Apr. 23, 1615

Edict of Expulsion issued by King Louis XIII [ Present-day France]: “[…] We have said, ordered, desired and declared: That these Jews, who live in our kingdom, will be required – on pain of death and the confiscation of all their property – to depart and withdraw from the same all together within a month after publication[…].”
François-André et al. Isambert (éd.), Recueil général des anciennes lois françaises, depuis 420 jusqu’à la révolution de 1789, Paris 1821, page 77. Accessed online; Translated by Franziska Wagener 4/2016