{"slug": "tomas-de-torquemada", "label": "Tomás de Torquemada", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s_de_Torquemada", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q210735", "qid": "Q210735", "description": "Grand Inquisitor of Spain (1420-1498)", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1420, 1498], "span_label": ["1420 CE", "1498 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "spanish-inquisition", "label": "Spanish Inquisition", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "spain", "label": "Spain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-aragon", "label": "Kingdom of Aragon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "zaragoza", "label": "Zaragoza", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "january", "label": "January", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pope-sixtus-iv", "label": "Pope Sixtus IV", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1420, "year_label": "1420 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "October 14", "text": "October 14 – Tomás de Torquemada, first grand inquisitor of Spain (d. 1498)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365937924#Births", "title": "1420", "revid": 1365937924, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1478, "year_label": "1478 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "November 1", "text": "November 1 – The Spanish Inquisition begins as Pope Sixtus IV promulgates the papal bull Exigit sinceras devotionis affectus, permitting the Crown of Castile, at the request of Queen Isabella, to create the office of Inquisitor General, with the Dominican bishop Tomás de Torquemada to prosecute accused heretics.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359855585#October–December", "title": "1478", "revid": 1359855585, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1483, "year_label": "1483 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January", "text": "January – Upon the petition the Grand Inquistitor of Castile (now part of Spain) Tomás de Torquemada, the Jews are expelled from the Castilian-controlled portions of Andalusia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369188840#January–March", "title": "1483", "revid": 1369188840, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1485, "year_label": "1485 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 15", "text": "September 15 – Peter Arbues is assaulted while praying in the cathedral at Zaragoza in the Kingdom of Aragon, now part of Spain; he dies on September 17. He had been appointed Inquisitor of Aragon by the Inquisitor General, Tomás de Torquemada, in the campaign against heresy and Spanish Judaism.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364736343#July–September", "title": "1485", "revid": 1364736343, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1487, "year_label": "1487 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 11", "text": "February 11 – Pope Innocent VIII renews the designation of Tomás de Torquemada as the Grand Inquisitor of Spain in the kingdoms of Castile, Leon, Aragon, and Valencia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366465965#January–March", "title": "1487", "revid": 1366465965, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1498, "year_label": "1498 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 16", "text": "September 16 – Tomás de Torquemada, Spanish Dominican friar and first Grand Inquisitor (b. 1420)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363338704#Deaths", "title": "1498", "revid": 1363338704, "section": "Deaths"}}]}