Page 1
Atlantic Coast
15
1492
Columbus uses Abraham Zakuto's tables for his travels
5 Credits
Page 2
Atlantic Coast
15
1444
Davin de Caderouse (a Jew) collaborates with
Waldvogel on "ars scribendi artificialiter"
(art of official writing) in Avignon
CHANCE
Page 3
Atlantic Coast
15
1487
First printer in Portugal was a Jew (Samuel Porteiro,
Faro)
5 Credits
Page 4
Atlantic Coast
15
1492
Jews expelled from Spain
5 Credits
Page 5
Eastern Europe
15
1453
Casimir IV Jagello confirmed the
priviledges of the Jews
CHANCE
Page 6
Eastern Europe
15
1494
Jacob Pollack founds yeshiva in
Cracow
4 Credits
Page 7
Eastern Europe
15
1495
Jews expelled from Lithuania due to a fear of "Judaizing"
4 Credits
Page 8
Eastern Europe
15
1453
S. Poland rises as commercial center
after fall of Constantinople, bringing Jews
4 Credits
Page 9
Germanic
15
1434
Council of Basel renews and
increases legislation against the Jews
(such as distinctive clothing) 3 Credits
Page 10
Germanic
15
1440s
Jewish financiers from Einheim loan
money to Gutenberg for his press
3 Credits
Page 11
Germanic
15
1450
John Capistrano begins preaching
against Jews, leading to
persecutions and expulsions CHANCE
Page 12
Germanic
15
1450
Samuel and Simon Soncino leave Furth
for Italy, (they settled in Soncino in
1454)
3 Credits
Page 13
Islamic World
15
1493
Arba'ah Turim is the first book printed in the
Ottoman Empire
2 Credits
Page 14
Islamic World
15
1426
Ashenazi Jews, expelled from their
lands, begin migrations to OE
2 Credits
Page 15
Islamic World
15
1492
Bayezid II, Sultan of Ottoman Empire,
invites Spanish refugees to his lands
CHANCE
Page 16
Islamic World
15
1481
Meshullam of Valterra travels to Palestine; writes
detailed narrative of inhabitants
2 Credits
Page 17
Italy
15
1487
First book printed in life of author
(Agur) + haskamot (Naples)
1 Credit
Page 18
Italy
15
1475
First dated Hebrew book (Rashi, Reggio
di Calabria)
CHANCE
Page 19
Italy
15
1469-1473
First Hebrew books printed (Rome)
1 Credit
Page 20
Italy
15
1475
Simon of Trent blood libel; included in
Nuremberg chronicle (first instance of anti-Jewish news in print)
1 Credit
Page 21
Atlantic Coast
16
1531
Beginning of the Inquisition in
Portugal to identify crypto-Jews
4 Credits
Page 22
Atlantic Coast
16
1550
Henry II gave letter patent to New
Christians, allowing them to live in
France
CHANCE
Page 23
Atlantic Coast
16
1596-1599
Merchant of Venice produced
4 Credits
Page 24
Atlantic Coast
16
1525
Negotiations of shtadlan Yosef
Yoselman save Jews of Alsace during
Peasants War
4 Credits
Page 25
Eastern Europe
16
1580
Earliest record of the Va'ad Arba
Aratsot
3 Credits
Page 26
Eastern Europe
16
1530
First Hebrew book printed in Poland (Cracow, Torah)
CHANCE
Page 27
Eastern Europe
16
1559
First printing of Talmud in Poland (Lublin); Talmud
printing moves east
3 Credits
Page 28
Eastern Europe
16
1537
Jews boycott Cracow press
because owners convert to
Christianity; king breaks the boycott
3 Credits
Page 29
Germanic
16
1512
First Hebrew press founded in Prague by Gershom Kohen
2 Credits
Page 30
Germanic
16
1510
Host descration libel against Jews in Brandenburg
2 Credits
Page 31
Germanic
16
1595
Jews begin settling in Amsterdam
2 Credits
Page 32
Germanic
16
1543
Martin Luther prints "On the Jews and
Their Lies," sparking anti-Jewish hatred that would last for
centuries
CHANCE
Page 33
Islamic World
16
1553
Dona Gracia Mendes settles in Constantinople,
would establish a huge network
supporting anusim 1 Credit
Page 34
Islamic World
16
1570
Isaac Luria leads the Kabbalists in
Safed
1 Credit
Page 35
Islamic World
16
1516
Ottomans conquer Palestine; would
hold it for 400 years
CHANCE
Page 36
Islamic World
16
1538
Re-introduction of formal Semikha by
Yaakov Berav in Safed
1 Credit
Page 37
Italy
16
1517
First complete Talmud printed in
Venice
CHANCE
Page 38
Italy
16
1566
Pope authorizes printing of "non-
offensive" Hebrew books; beginning of
censorship
5 Credits
Page 39
Italy
16
1553
Pope orders the burning of the
Talmud throughout Italy
5 Credits
Page 40
Italy
16
1565
Printing of Shulhan 'Arukh w/Rama's
commentary
5 Credits
Page 41
Atlantic Coast
17
1640
Bay Psalm Book includes Hebrew
characters
CHANCE
Page 42
Atlantic Coast
17
1664
Charles II grants formal statement of toleration of Jews in
England
3 Credits
Page 43
Atlantic Coast
17
1656
Menasseh ben Israel begins printing
activity in England
3 Credits
Page 44
Atlantic Coast
17
1654
Portugal occupies Recife; Jews flee to
New Amsterdam
3 Credits
Page 45
Eastern Europe
17
1648
Chmielnicki massacres; tens of thousands of Jews
killed
2 Credits
Page 46
Eastern Europe
17
1692
Establishment of the press in Zolkiew
(Poland)
CHANCE
Page 47
Eastern Europe
17
1650
First record of hazzanut in Eastern
Europe
2 Credits
Page 48
Eastern Europe
17
1654-1656
Muscovite and Swedish invasions of Poland kill Jews
as armies sweep through
2 Credits
Page 49
Germanic
17
1657
Dutch Republic announces that Jews should be considered full
citizens abroad and not be restricted
CHANCE
Page 50
Germanic
17
1691
Glikl of Hamlen begins writing her
memoirs
1 Credit
Page 51
Germanic
17
1627
Menasseh ben Israel is first Jew to print
Hebrew in Amsterdam
1 Credit
Page 52
Germanic
17
1656
Spinoza is excommunicated in
Amsterdam
1 Credit
Page 53
Islamic World
17
1661
Jews in Persia allowed to practice
Judaism openly
5 Credits
Page 54
Islamic World
17
1679
Jews of Yemen expelled to the
province of Mawza; many would die en
route
5 Credits
Page 55
Islamic World
17
1666
Shabbetai Tsevi converts to Islam
5 Credits
Page 56
Islamic World
17
1620s
Shene Luhot Ha-berit written in
Jerusalem
CHANCE
Page 57
Italy
17
1630
Mantua sacked by German troops;
Jews expelled
4 Credits
Page 58
Italy
17
1698
Roman community declared bankrupt
4 Credits
Page 59
Italy
17
1612
Salamone [de Rossi] invited to play at the
ducal court in Mirandola
CHANCE
Page 60
Italy
17
1645
Yedidiah, son of Isaac ben Solomon Gabbay receives a privativa to print Jewish books in
Livorno 4 Credits
Page 61
Atlantic Coast
18
1776
American Revolution: New USA allows for
citizenship regardless of
religion 2 Credits
Page 62
Atlantic Coast
18
1789
Declaration of the Rights of Man
(France) implies equal rights to Jews
2 Credits
Page 63
Atlantic Coast
18
1791
National Assembly (France) grants equal
rights to Jews of Alcase and Lorraine;
completes French Jews’ emancipation
2 Credits
Page 64
Atlantic Coast
18
1753
Jewish Naturalization Act
(English) was announced and repealed due to
violent opposition CHANCE
Page 65
Eastern Europe
18
1734
Ba'al Shem Tov began teaching
publicly
1 Credit
Page 66
Eastern Europe
18
1772
Debate between Hassidim and Mitnagdim in
Shklov
1 Credit
Page 67
Eastern Europe
18
1759
Frankist debates and mass baptism
CHANCE
Page 68
Eastern Europe
18
1764
Va'ad Arba Aratsot abolished by the
Sejm
1 Credit
Page 69
Germanic
18
1784-1811
Ha-me'asef printed in Germany
(Hebrew literature and Haskalah)
CHANCE
Page 70
Germanic
18
1700s
Jews active selling books at Frankfurt
Book Fair
5 Credits
Page 71
Germanic
18
1783
Moses Mendelsohn publishes his
"Biur"
5 Credits
Page 72
Germanic
18
1703
Oppenheim library moves to Hanover, opens to visitors
5 Credits
Page 73
Islamic World
18
1702
Decree against Jews wearing same
clothing as Muslims in OE (required to
wear black)
4 Credits
Page 74
Islamic World
18
1720
Hurva Synagogue is destroyed;
Ashkenazic Jews expelled from
Jerusalem
4 Credits
Page 75
Islamic World
18
1790
James Bruce publishes travelogue including details on
the Falashas (Ethiopian Jews)
4 Credits
Page 76
Islamic World
18
1730
Janissary massacres in Istanbul,
Salonika, Izmir, and other cities kill
many Jews
CHANCE
Page 77
Italy
18
1767
First communal library established in Italy (at Mantua)
3 Credits
Page 78
Italy
18
1782
Naftali Herz Wessely sends Divre shalom ve-emet to Italy in an attempt
to spread his Maskilik ideals
3 Credits
Page 79
Italy
18
1796
Napoleon announces
emancipation of Italian Jews
3 Credits
Page 80
Italy
18
1767
New regulations broke the monopoly on Hebrew printing
in Tuscany
CHANCE
Page 81
Atlantic Coast
19
1860
Alliance Israelite Universelle
established in France
CHANCE
Page 82
Atlantic Coast
19
1824
First Reform congregation established in
America in Charleston, SC
1 Credit
Page 83
Atlantic Coast
19
1827
Moses Montifiore began his travels and philanthropy
1 Credit
Page 84
Atlantic Coast
19
1807
Napoleon convenes the Sanhedrin
1 Credit
Page 85
Eastern Europe
19
1884
Publication of the Mishnah Berurah
5 Credits
Page 86
Eastern Europe
19
1849
Rabbi Israel Salanter founds the Mussar movement
in Kovno
CHANCE
Page 87
Eastern Europe
19
1836
Rivalry over publication of the Talmud leads to closure of many
presses in Russian Empire 5 Credits
Page 88
Eastern Europe
19
1885
Strashun Library bequeathed to Vilna Jewish community
5 Credits
Page 89
Germanic
19
1897
First World Zionist Congress held in
Basel, Switzerland
4 Credits
Page 90
Germanic
19
1867
Franz Joseph I gives Jews in Hapsburg
Empire equal rights
CHANCE
Page 91
Germanic
19
1810
Israel Jacobson introduces an organ
into a synagogue
4 Credits
Page 92
Germanic
19
1851
Sampson Raphael Hirsch becomes
rabbi in Frankfurt
4 Credits
Page 93
Islamic World
19
1842
Buena Esperanza, first weekly in
Ladino, is published in Izmir
CHANCE
Page 94
Islamic World
19
1840
Damascus blood libel
3 Credits
Page 95
Islamic World
19
1835
Hakham Bashi (Chief Rabbi) given jurisdiction over all
Jews in OE
3 Credits
Page 96
Islamic World
19
1878
Petah Tikva established - first new settlement in
modern era
3 Credits
Page 97
Italy
19
1853
First Jewish periodical in Italy:
L'Educatore Israelita
2 Credits
Page 98
Italy
19
1870
End of Popal dominion in Rome completes Jewish emancipation in
Italy
2 Credits
Page 99
Italy
19
1848
Unification of Italy leads to emancipation
of most Jews; demolition of the
ghetto walls in Rome
2 Credits
Page 100
Italy
19
1815
With Napolean's defeat, Jews sent back to ghettos
CHANCE