1492 in Spain

October 2025 1492 thumb|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 expulsion of the Jewish Diaspora of Spain due to the Alhambra Decree, and the start of Columbus' first voyage.Harvey L. P. https://books.google.com/books?id=td3tcLWvSNkC Islamic Spain, 1250 to 1500 1990 0226319628 1 324–325 It is considered the la annus mirabilis of the history of Spain.Noreña Carlos G. Juan Luis Vives 1970 Springer Dordrecht 978-94-010-3222-3 15 en The Legacy of Valencia (1492–1509) Juan Luis Vives was born in Valencia, Spain, the sixth of March, 1492, a year Spanish scholars refer to as the annus mirabilis. It is also the beginning of the Spanish Golden Age. Incumbents Monarch(s): the Catholic Monarchs: King Ferdinand II, Queen Isabella I John III of Navarre, Catherine of Navarre Events 2 January: The Fall of Granada, the last remnant of Al-Andalus.https://www.elconfidencial.com/cultura/2024-01-04/toma-granada-reyes-catolicos-politicos_3804906/ Lo que unieron los Reyes Católicos en 1492 con la Toma de Granada... y ahora separan los políticos Julio Martín Alarcón El Confidencial 4 January 2024 14 February 2024 es End Of The Reconquista 31 March: Alhambra Decree issuedLarson Paul 2019 Arguments Against the Christian Religion in Amsterdam by Saul Levi Morteira, Spinoza's Rabbi by Gregory B. Kaplan (review) https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/114/article/729886/summary La corónica: A Journal of Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures 47 2 121–123 1947-4261 Expulsion of Jews from SpainMeyerson Mark D. Religious Change, Regionalism, and Royal Power in the Spain of Fernando and Isabel 1995-01-01 Iberia and the Mediterranean World of the Middle Ages, Volume I: Proceedings from Kalamazoo 96–112 https://brill.com/display/book/edcoll/9789004477940/B9789004477940_s007.xml 2024-10-22 Brill en 978-90-04-47794-0 Columbus' first voyageMorison Samuel Eliot 1939 Texts and Translations of the Journal of Columbus's First Voyage https://www.jstor.org/stable/2507257 The Hispanic American Historical Review 19 3 240 10.2307/2507257 0018-2168 subscription 11 August: Spanish cardinal Rodrigo de Borja is elected Pope Alexander VI 18 August: es-ES 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 es Cárcel de amor by Diego de San Pedro is printed in Seville. See also Spanish Inquisition Exploration of North America References 1492 Category:1492 in Europe Category:1490s in Spain Spain