1496Forced Conversion and Expulsion from Portugal

Forced conversion and expulsion of Jews from Portugal. This ...
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🔥 Forced Conversion and Expulsion from Campania and Basilicata

Forced conversion and expulsion of the Jews from Campania and Basilicata.
Forced ConversionExpulsionItalyCampaniaBasilicataMiddle AgesPersecutionReligious PersecutionAntisemitism
ItalyItaly

📜 Forced Conversion and Expulsion of Jews from Mali

Askia Mohammad I decrees that all Jews must convert to Islam, leave or be killed. Judaism becomes illegal in Mali. This was based on the advice of Muhammad al-Maghili. The region of Timbuktu had previously been tolerant of other religions before Askia got into power.
Forced Conversion and Expulsion of Jews from Mali (1492)
Forced ConversionReligious PersecutionAskia Mohammad IAl-MaghiliSub-Saharan Africa15th CenturyIslamic RuleJudaism
MaliMali

🚪 Expulsion of Jews from Sicily

Expulsion from Sicily: approx. 37,000.
Expulsion of Jews from Sicily (1493)
Sicilian ExpulsionExileReligious Persecution15th CenturySicilySephardi Jews
ItalyItaly

🚪 Expulsion of Jews from Lithuania

Jews in Lithuania are expelled and their property is seized. They were allowed to return 8 years later.
Expulsion of Jews from Lithuania (1495)
ExpulsionLithuaniaReligious Persecution15th CenturyTemporary Expulsion
LithuaniaLithuania

🚪 Forced Conversion and Expulsion from Portugal

Forced conversion and expulsion of Jews from Portugal. This included many who fled Spain four years earlier.
Forced Conversion and Expulsion from Portugal (1496)
Forced ConversionPortuguese ExpulsionReligious Persecution15th CenturySephardi JewsPortugalNew Christians
PortugalPortugal

📜 Manuel I of Portugal Orders Jewish Conversion or Exile

Manuel I of Portugal decrees that all Jews must convert or leave Portugal without their children.
Manuel I of Portugal Orders Jewish Conversion or Exile (1497)
Forced ConversionExilePortugalReligious PersecutionEarly Modern PeriodSephardic Jews
PortugalPortugal