68 CE- Jewish resistance to Roman forces during the time of the second Temple came to an end with the fall of the walls of the upper city of Jerusalem.
1349- Jews were killed in Worms on charges that they brought about the Black Plague, which wiped out thousands upon thousands in Europe. A public fast day in the community of Worms commorated the victims of this libel.
August 18, 1790- Washington responds to Newport Jews. The sexton of the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island, wrote a heartwarming letter to George Washington, on behalf of the Jewish community welcoming the President on his visit to Newport. In his letter, he expressed a vision of an American government that would permit all religions to live side by side in harmony, giving all its citizens the freedom to practice their religions.
On August 18, 1790, President Washington responded:
The Citizens of the United States of America have a right to applaud themselves for having given to mankind examples of an enlarged and liberal policy: a policy worthy of imitation. All possess alike liberty of conscience and immunities of citizenship. It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people, that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent natural rights. For happily the Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens, in giving it on all occasions their effectual support.
...May the Children of the Stock of Abraham, who dwell in this land, continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other Inhabitants; while every one shall sit in safety under his own vine and figtree, and there shall be none to make him afraid...
September 2, 1881- Russian Emperor appoints a commission to study to injurious influences of Jews upon the native population.
August 20, 1893- Switzerland outlawed kosher ritual slaughtering of animals.