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Year 1492 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. 1492 is considered to be a significant year in the history of the West , Europe , Christianity , Islam , Judaism , Spain , and the New World , among others, because of the number of significant events that took place.
A map of the Iberian Peninsula in 1492 highlighting the Crown of Castile.. Events of the year 1492 in Spain included the end of the Reconquista with the fall of Granada, the Jewish Diaspora of Spain due to the Alhambra Decree, and the start of Columbus' first voyage.
On the morning of 3 August 1492, Columbus departed from Palos de la Frontera, Huelva, going down the Rio Tinto and into the Atlantic. [34] [35] Three days into the journey, on 6 August 1492, the rudder of the Pinta broke. [36] Martín Alonso Pinzón suspected the owners of the ship of sabotage, as they were afraid to go on the journey.
1492: Columbus reaches the Bahamas, [5] Cuba and Hispaniola. 1492: La Navidad is established on the island of Hispaniola; it was destroyed by the following year. 1493: The colony of La Isabela is established on the island of Hispaniola. [6] 1493: Columbus arrives in Puerto Rico; 1494: Columbus arrives in Jamaica.
On January 2, 1492, Muhammad XII of Granada (King Boabdil) surrendered the Emirate of Granada, the city of Granada, and the Alhambra palace to the Castilian forces. The war was a joint project between Isabella's Crown of Castile and Ferdinand's Crown of Aragon .
January 2, 1492 – Muhammad XII, last Moorish Emir of Granada, surrenders his city to the army of Ferdinand and Isabella. October 12, 1492 – Columbus discovers the Americas for Spain. Events
These Crusades began a decade later with dated to the Battle of Covadonga and its culmination came in 1492 with the Fall of Granada to Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon. The evolution of the various Iberian kingdoms (including Aragon , León and Castile ) to the unified kingdoms of Spain and Portugal was key to the conquest of al ...
1492: 12 October: Spanish conquerors discover (encounter) America The Reconquista ended. Jews were expelled from Spain by the Alhambra Decree. 3 August: Columbus sets sail. 1493: Spanish colonization of the Americas began. 1494: The Treaty of Tordesillas was signed. 1499: Italian War of 1499–1504: Ferdinand allied with the French King Louis ...