1492 - What happened in 1492 ?

January 1492

Saturday 02:

Reconquista: Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders.

Saturday 16:

The first grammar of a modern language, in Spanish, is presented to Queen Isabella.

March 1492

Monday 14:

1492 - Queen Isabella of Castille orders her 150,000 Jewish subjects to convert to Christianity or face expulsion.

Wednesday 30:

Ferdinand and Isabella sign a decree aimed at expelling all Jews from Spain unless they convert to Roman Catholicism.

April 1492

Sunday 17:

Spain and Christopher Columbus sign a contract for him to sail to Asia to get spices.

Saturday 30:

Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.

August 1492

Monday 01:

Ferdinand and Isabella drive the Jews out of Spain.

Wednesday 03:

The Jews of Spain are expelled by the Catholic Monarchs.

Thursday 11:

Alexander VI is elected Pope.

October 1492

Friday 07:

Columbus misses Florida when he changes course.

Wednesday 12:

Christopher Columbus's expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean. The explorer believes he has reached East Asia

Friday 28:

Christopher Columbus lands in Cuba.

November 1492

Wednesday 09:

Peace of Etaples between Henry VII & Charles VIII.

December 1492

Monday 05:

Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic).