History of the Jews in the Balearic Islands History of the Jews in the Balearic Islands The history of the Jews in the Balearic Islands goes back more than a thousand years. Jews have lived in the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean, belonging to Spain. These are situated to the east of Valencia, the three principal of which are named Majorca (Spanish, Mallorca), Minorca (Menorca), and Eivissa or Ibiza. The group first formed the Kingdom of Majorca; later it became a Spanish province under the domination of Aragon. According to the chroniclers, there were Jewish inhabitants in the Balearic Isles as early as the 2nd century. In the
HMS Minorca (1805) two swivel guns. She and her crew of 39 men had been out of Genoa for 35 days but had captured nothing. In September "Minorca" was in company with Captain Charles Bullen and his frigate "Volontaire" as they reconnoitred the Spanish east coast towards the Medes Islands, which they had not yet visited. On 4 June 1811 "Minorca" recaptured "Manchester" and sent her into Malta, where she arrived five days later. "Manchester", of and for New York, had been coming from Sicily when a French privateer captured her on 1 June off Sardinia. On 22 January 1812 "Minorca" recaptured "Providence