italy:

L'Educatore Israelita

2 Credits

Italy

19

1870

End of Popal dominion in Rome completes Jewish emancipation in

Italy

2 Credits

Italy

19

1848

Unification of Italy leads to

emancipation of most Jews;

demolition of the ghetto walls in

Rome 2 Credits

Italy

19

1815

With Napolean's defeat, Jews sent back to ghettos

CHANCE