Moriscos are expelled from the Kingdom of Valencia.
Muslim-descended community in Spain
🗓️ April 4, 1609 • 📅 ACF Date: 16090404
Moriscos were former Muslims and their descendants whom the Catholic Church and Habsburg Spain commanded to forcibly convert to Christianity or face compulsory exile after Spain outlawed Islam. Spain had a sizeable Muslim population, the mudéjars, in the early 16th century.
