Year 1492

Events this year

January 2, 1492★★★★★

Emir Muhammad XII surrenders to Ferdinand and Isabella, ending the last Muslim state on the Iberian Peninsula.

WarReligion· Spain

March 31, 1492★★★★★

Ferdinand and Isabella order the Jews of Castile and Aragon to convert or leave their kingdoms.

ReligionPolitics· Spain

April 8, 1492★★★★★

Lorenzo "the Magnificent", ruler of Florence and patron of artists such as Botticelli and Michelangelo, dies.

DeathArt· Italy

October 12, 1492★★★★★

Christopher Columbus's Spanish-sponsored expedition makes landfall on an island in the Bahamas.

Exploration· Bahamas, Spain

1206 – 1526★★★★★

Qutb ud-Din Aibak establishes the Delhi Sultanate, which dominates much of northern India for over three centuries.

DynastyPolitics· India, Pakistan, Bangladesh

1250 – 1517★★★★★

Mamluk slave-soldiers overthrow the Ayyubids and seize power in Egypt, ruling Egypt and Syria for over two and a half centuries.

DynastyPolitics· Egypt, Syria

1351 – 1767★★★★★

King Ramathibodi I founds the capital of Ayutthaya, beginning a Siamese kingdom that lasts over four centuries.

DynastyPolitics· Thailand

c. 1400 – 1511★★★★★

Parameswara founds Malacca, which becomes the key port on the Strait of Malacca and a centre for the spread of Islam in Southeast Asia.

DynastyEconomyReligion· Malaysia

1460 – 1497★★★★★

Lê Thánh Tông takes the throne; his reign (1460–1497) is regarded as a golden age of Đại Việt, with major administrative and legal reforms.

Politics· Vietnam