Calendar year
Year1492 (MCDXCII leap year starting on Sunday of theJulian calendar .
1492 is considered to be a significant year in the history ofthe West ,Europe ,Christianity ,Islam ,Judaism ,Spain , and theNew World , among others, because of the number of significant events that took place.
The events which propelled the year into Western consciousness, listed below, include the completion of theReconquista of Spain, Europe's (Spain) discovery of theNew World , and theexpulsion of Jews from Spain .
January 2 –Muhammad XII , lastMoorish Emir of Granada , surrenders his city to the army ofFerdinand and Isabella .October 12 –Columbus reaches the Americas for Spain.January 2 –Fall of Granada :Muhammad XII , the lastEmir of Granada , surrenders his city to the army of theCatholic Monarchs (Ferdinand II of Aragon andIsabella I of Castile ) after a lengthy siege, ending the ten-yearGranada War and the centuries-longReconquista , and bringing an end to 780 years ofMuslim control inAl-Andalus .[ 1] January 6 – Ferdinand and Isabella enterGranada .[ 2] January 15 –Christopher Columbus meets Ferdinand and Isabella at theAlcázar de los Reyes Cristianos inCórdoba, Andalusia , and persuades them to support his Atlantic voyage intended to find a new route to theEast Indies .January 16 –Antonio de Nebrija publishesGramática de la lengua castellana Spanish language , inSalamanca , which he introduces to theCatholic Monarchs ,Isabella I of Castile andFerdinand II of Aragon , newly restored to power inAndalusia , as "a tool of empire".January 23 – ThePentateuch [ 3] February 1 – Discovery of theTitulus Crucis relic during renovation ofSanta Croce in Gerusalemme Church in Rome. March 31 – Ferdinand and Isabella sign theAlhambra Decree , expelling all Jews from Spain unless they convert toRoman Catholicism .April 17 – TheCapitulations of Santa Fe are signed betweenChristopher Columbus and theCrown of Castile , agreeing on arrangements for his forthcoming voyage.June 7 –Casimir IV Jagiellon , of theJagiellon Royal House, dies, ending his reign over Poland and Lithuania.June 8 –Elizabeth Woodville , the last livingYorkist queen consort, dies in England.August 2 August 11 –Pope Alexander VI succeedsPope Innocent VIII as the 214th pope, after the1492 papal conclave , the first held in theSistine Chapel .September 6 –Christopher Columbus sails fromLa Gomera in theCanary Islands , his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time.October 3 –English armybesieges Boulogne .[ 6] October 12 –Christopher Columbus ' expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean and lands onGuanahani , which he calls San Salvador, believing he has reached theEast Indies .October 28 – Christopher Columbus lands inHolguín ,Cuba .November 3 – ThePeace of Étaples is signed between England and France, ending French support forPerkin Warbeck , the pretender to theEnglish throne . All English-held territory in France (with the exception ofCalais ) is returned to France.[ 7] November 7 – TheEnsisheim meteorite , a 127 kg (280 lb)meteorite , lands in a wheat field near the village ofEnsisheim inAlsace .December 5 – Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to set foot on the island ofHispaniola .[ 8] December 25 – Columbus' shipSanta María Cap-Haïtien , and is lost.Martin Behaim constructs the first surviving globe of Earth, theErdapfel . As Columbus would only return from his voyage in1493 , this globe does not show the New World yet.The firstarboretum to be designed and planted is theArboretum Trsteno , nearDubrovnik in current-dayCroatia . Russians build theIvangorod Fortress , on the eastern banks of theNarva River . InMing dynasty China, the commercial transportation of grain to the northern border, in exchange for salt certificates, is monetized.[ 9] Ermysted's Grammar School ,Skipton ,North Yorkshire , is founded.Marsilio Ficino publishes his translation and commentary ofPlotinus .Stiegl brewery first recorded inSalzburg .QueenMarguerite de Navarre DuchessSabina of Bavaria January 22 –Beatrix of Baden , Margravine of Baden, Countess Palatine consort of Simmern (d.1535 )March 4 –Francesco de Layolle , Italian composer (d. c.1540 )March 21 –John II, Count Palatine of Simmern , Count Palatine of Simmern (1509-1557) (d.1557 )March 27 –Adam Ries , German mathematician (d.1559 )April 4 –Ambrosius Blarer , influential reformer in southern Germany and north-eastern Switzerland (d.1564 )April 6 –Maud Green , English noble (d.1531 )April 11 –Marguerite de Navarre , queen ofHenry II of Navarre (d.1549 )[ 10] April 20 –Pietro Aretino , Italian author (d.1556 )April 24 – DuchessSabina of Bavaria (d.1564 )May 8 –Andrea Alciato , Italian jurist and writer (d.1550 )June 4 –Hirate Masahide , Japanese retainer and tutor ofOda Nobunaga (d.1553 )August 1 –Wolfgang, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen , German prince (d.1566 )August 8 –Matteo Tafuri , Italian alchemist (d.1582 )September 12 –Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (d.1519 )[ 11] September 29 –Chamaraja Wodeyar III , King of Mysore (d.1553 )October 1 –Georg Rörer , German theologian (d.1557 )October 11 –Charles Orlando, Dauphin of France , French noble (d.1495 )October 30 –Anne d'Alençon , French noblewoman (d.1562 )November 12 –Johan Rantzau , German general (d.1565 )November 27 –Donato Giannotti , Italian writer (d.1573 )date unknown probable Lorenzo de' Medici KingCasimir IV Jagiellon Pope Innocent VIII SaintBeatrice of Silva January 25 –Ygo Gales Galama , Frisian warlord and freedom-fighting rebel (murdered) (b.1443 )April 8 –Lorenzo de' Medici , ruler of Florence (b.1449 )[ 12] March 19 –Philip II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (1429–1492) (b.1418 )c.May 21 –John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk (b.1442 ) June 7 –Casimir IV Jagiellon , King of Poland (b.1427 )June 8 –Elizabeth Woodville , Queen ofEdward IV of England (b.1437 )[ 13] July 1 –Henry the Younger of Poděbrady , Bohemian nobleman (b.1452 )July 25 –Pope Innocent VIII (b.1432 )[ 14] August 9 –Beatrice of Silva , SpanishDominican andRoman Catholic nun and a saintSeptember 20 –Anne Neville, Countess of Warwick (b.1426 )September 23 –Peter Courtenay , English bishop and politicianOctober 12 –Piero della Francesca , Italian artist (b. c.1412 )[ 15] October 25 –Thaddeus McCarthy , Irish bishop (b. c.1455 )November 6 –Antoine Busnois , French composer and poet (b. c.1430 )November 9 –Jami , Persian poet (b.1414 )November 24 –Loys of Gruuthuse , Earl ofWinchester (b. c.1427 )^ Elizabeth Nash (October 13, 2005).Seville, Cordoba, and Granada: A Cultural History ISBN 978-0-19-518204-0 ^ "La conquista de Granada por los Reyes Católicos" .National Geographic . 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