Inquisition

Seventeenth Century Mallorca
1619
The 17th century was marked by the division of the city in two sides or gangs, named Canamunts and Canavalls (in Catalan "those from the upper town” and “those from the lower"), commencing with a brawl and lasting for over seventy years.



1650
Plague spread from Valencia (1648), Catalonia (1649-53) via Sóller to Palma. Some 14-1500 of the 90,000-100,000 inhabitants of Mallorca died, 9,000 of whom were from Palma.
1652
There were more confrontations during the XVIIth century than there were peaceful relations. After the occupation of Barcelona by John Joseph of Austria in 1652, the Islands supported the navy in all the conflicts with the most Christian king.
1674
The Island corsairs were particularly active in the war with Holland 1674-1678 when their attacks caused heavy losses to French trade and they played a leading role in the recovery of the city of Messina in Sicily.
1688
Origin of the word chuetas to describe the Christians descendents of the Jews or Conversos who had converted. Xueta in Catalan, it is normally used pejoratively. Many lived in the calle del Sagell which became known as the calle de los chuetas. The Inquisition was redoubling its persecution of the Jews.
1691
Just one of many autos da fé: three Jews were subsequently burned at the stake, watched by a crowd of some 30,000, eleven more were handed over to the secular authorities, four more were sentenced to be burned in effigy and three had their bones burned.
1698
The Island corsairs were the primary scourge of the French during the Lliga de Augsburg War 1698-1707 .