1492

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

Decades: 1440s 1450s 1460s 1470s 1480s - 1490s - 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s 1540s

Years: 1487 1488 1489 1490 1491 - 1492 - 1493 1494 1495 1496 1497

• 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.

• Moors driven from Spain
• Christopher Columbus first sails to the Americas
• Casimir IV Jagiello of Jagiello Royal House ends reign. (1427-1492),

Births

Deaths

• Lorenzo de Medici ruler of Florence
• Pope Innocent VIII