1492

Years: 1489 1490 1491 - 1492 - 1493 1494 1495

Decades: 1460s 1470s 1480s - 1490s - 1500s 1510s 1520s

Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

• January 2 - Boabdil, the last Moorish King of Granada, surrenders his city to the army of Ferdinand and Isabella after a lengthy siege.
• March 30 - Ferdinand and Isabella sign a decree aimed at expelling all Jews from Spain unless they convert to Roman Catholicism.
• August 3 - Christopher Columbus first sails to the Americas
• August 3 - The Jews were expelled from Spain
• October 12 - Christopher Columbus's expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean. The Italian explorer believes he has reached East Asia.
• October 28 - Christopher Columbus lands in Cuba.

• Moors driven from Spain
• Casimir IV Jagiello of Jagiello Royal House ends reign. (1427-1492),

Births

Deaths

• July 25 - Pope Innocent VIII
• Lorenzo de Medici ruler of Florence
• Piero de Franceschi