Spanish Expulsion of 1492

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anti-Jewish decree expulsion of Jews historical event

The Spanish Expulsion of 1492 was the royal decree by Ferdinand and Isabella that forced all practicing Jews to leave Spain, marking a major turning point in Jewish and Iberian history.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Alhambra Decree	2
Alhambra Decree expelling Jews from Castile and Aragon	1
Alhambra Decree of 1492	1
Edict of Expulsion	1
Expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492	1
Expulsion of the Jews from Spain (1492)	1
Expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anti-Jewish decree ⓘ expulsion of Jews ⓘ historical event ⓘ
affectedGroup	Sephardi Jews ⓘ surface form: Sephardic Jews Sephardi Jews ⓘ surface form: Spanish Jewish communities
alsoKnownAs	Spanish Expulsion of 1492 ⓘ surface form: Alhambra Decree Spanish Expulsion of 1492 ⓘ surface form: Edict of Expulsion
appliesTo	practicing Jews in Spain ⓘ
associatedWith	Reconquista ⓘ Spanish Inquisition ⓘ
chronologicallyCloseTo	Christopher Columbus ⓘ surface form: Columbus's first voyage to the Americas
consequence	confiscation of Jewish property ⓘ expulsion of Jews from Spain ⓘ forced conversions to Christianity ⓘ mass migration of Sephardic Jews ⓘ
country	Crown of Aragon ⓘ Crown of Castile ⓘ
date	1492 ⓘ
deadline	approximately four months after promulgation ⓘ end of July 1492 ⓘ
historicalContext	completion of the Reconquista with conquest of Granada ⓘ late 15th-century Iberian religious policies ⓘ
issuedBy	Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ Isabella I of Castile ⓘ
issuerTitle	Catholic Monarchs ⓘ
languageOfDocument	Castilian ⓘ
legalForm	royal decree ⓘ
legalStatus	revoked in 1968 by the Spanish government ⓘ
location	Spain ⓘ
mainRequirement	Jews must leave Spain or convert to Christianity ⓘ
motivatedBy	Catholic religious policy ⓘ pressure from the Spanish Inquisition ⓘ religious uniformity ⓘ
placeSigned	Granada ⓘ
relatedTo	anti-Jewish legislation in medieval Europe ⓘ persecution of conversos ⓘ
religiousTarget	Jews ⓘ
resultedIn	decline of Jewish presence in Iberia ⓘ diaspora of Spanish Jews to Italy ⓘ diaspora of Spanish Jews to North Africa ⓘ diaspora of Spanish Jews to the Americas ⓘ diaspora of Spanish Jews to the Netherlands ⓘ diaspora of Spanish Jews to the Ottoman Empire ⓘ spread of Ladino language ⓘ
significance	end of officially recognized Jewish communities in late medieval Spain ⓘ major turning point in Iberian history ⓘ major turning point in Jewish history ⓘ
startDate	31 March 1492 ⓘ
yearCoincidesWith	1492 discovery of the Americas ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spanish Expulsion of 1492 → alsoKnownAs → Spanish Expulsion of 1492 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alhambra Decree

Spanish Expulsion of 1492 → alsoKnownAs → Spanish Expulsion of 1492 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edict of Expulsion

Judezmo → associatedWithEvent → Spanish Expulsion of 1492 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492

Tisha BAv → commemorates → Spanish Expulsion of 1492 ⓘ

subject surface form: Tisha B'Av

this entity surface form: Expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492

Sephardi Jews → experiencedEvent → Spanish Expulsion of 1492 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alhambra Decree of 1492

Jews → hasHistoricalEvent → Spanish Expulsion of 1492 ⓘ

Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) → originatedAfterEvent → Spanish Expulsion of 1492 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Expulsion of the Jews from Spain (1492)

Catholic Monarchs → significantEvent → Spanish Expulsion of 1492 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alhambra Decree

Isabella I of Castile → significantEvent → Spanish Expulsion of 1492 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alhambra Decree expelling Jews from Castile and Aragon