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Events on Wednesday 12 February 1502 1
1502Castile orders Muslims to convert or leaveRoyal edict ends toleration of Islam in CastileFerdinand and Isabella issued a decree compelling the remaining Muslim population of Castile to convert to Christianity or go into exile. The order followed the 1492 expulsion of Jews and the earlier forced conversions in Granada, and created the converted Muslim population later known as Moriscos. Many who nominally converted continued to practice Islam in secret.