During the Black Death persecutions, 700 Jews were burned alive in their own homes in Basel, Netherlands.
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Nazis launch Kristallnacht.
Nazi officials meet to organize the extermination of Jews.
Sixty-six Jewish families founded the City of Tel Aviv.
King Edward I of England decreed that all Jews must leave the country by November.
Thirty thousand lives were lost after a major earthquake shook Lisbon.
