March 31: Decree orders Jews out of Spain(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The marriage of the two rulers eventually united Aragon and Castile, although while she lived, Isabella did not yield her authority to her husband.
When Columbus left on his famous voyage in August, he could not use the port of Cadiz because of the large numbers of Jews waiting to board ships in the harbor.
Many Jews of Castile went to Portugal, where they were forced to pay a ransom to remain.
In 1433 he went to Rome where he exercised the functions of auditor of the Rota and Apostolic referendary.
The following year he relinquished these offices and placed himself at the service of Alfonso of Castile, King of Sicily, obtaining the See of Palermo in 1435, whence his name "Panormitanus".
During the troubles that marred the pontificate of Eugene IV, Nicolò at first followed the party of this pontiff but subsequently allied himself with the antipope Felix V who, in 1440, named him cardinal.
