21 Tammuz

June 20, 1567- Jews were not allowed to settle in Brazil, according to a decree issued by Don Henrique, Regent of Brazil.

1644- Don Lopez de Veray Alarcón, a Spanish nobleman who became a ger tzedek [righteous gentile] known as Yehuda the Believer, was murdered by the Spanish Inquisition.

1826- The last victim of the accursed Inquisition was executed.

July 6, 1942-  Jews of the ghetto of Bendin, Poland rose up and rebelled against their captors.