1571Mexican Inquisition Begins

The Mexican Inquisition begins.
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🇮🇳 The Goa Inquisition Begins

The Goa Inquisition begins.
The Goa Inquisition Begins (1560)
InquisitionGoaIndiaReligious persecutionPortuguese Empire16th CenturyForced conversion
IndiaIndia

🔥 Mexican Inquisition Begins

Mexican Inquisition Begins (1571)
InquisitionMexicoReligious PersecutionNew WorldConversosSpanish EmpireEarly Modern Period
MexicoMexico

🔥 First Auto-da-fé in Mexico

First auto-da-fé in Mexico.
First Auto-da-fé in Mexico (1574)
Auto-da-féMexicoInquisitionReligious PersecutionNew WorldConversosSpanish EmpireEarly Modern Period
MexicoMexico

🔥 Three Portuguese Conversos Burned at the Stake in Rome

Three Portuguese Conversos are burned at the stake in Rome.
Three Portuguese Conversos Burned at the Stake in Rome (1583)
InquisitionRomeConversosReligious PersecutionExecutionEarly Modern Period
ItalyItaly

💔 Execution of Francisca Nuñez de Carabajal and Family in New Spain

Francisca Nuñez de Carabajal was a Marrana (Jewish convert to Christianity) in New Spain executed by the Inquisition for "judaizing" in 1596. One of her children, Isabel, in her twenties at the time, was tortured until she implicated the whole of the Carabajal family. The whole family was forced to confess and abjure at a public auto-da-fé, celebrated on Saturday, 24 February 1590. Luis de Carabajal the younger (one of Francisca's sons), along with Francisca and four of her daughters, was condemned to perpetual imprisonment, and another one of Francisca's sons, Baltasar, who had fled upon the first warning of danger, was, along with his deceased father Francisco Rodriguez de Matos, burnt in effigy. In January 1595, Francisca and her children were accused of a relapse into Judaism and convicted. During their imprisonment they were tempted to communicate with one another on Spanish pear seeds, on which they wrote touching messages of encouragement to remain true to their faith. At the resulting auto-da-fé, Francisca and her children Isabel, Catalina, Leonor, and Luis, died at the stake, together with Manuel Diaz, Beatriz Enriquez, Diego Enriquez, and Manuel de Lucena. Of her other children, Mariana, who lost her reason for a time, was tried and put to death at an auto-da-fé held in Mexico City on 25 March 1601; Anica, the youngest child, being "reconciled" at the same time.
Execution of Francisca Nuñez de Carabajal and Family in New Spain (1596)
InquisitionMexicoMarranosJudaizingForced ConversionAuto-da-féSpanish EmpireReligious PersecutionFamily Persecution
MexicoMexico

🔥 Burning of Conversos in Évora

A number of Converso Jews are burned alive in Évora, Portugal.
Burning of Conversos in Évora (1696)
Portuguese InquisitionConversosReligious PersecutionEarly Modern PeriodAuto-da-fé
PortugalPortugal