When ye talk of prejudice, genocide, hatred and minorities ye think perhaps of the dark of skin, or of the Jew, but do ye ever think of the Romani? A`ver thinks ye do nae, and this greatly saddens him. Next time ye think upon these matters, think upon the Romani as well, nais tuke (thank you).
| This is a time line of the Romani and is rather
interesting to see just how much the Romani are hated. Rom, Roma, Romani....all
mean Gypsies
The first record of Rom are in Crete in 1322. 1347 Rom recorded in Byzantium, forced to move west because of the Black Death 1348 Rom in Serbia 1362 Rom in Croatia 1378 Rom in Bulgaria 1384 Romani shoemakers reported in Greece 1385 First recorded transaction of Gypsy slaves 1399 Rom record in a chronicle in Bohemia 1416 Gypsies expelled from Germany 1418 Gypsies hit Paris! 1418 Romani arrive in Switzerland 1419 Roamni arrive in Belgium 1420 Romani arrive in Holland 1422 Romani in Italy 1423 Romani in Slovakia 1425 Romani in Spain 1447 Romani in Catalina 1453 Constantinople captured by Turks, Rom flee west 1471 Switzerland bans all Romani 1485 Romani arrive in Switzerland 1489 Romani musicians play in Hungary 1493 Rom expelled from Italy 1498 Germany (Holy Roman Empire) expels Romani 1499 Spain expels the Gypsies 1500 Romani in Russia 1504 France orders all Rom out 1505 Two kumpanias enter Denmark and one enters Spain. 1510 Death penalty ordered for all Rom in Switzerland 1512 Romani expelled from Catalonia and go to Sweden 1514 Rom reach England 1515 Germany closes its borders to Rom 1525 Rom banned from Portugal Rom ordered to leave Sweden 1526 Rom can no longer travel across Holland 1530 England and Wales expels Romani 1534 Some Romani executed in Slovakia 1536 Rom ordered to leave Denmark 1538 Rom ordered to leave Portugal 1539 any male found nomadising is sent to the galleys 1540 Gypsies allowed to live under their own law in Scotland 1544 Gypsies deported to Norway 1547 All Rom are declared outlaws in Bohemia and expelled 1554 Death penalty imposed for all Rom not leaving the country in 30 days 1557 Poland and Lithuania expel all Gypsies 1563 Italy.. Council of Trent says that Gypsies cannot be priests 1569 Lithuania and Poland declare remaining Gypsies must settle or be expelled 1573 All Rom in Scotland must settle or leave 1547 Wearing of Romni dress banned 1584 Denmark and Norway expel all Rom 1589 Death Penalty imposed for all Rom who do not leave in 30 days in Denmark. 1637 Death Penalty issued for all remaining Gypsies in Sweden 1721 Austria-Hungarian Empire: Emperor Karl VI orders the exterminations of all Romani throughout his domain. 1728 Holland.........last Roma hunted down. 1746 Gypsies to live only in named towns in Spain. 1749 Great Gypsy Round up: all in the kingdom arrested, some executed. Even Catholic Priests tuned in children at churches 1759 Gypsies banned from St. Petersburg 1782 Romani language and dress is banned in Spain 1783 Most regulations against Gypsies are repealed 1802 France imprisons the Romani 1812 Finland puts all Gypsies in workhouses 1822 England will not let Gypsies camp by the road 1830 Germany removed children under 9 from the Romani parents in hopes of integrating them. 1835 Rom hunted in Denmark 1848 slaves freed in Transylvania 1849 Rom allowed in Denmark 1855 Romani frees Gypsies slaves 1864 Romania says Rom can own land. (Rom don't believe in owning land) 1874 Muslim Rom given equal rights as Muslims in Ottoman Empire 1875 Denmark bans Rom again 1186 Bismark recommends expelling foreign Rom 1899 Germany sets up the "Police Gypsy Information Services, later renamed "The Central Office for Fighting the Gypsy Nuisance" 1906 France issues identity cards 1920 Germany sets up an organization to deal with Gypsies called Lives unworthy of Life. 1922 Germany photos and fingerprints all Romani 1926 Switzerland orders all young children taken from Gypsy families to foster parents During WW2 all Gypsies sent to special camps in Auschwitz 1953 Rom reallowed into Denmark 1958 Bulgaria and Checkloslovakia ban Rom 1960 England bans most caravan sites 1966 Gypsy Council set up in England. 1968 England and Holland: all districts must build caravan sites 1971 First Romani Congress in London 1972 Rom ordered sterilized in Czechoslovakia 1977 Holland legalizes 500 Romani 1978 Second World Romani Congress Held in Geneva 1979 Hungary: Self taught Romani artists are allowed to have a exhibition 1981 3 World Romani Congress in Germany! 1985 France allows Romani Art Exhibit in Paris 1987 US Holocaust Memorial appoints it's frist Rom member, 7 years after it's creation. 1989 Germany attempts to export Rom and fails. Romani shot in Romania Romani houses destroyed in Spain 1990 4 World Romani Congress near Warsaw in the 1990s there were attacks on the Rom in Romania, Poland, Ukraine, Hungary ,Bulgaria, Czechs, Slovakia, Austria, Turkey ,Albania ,Greece repeatedly. In Czech Republic, Romani children could not go to the city swimming pools. Interesting, aye? |