1492

1492 (MCDXCII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1492nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 492nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 92nd year of the 15th century, and the 3rd year of the 1490s decade. As of the start of 1492, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time. It was an important year in the history of the world.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1460s  1470s  1480s  – 1490s –  1500s  1510s  1520s
Years:	1489 1490 1491 – 1492 – 1493 1494 1495

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1460s  1470s  1480s  – 1490s –  1500s  1510s  1520s
Years:	1489 1490 1491 – 1492 – 1493 1494 1495

The most important events centred around Spain. Muslim forces were finally expelled (sent away) from Spain. This ended 780 years of Muslim control in Al-Andalus.

Jews were also expelled. With the backing of the King of Spain, Christopher Columbus set off on the voyage by which he would discover the "New World", by which was meant the Americas.

Fall of Granada: Muhammad XII, the last Emir of Granada, surrenders his city to the army of the Catholic Monarchs (Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile) after a long siege.

These discoveries and changes made Spain a large empire, not just a country in Europe.

1492 Media

• 

  January 2 – Muhammad XII, last Moorish Emir of Granada, surrenders his city to the army of Ferdinand and Isabella.

• 

  October 12 – Columbus reaches the Americas for Spain.

• 

  Duchess Sabina of Bavaria

• 

  • 15th or 16th century terra-cotta bust, probably based on 1478 life-like wax sculptures by Andrea del Verrocchio and Orsino Benintendi.
• 

  King Casimir IV Jagiellon

• 

  Pope Innocent VIII (Giovanni Battista Cybo (or Cibo)(1432 – July 25, 1492) Pope from 1484-1492

• 

  Saint Beatrice of Silva