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Reconquita Completed

Jan 2 Muhammad XII, the last Emir of Granada, surrenders his city to Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabel I of Castile, ending both the Reconquista and centuries of Muslim rule in the Iberian peninsula

The Surrender of Granada by Francisco Pradilla Ortiz: Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile accept the surrender of Granada
  • Jan 16 The first grammar of a modern language, Spanish, is presented to Queen Isabella.
  • Jan 19 Supplies to build Portuguese trading post Castelo de São Jorge da Mina (Elmina Castle) arrive on the Gold Coast (now Ghana), first European building south of the Sahara
Events in 1492

Famous Birthdays

  • Jan 12 Andreas Alicatus, Italian jurist and humanist, born in Alzate Brianza, Duchy of Milan (d. 1550)
Born in 1492


What Happened in 1492

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