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The death of Tomás de Torquemada
1498 Death of Tomás de Torquemada , main player in the early part of the Spanish Inquisition .
The Spanish Inquisition ran from 1478 until 1834 . Contrary to popular belief, its inquisitors only condemned about 25 Spanish witches to be burned at the stake. However, it wrought a horrible toll on heretics, Muslims, Jews, reformers and the intelligentsia. Some 114,350 citizens of Catholic Spain were tried in the Inquisition started by Ferdinand and Isabella of Castile . Torquemada was responsible for 2,000 burnings and the expulsion of thousands of Jews ( 1492 ).
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