The Alhambra Decree was an edict issued by the Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, ordering the expulsion of Jews from their kingdoms unless they converted to Christianity. It was issued soon after the conquest of Granada, the last Muslim kingdom in Spain, and followed years of pressure from the Inquisition, which suspected converted Jews of secretly keeping their faith. Jews were given a few months to leave. Many left for Portugal, North Africa and the Ottoman Empire, taking the Judeo-Spanish language that became known as Ladino, while others converted. The decree was formally repealed only in 1968, and Spain later offered citizenship to descendants of the expelled Sephardic Jews.
Before and after
- 31 December 1491Birth of Jacques Cartier
- 1492European colonization of the Americas
- from 1492 to 1681Spanish Golden Age
- 2 January 1492The fall of Granada ends Muslim rule in Spain
- 31 March 1492Alhambra Decree
- from 1493 to 1593Hundred Years' Croatian–Ottoman War
- 1493Askia Muhammad I takes power and builds the Songhai Empire
- from 24 September 1493 to 13 July 1898Spanish colonization of the Americas
- 1494Birth of François Rabelais
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The era
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