Events

• 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.
• August 3 - On Friday, August 3, Christopher Columbus first sails to the Americas
• August 3 - The Jews were expelled from Spain
• October 12 - Christopher Columbus's expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean. The Italian explorer believes he has reached East Asia.
• October 28 - Christopher Columbus lands in Cuba.

• Casimir IV Jagiello of Jagiello Royal House ends reign. (1427-1492),

Births

Deaths

• July 25 - Pope Innocent VIII
• Lorenzo de Medici ruler of Florence
• Piero de Franceschi

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