Editing Timeline of Jewish history (section)

===15th century===
;1428: The [[Marinid sultanate|Marinid sultan]] confines the Jewish population to the [[mellah of Fez]] due to the increasing hostility of the Muslim population. The [[mellah]]s of other towns of Morocco, all of which are established later under the Saadians and the Alawids, are founded with the express intent of ostracism and isolating Jews rather than protection.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Stillman |first1=Norman A. |title=The Jews of Arab Lands |date=1979 |publisher=Jewish Publication Society |isbn=978-0-8276-1155-9 |pages=79–81 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bFN2ismyhEYC |access-date=2 October 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Taieb-Carlen" />

;1465: During the [[1465 Moroccan revolution]] which overthrows the [[Marinid dynasty]], the Jewish [[mellah]] is attacked by the population of Fez, though the extent of the massacre is debated.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Stillman |first1=Norman A. |title=The Jews of Arab Lands |date=1979 |publisher=Jewish Publication Society |isbn=978-0-8276-1155-9 |page=81 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bFN2ismyhEYC |access-date=30 September 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=García-Arenal |first1=Mercedes |title=The revolution of Fās in 869/1465 and the death of Sultan 'Abd al-ḥaqq al-Marīnī |journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies |date=1 January 1978 |volume=41 |pages=43–76 |doi=10.1017/S0041977X00057773 |url=https://www.academia.edu/1382306}}</ref>

;1478:[[Catholic Monarchs|King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella]] of Spain institute the [[Spanish Inquisition]].

;1486: First Jewish prayer book published in Italy.

;1488–1575: Rabbi [[Yosef Karo]] spends 20 years compiling the Beit Yosef, an enormous guide to Jewish law. He then writes a more concise guide, the [[Shulkhan Arukh]], that becomes the standard law guide for the next 400 years. Born in Spain, Yosef Karo lives and dies in [[Safed]].

;1488: [[Obadiah ben Abraham]], commentator on the [[Mishnah]], arrives in Jerusalem and marks a new epoch for the Jewish community.

;1492: The [[Alhambra Decree]]: Approximately 200,000 Jews are expelled from Spain, The expelled Jews relocate to the [[Netherlands]], [[Turkey]], [[Arab]] lands, and [[Judea]]; some eventually go to South and Central America. However, most emigrate to Poland. In later centuries, more than 50% of Jewish world population lived in Poland. Many Jews remain in Spain after publicly converting to Christianity, becoming [[Crypto-Judaism|Crypto-Jews]].

;1492: [[Bayezid II]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] issued a formal invitation to the Jews expelled from Spain and Portugal and sent out ships to safely bring Jews to his empire.

;1493: Jews expelled from Sicily. As many as 137,000 exiled.

;1496: Jews expelled from [[Portugal]] and from many German cities.