| Date |
Event |
| Before
1066 |
No real evidence
of presence of Jews in Britain |
| Late 11th
Century |
William the Conqueror
brought Jews from Rouen to London |
| 1093c. |
Important disputation
between Gilbert Crispin (Abbott of Westminster) and a Jew |
| 12th
Century |
First Charter of
Protection to Jews in England |
| March, 1144 |
William of Norwich,
the first Ritual Murder charge against Jews in the medieval period. |
| 1158 |
Ibn Ezra visits
London |
| March 1167 or 1168 |
Harold of Gloucester
ritual murder charge. |
| 1177 |
Jews of England
had had to use the burial ground in London, but in 1177 were permitted
to purchase burial grounds outside any city where they lived |
| 1181 |
Jews forbidden to
hold Arms |
| 1183c. |
First Arch Presbyter
of the Jews appointed |
| 1186 |
Death of Aaron of
Lincoln who was considered one of the wealthiest men in England |
| 3 September, 1189 |
Coronation of Richard
Lion-Heart led to a series of massacres of Jews |
| 16/17 March, 1190 |
Massacre in York |
| Late 1194. |
First steps towards
establishment of the Exchequer of the Jews |
| 10 April, 1201 |
King John confirms
Charter of the Jews. It cost them 4,000 marks |
| 1 November, 1210 |
Unprecedented Tallage
on Jews |
| 15 June,1215 |
Magna Carta. Two
clauses concern debts due to Jews |
| 30 March, 1218 |
Jewish badge introduced,
only strictly enforced after 1253 |
| 1231 |
Jews expelled from
Leicester. This proved to be the start of a host of expulsions
from various cities and towns |
| 16 January, 1232 |
Domus Conversorum
established in London |
| 31 January, 1253 |
Restrictive measures
against Jews |
| August, 1255 |
Hugh of Lincoln
ritual murder charge |
| April, 1264 |
Attack on the Jewry
in London and elsewhere |
| 24 November, 1275
|
Statute of the Jewry |
| 1279 |
Jews ordered to
attend sermons delivered by Dominican Friars |
| 18 July, 1290 |
Edict expelling
Jews |
| 1290 -1656 |
The period between
the expulsion of the Jews in 1290 and their readmission in 1656
is generally called �The Middle Period�. Although there was no
Jewish community during this period, Jews visited Britain from
time to time for various reasons and some Marranos established
themselves in Britain for periods of time |
| 31 October, 1655
|
Humble address from
Menasseh ben Israel to Oliver Cromwell. A fortnight later on 13
November he submitted a petition for the readmission of Jews to
England |
| December, 1655 |
Whitehall Conference
to discuss the petition. Dissolved by Cromwell before it reached
a decision |
| 1656 |
Although no formal
agreement on readmission, Jewish residents of London began living
openly as Jews |
| December, 1656 |
First Synagogue
established after Readmission |
| February, 1657 |
First Cemetery acquired
in Mile End |
| 14 October, 1663 |
Samuel Pepys visits
the Synagogue on Simchat Torah |
| 1664 |
Bylaws (Ascamot)
of new community agreed |
| 22 August, 1664 |
Jews granted Royal
protection |
| January, 1667 |
Jews allowed to
swear in Court on the Old Testament |
| February, 1674 |
Jews indicted for
holding a service, but the King stopped the proceedings against
them |
| 1671 |
Start of practice
of presenting each Lord Mayor with a gift |
| 1677 |
Court venue changed
to avoid a Jew having to give evidence on a Saturday |
| 1692c. |
Establishment of
first Ashkenazi Synagogue |
| 2 February, 1697 |
Site acquired for
first Ashkenazi cemetery |
| 1697 |
Jews admitted as
brokers on the Royal Exchange |
| 20 September, 1701 |
Bevis Marks Synagogue
inaugurated |
| 1702 |
Great Synagogue
founded |
| 24 June, 1702 |
Act to oblige Jews
to maintain and provide for their Protestant children |
| 20 March, 1705 |
Hambro Synagogue
founded |
| Late 1714 |
Publication of John
Toland�s Reasons for Naturalising the Jews in Great Britain and
Ireland, on the same foot with All Other Nations |
| 1732 |
Talmud Torah attached
to the Great established, which became the Jews� Free School
(JFS) in 1817 |
| 18 October, 1747 |
Establishment of
the Sephardi Jews� Hospital (Beth Holim) |
| 1753 |
Enactment and repeal
of the �Jew Bill� |
| 14 December, 1760 |
Foundation of Board
of Deputies |
| May 1761 |
The New Synagogue
founded |
| 1761 |
Beginnings of Western
Synagogue |
| 17 December, 1776 |
Official fast to
wish success against the rebels in America |
| 17 April, 1782 |
Death of the Baal
Shem of London |
| Late 1787 |
Conversion of Lord
George Gordon |
| 19 October, 1803 |
Official fast for
success in the war against France |
| 16 April, 1804 |
Establishment of
The London Board for Shechita |
| 14 April, 1809 |
Three Royal Dukes
visit the Great Synagogue |
| 1817 |
Establishment of
Jews� Free School (JFS) |
| 1819 |
Jewish Blind Society
founded |
| 1826 |
University College
London founded, the first university in England to admit students
regardless of race, class or religion |
| 1836 |
Marriage Registration
Act recognising Board of Deputies as a competent authority |
| 1840 |
Successful mission
by Moses Montefiore to secure release of Jews in Damascus accused
of a blood libel |
| 15 April, 1840 |
Religious split
in London Community |
| Late 1841 |
Voice of Jacob and
Jewish Chronicle founded |
| 17 January, 1842 |
West London Synagogue
of British Jews opened |
| 31 July, 1845 |
Act for the relief
of Persons of the Jewish Religion elected to Municipal Offices |
| 18 August, 1846 |
Religious Disabilities
Act. The Jewish religion was no longer connived at, but was placed
under the protection of the law |
| July, 1847 |
Lionel Rothschild
elected an MP, but unable to take seat because oath included the
words �on the true faith of a Christian� |
| 1855 |
Jews College founded |
| 23 July, 1858 |
Oaths and Jewish
Relief Acts |
| 26 July, 1858 |
First Jew (Lionel
Rothschild) takes seat in House of Commons |
| 1859 |
Unsuccessful mission
by Moses Montefiore to Rome to secure release of Edgardo Mortara |
| 1859 |
Foundation of the
Board of Guardians (subsequently Jewish Care) |
| 28 June, 1868 |
Disraeli appointed
Prime Minister |
| 14 July, 1870 |
Establishment of
United Synagogue |
| 1871 |
Formation of Anglo-Jewish
Association |
| 1881 |
Start of mass immigration |
| 1885 |
Establishment of
the �Jewish Ladies� Society for Preventative and Rescue Work�
|
| 28 July, 1885 |
Death of Sir Moses
Montefiore |
| April, 1887 |
The Anglo-Jewish
Historical Exhibition |
| 6 November, 1887 |
Formation of Federation
of Synagogues |
| September, 1889 |
Jewish Tailors Strike |
| 10 December, 1890 |
Public meeting protesting
against condition of Russian Jews |
| 1891 |
Shechitah dispute
and formation of the Machzike Hadath |
| November, 1891 |
Foundation of �The
Maccabeans� |
| 1892 |
Schism at Hampstead
Synagogue |
| 1893 |
Foundation of Jewish
Historical Society of England |
| 1895 |
Foundation of the
Jewish Lads� Brigade |
| 17 January, 1896 |
First version of
Herzl�s The Jewish State published in Jewish Chronicle |
| 1896 |
Foundation of Brady
Street Boys� Club |
| 1899 |
English Zionist
Federation founded |
| 1902 |
Anti-Jewish disturbances
in South Wales |
| 18 October, 1902 |
Inaugural service
of the Jewish Religious Union which led to the formation of the
Liberal Jewish Movement |
| 23 April, 1903 |
The Uganda Project |
| August, 1903 |
Report of the Royal
Commission on Aliens leading to the 1905 Aliens Act |
| 12 January, 1904 |
The Limerick �Pogrom� |
| 19 August, 1911 |
Anti-Jewish riots
in Tredegar |
| 1912 |
The Marconi Scandal |
| 1913 |
The Indian Silver
Affair |
| 1914 |
Foundation of Oxford
and St George�s Girls� Club |
| March, 1915 |
Formation of the
Zion Mule Corps. |
| 24 May, 1917 |
Anti-Zionist manifesto
by the Conjoint published in the Times |
| July, 1917 |
Formation of a Jewish
Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers |
| 2 November, 1917 |
The Balfour Declaration |
| 8 December, 1917 |
Allenby captures
Jerusalem |
| 1919 |
Jewish Memorial
Council founded |
| 13 July, 1919 |
London Jewish Hospital
opens for out-patients |
| January, 1920 |
The Protocols of
the Elders of Zion first published in Britain |
| 25 April, 1920 |
Palestine Mandate
assigned to Britain |
| October, 1930 |
The �Passfield�
White Paper |
| April, 1933 |
Community Undertaking
regarding Jewish Refugees from Germany |
| July, 1935 |
Formation of Defence
Committee by Board of Deputies |
| 4 October, 1936 |
Formation of Jewish
People�s Council and �The Battle of Cable Street� |
| 7 July, 1937 |
�Peel Report� published |
| May, 1939 |
White Paper on Palestine |
| 11 May, 1941 |
The Great Synagogue,
Dukes Place, destroyed in an air raid |
| 17 December, 1942 |
Confirmation of
extermination of Jews by Nazis announced to House of Commons |
| March, 1945 |
Last German V2 rocket
on London kills 130 persons, nearly all Jewish |
| March, 1946 |
Formation of the
�43 Group� |
| 22 July, 1946 |
Bombing of King
David Hotel, Jerusalem |
| 8 May, 1948 |
Establishment of
the State of Israel |
| 1954 |
Establishment of
Jewish Book Week |
| October, 1956 |
The Suez Affair |
| 1961 |
The �Jacobs� Affair |
| 10 May, 1991 |
War Crimes Act |
| 1992 |
Jewish Genealogical
Society of Great Britain founded |
| 1996 |
Bloom�s in Whitechapel
Road closes |
| 6 May, 2002 |
Solidarity Rally
in Trafalgar Square in support of peace in Israel |
