| YEAR |
AMERICAN |
AMERICAN JEWISH |
WORLD JEWISH |
| 1492 |
Columbus sails from Spain, reaches the West Indies |
Luis de Torres, an interpreter, accompanies Christopher Columbus on his first voyage for Ferdinand and Isabella |
Jews are expelled from Catholic Spain |
| 1519 |
Hernando Cortez begins conquest of Mexico |
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| 1542 |
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Martin Luther reviles Jews in his tract On the Jews and Their Lies |
| 1565 |
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Joseph caro codifies Jewish law in his Shulhan Arukh |
| 1585 |
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Joachim Gans, a Central European minerals expert on Sir Walter Raleigh's expeditions, surveys the Carolina coast |
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| 1596 |
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Luis de Carvajal is burned at the stake by the Holy Office of the Inquisition in Mexico |
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| 1598 |
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Jacob Tirado builds a synagogue in Amsterdam |
| YEAR |
AMERICAN |
AMERICAN JEWISH |
WORLD JEWISH |
