The #WhitehallConference determined, on #ThisDayInHistory in 1655, that nothing in the 1290 #EdictOfExpulsion barred #Jews from returning to England. A #Sephardic community soon set up in London. Expelling Jews was a tactic used by European states to seize assets & pay off debts.

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March 31, 1492 - King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella ordered the expulsion from Spain before August of all Jews who refused to convert to Christianity under penalty of death.

March 31, 1492 - King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella ordered the expulsion from Spain before August of all Jews who refused to convert to Christianity under penalty of death.

March 31, 1492 - King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella ordered the expulsion from Spain before August of all Jews who refused to convert to Christianity under penalty of death.
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