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1096

Participants in the First Crusade massacred 1,000 of the city's Jews.

1259

The Jews of the city were required to wear special badges.

1281

Jews were killed in a blood libel and the synagogue was burned.

1458

October 1458

After a 2-month examination by the Papal Inquisitor, Hans Becker was burned at the stake. According to his statements, he was converted in 1442 while praying in a church in Mainz. The Holy Spirit descended with a terrible noise, he said, seizing him so that he felt a great pain. After that time he believed that no one could be as illuminated as he was. He stopped going to confession and observing the fasts. During the elevation of the host in the Mainz Cathedral, the Spirit compelled him to stick out his tongue.

1460

The Jews were expelled from the city.

1483

The city's Jews were expelled.