page_title: 1492
section_title: Events
hierarchical_section_title: 1492 / Events
caption_attribution_description: Español: Colón llega a América by Gergio Deluci English: Christoper Columbus arrives in America Deutsch: Christoph Kolumbus trifft in Amerika ein Русский: Христофор Колумб прибывает в Америку Français&#160;: Christophe Colomb arrive en Amérique Italiano: Cristoforo Colombo arriva in America Čeština: Kryštof Kolumbus připlouvá do Ameriky
context_page_description: Year 1492 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1492nd year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 492nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 92nd year of the 15th century, and the 3rd year of the 1490s decade.
  1492 is considered to be a significant year in the history of the West, Europe, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Spain, and the New World, among others, because of the number of significant events to have taken place during it. Some of the events which propelled the year into Western consciousness, also listed below, include the completion of the Reconquista of Spain, Europe's discovery of the New World, and the expulsion of Jews from Spain.
caption: October 12 – Columbus reaches the Americas for Spain.
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