1492
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| Years: 1489 1490 1491 - 1492 - 1493 1494 1495 | |
| Decades: 1460s 1470s 1480s - 1490s - 1500s 1510s 1520s | |
| Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century | |
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 expelling all Jews and Black ladinos from Spain unless they convert to Roman Catholicism.
- August 3 - On Friday, August 3, Christopher Columbus first sails to the Americas
- August 3 - The Jews are expelled from Spain.
- Sultan Bayazid II of the Ottoman Empire, learning about the expulsion of Jews from Spain, dispatched the Ottoman Navy to bring the Jews safely to Ottoman lands, mainly to the cities of Selanik (currently in Greece) and Izmir (currently in Turkey).[1]
- October 12 - Christopher Columbus's expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean. The Italian explorer believes he has reached East Asia.
- October 21 - Christopher Columbus lands on the San Salvador Islands.
- October 28 - Christopher Columbus lands in Cuba.
- Casimir IV Jagiello of Jagiello Royal House ends reign. (1427-1492).
- Year 7000 according to Dating Creation and an expected year of Apocalypse
Births
- March 4 - Francesco de Layolle, Italian composer
- April 4 - Ambrosius Blarer, German religious reformer (died 1564)
- April 11 - Marguerite of Navarre, queen of Henry II of Navarre (died 1549)
- July 2 - Elizabeth Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England (died 1495)
- September 12 - Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (died 1519)
- Giacomo Aconcio, Italian pioneer of relgious tolerance (died 1566)
- Pietro Aretino, Italian author (died 1556)
- Polidoro Caldara da Caravaggio, Italian painter (died 1543)
- Berthold Haller, Swiss reformer (died 1536)
- Nguyen Binh Khiem, Vietnamese poet and saint (died 1587)
- Amago Kunihisa, Japanese nobleman (died 1554)
- Hirate Masahide, Japanese retainer and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (died 1553)
- Pedro Nunes, Portuguese mathematician and geographer (died 1577)
- Cristóbal de Olid, Spanish adventurer (died 1542)
- Fernan Perez de Oliva, Spanish man of letters (died 1531)
- Adam Ries, German mathematician (died 1559)
- Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland (died 1543)
- Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theologian (died 1546)
- Edward Edward Wotton, English physician and zoologist (died 1552)
Deaths
- April 8 - Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (born 1449)
- June 7 - Elizabeth Woodville, Queen of Edward IV of England (born 1437)
- July 25 - Pope Innocent VIII (born 1432)
- October 12 - Piero della Francesca, Italian artist
- October 25 - Thaddeus McCarthy, Irish bishop
- November 6 - Antoine Busnois, French composer and poet
- November 19 - Jami, Persian poet (born 1414)
- Anne Neville, Countess of Warwick (born 1426)
- Casimir IV of Poland (born 1427)
- Baccio Pontelli, Italian architect
