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Portuguese Synagogue (Esnoga)

1675 CE – still standing

Grand Sephardic synagogue built by Portuguese Jews who fled the Inquisition, still lit by candles and in active use

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–1650 CE)
  2. Dutch Republic (1700 CE–1715 CE) Border precision: Defined
  3. Netherlands (1783 CE) Border precision: Defined
  4. Batavian Republic (1800 CE) Border precision: Defined
  5. United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815 CE) Border precision: Defined
  6. Netherlands (1880 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
  • Defined

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1914 CE – 1918 CE

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962 CE – 1806 CE

Conflict · Europe

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1939 CE – 1945 CE

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Spanish Treasure Fleet

1566 CE – 1790 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1675 CE and 2026 CE.

1675 CE Scanian War 1682 CE Palace of Versailles 1683 CE Great Turkish War 1683 CE Siege of Vienna 1688 CE Nine Years' War (War of the Grand Alliance)

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

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