1492 (MCDXCII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1492nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 492nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 92nd year of the 15th century, and the 3rd year of the 1490s decade. As of the start of 1492, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time. It was an important year in the history of the world.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 14th century15th century16th century
Decades: 1460s  1470s  1480s  – 1490s –  1500s  1510s  1520s
Years: 1489 1490 149114921493 1494 1495
Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 14th century15th century16th century
Decades: 1460s  1470s  1480s  – 1490s –  1500s  1510s  1520s
Years: 1489 1490 149114921493 1494 1495
1492 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1492
MCDXCII
Ab urbe condita2245
Armenian calendar941
ԹՎ ՋԽԱ
Assyrian calendar6242
Balinese saka calendar1413–1414
Bengali calendar899
Berber calendar2442
English Regnal yearHen. 7 – 8 Hen. 7
Buddhist calendar2036
Burmese calendar854
Byzantine calendar7000–7001
Chinese calendar辛亥(Metal Pig)
4188 or 4128
    — to —
壬子年 (Water Rat)
4189 or 4129
Coptic calendar1208–1209
Discordian calendar2658
Ethiopian calendar1484–1485
Hebrew calendar5252–5253
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1548–1549
 - Shaka Samvat1413–1414
 - Kali Yuga4592–4593
Holocene calendar11492
Igbo calendar492–493
Iranian calendar870–871
Islamic calendar897–898
Japanese calendarEntoku 4 / Meiō 1
(明応元年)
Javanese calendar1409–1410
Julian calendar1492
MCDXCII
Korean calendar3825
Minguo calendar420 before ROC
民前420年
Nanakshahi calendar24
Thai solar calendar2034–2035
Tibetan calendar阴金猪年
(female Iron-Pig)
1618 or 1237 or 465
    — to —
阳水鼠年
(male Water-Rat)
1619 or 1238 or 466

The most important events centred around Spain. Muslim forces were finally expelled (sent away) from Spain. This ended 780 years of Muslim control in Al-Andalus.[1]

Jews were also expelled. With the backing of the King of Spain, Christopher Columbus set off on the voyage by which he would discover the "New World", by which was meant the Americas.

Fall of Granada: Muhammad XII, the last Emir of Granada, surrenders his city to the army of the Catholic Monarchs (Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile) after a long siege.

These discoveries and changes made Spain a large empire, not just a country in Europe.

References

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  1. Elizabeth Nash (13 October 2005). Seville, Cordoba, and Granada: a cultural history. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 219. ISBN 978-0-19-518204-0.