1492 in Spain

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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. ^[1] It is considered the annus mirabilis of the history of Spain. ^[2]

Incumbents

• Monarch(s):
  • the Catholic Monarchs: King Ferdinand II, Queen Isabella I
  • John III of Navarre, Catherine of Navarre

Events

• 2nd January: The Fall of Granada, the last remnant of Al-Andalus. ^{[1] [3]}
• End Of The Reconquista ^[1]
• 31st March: Alhambra Decree issued ^[4]
• Expulsion of Jews from Spain ^{[1] [5]}
• Columbus' first voyage ^{[1] [6]}
• 11th August: Spanish cardinal Rodrigo de Borja is elected Pope Alexander VI
• 18th August: Gramática de la lengua castellana by Antonio de Nebrija, first grammar of a modern European language
• In the kingdom of Navarre, Catherine of Navarre wins the civil war.
• Castilian troops starts the conquest of the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands.
• Possible eruption of volcano Teide in Tenerife as noted by Columbus' log.
• The ceiling of the Aljafería Palace in Zaragoza is finished.
• The novel Cárcel de amor by Diego de San Pedro is printed in Seville.

See also

• Spanish Inquisition
• Exploration of North America

References

1. Harvey, L. P. (1990). Islamic Spain, 1250 to 1500 (1 ed.). pp. 324–325. ISBN   0226319628.
2. Noreña, Carlos G. (1970). "The Legacy of Valencia (1492–1509)". Juan Luis Vives. Dordrecht: Springer. p. 15. ISBN   978-94-010-3222-3. Juan Luis Vives was born in Valencia, Spain, the sixth of March, 1492, a year Spanish scholars refer to as the annus mirabilis.
3. Alarcón, Julio Martín (4 January 2024). "Lo que unieron los Reyes Católicos en 1492 con la Toma de Granada... y ahora separan los políticos". El Confidencial (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 February 2024.
4. Larson, Paul (2019). "Arguments Against the Christian Religion in Amsterdam by Saul Levi Morteira, Spinoza's Rabbi by Gregory B. Kaplan (review)". La corónica: A Journal of Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. 47 (2): 121–123. ISSN   1947-4261.
5. Meyerson, Mark D. (1995-01-01), "Religious Change, Regionalism, and Royal Power in the Spain of Fernando and Isabel", Iberia and the Mediterranean World of the Middle Ages, Volume I: Proceedings from Kalamazoo, Brill, pp. 96–112, ISBN   978-90-04-47794-0 , retrieved 2024-10-22
6. Morison, Samuel Eliot (1939). "Texts and Translations of the Journal of Columbus's First Voyage". The Hispanic American Historical Review. 19 (3): 240. doi:10.2307/2507257. ISSN   0018-2168.