QUEEN ISABELLA I
AS SEEN IN:
'Christopher Columbus'
AS PLAYED BY:
Faye Dunaway
From Wikipedia:
[On this date in 1492,] Queen Isabella of Castille issues the Alhambra decree, ordering her 150,000 Jewish subjects to convert to Christianity or face expulsion.
The Alhambra Decree (also known as the Edict of Expulsion) was an edict issued on 31 March 1492 by the joint Catholic Monarchs of Spain (Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon) ordering the expulsion of Jews from the Kingdom of Spain and its territories and possessions by 31 July of that year.
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