) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full
calendar) of the Julian calendar Events of 1492 - January 2 –
Boabdil, the last Moorish King of Granada, surrenders his city
to the army of Ferdinand and Isabella after a lengthy siege,
ending the 10-year Granada War and the almost 800-year
Reconquista. Christopher Columbus is in Alhambra, and sees the
Moorish king come out of the city gates and kiss the hands of
the Spanish king, queen and prince. - January 6 – Ferdinand and
Isabella enter into Granada. - January 23 – The Pentateuch is
first printed. - March 31 – Ferdinand and Isabella sign the
Alhambra decree, expelling all Jews from Spain unless they
convert to Roman - April 17 – The Capitulations of Santa Fe were
- July 31 – The Jews are expelled from Spain; 150,000 - August 3
– Christopher Columbus "sails the ocean blue" on his first
journey across the Atlantic Ocean to Asia, but he ends up in the
- August 11 – Pope Alexander VI succeeds Pope Innocent VIII as
the 214th pope, after the 1492