1553 September 9 – 1 Tishrei 5314
Rome
The first burning of the Talmud and other printed Hebrew books took place in the Campo dei Fiori on the first day of Rosh Hashana. Rival Hebrew printers in Venice – both Christian – had accused one another of publishing heresy in their competing versions of the Talmud, each hoping to gain a monopoly. The subsequent involvement of virulently anti-Semitic Pope Pius IV resulted in a ten-year moratorium on Hebrew publishing as well as the confiscation and public burning of nearly all extant volumes of the Talmud.
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