Persecution of Jews in Belgium

Roman Empire
Under Christian emperors, Jews were persecuted in the Roman Empire, which included forbidding Jews from marrying Christians, restricting Jews from holding public office, and Jews weren't allowed to own slaves.

Dagobert I
Frankish King Dagobert I gave Jews the alternatives of conversion to Christianity or exile in 629.

Persecution of Jews during the Black Death
Jews were falsely blamed for the Black Death in Europe during the mid-1300s. They were persecuted and massacred. Jews were often used by Christians to blame due to their resentment of them considering the antisemitic Christian belief that Jews as a people hold the responsibility for killing Jesus Christ or Jewish deicide. Many Jews were murdered in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Poland, Spain, and Switzerland.

Brussels massacre of 1370
After a host desecration accusation, Jews are massacred in Brussels in 1370.