WHAT HAPPENED IN 1492.
Look what happened the 1492.

Reconquista: the Emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders. (2. January 1492)

Ferdinand and Isabella The Catholic Monarchs enter Granada, completing the Reconquista. (6. January 1492)

The first grammar of the Spanish language is presented to Queen Isabella I. (16. January 1492)

Queen Isabella of Castille issues the Alhambra decree, ordering her 150,000 Jewish and Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity or face expulsion. (31. March 1492)

Spain and Christopher Columbus sign the Capitulations of Santa Fe for his voyage to Asia to acquire spices. (17. April 1492)

Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration. (30. April 1492)

The Jews are expelled from Spain when the Alhambra Decree takes effect. (31. July 1492)

Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain. (3. August 1492)

Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic for the first time. (6. September 1492)

Christopher Columbus's expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean, specifically in The Bahamas. The explorer believes he has reached the Indies. (12. October 1492)

Peace of Etaples between Henry VII and Charles VIII. (3. November 1492)

The Ensisheim meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, strikes the earth around noon in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim, Alsace, France. (7. November 1492)

Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic). (5. December 1492)

Caravel Santa Maria captained by Christopher Columbus runs onto reefs off Haiti due to a proper watch not being kept. Local natives help to save food, armory and ammunition but not the ship. (25. December 1492)