* 1492 – Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.

* 1492 – Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain.

Andrea Alciato ( May 8, 1492 – January 12, 1550 ), commonly known as Alciati ( Andreas Alciatus ), was an Italian jurist and writer.

* 1492 – Spain and Christopher Columbus sign the Capitulations of Santa Fe for his voyage to Asia to acquire spices.

Bayezid II was born in Dimetoka Palace ( now Didymoteicho ) in Thrace as the son of Mehmed II ( 1432 – 81 ) and Valide Sultan Mükrime Hatun, the daughter of Süleyman Bey, the sixth ruler of Dulkadirids, who died in 1492.

Eventually, the Knights handed Cem over to Pope Innocent VIII ( 1484 – 1492 ).

* Casimir IV Jagiellon ( 1427 – 1492 ), Polish king

* 1549 – Marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre ( b. 1492 )

* 1492 31 March – After conquering Granada, the Catholic Monarchs sign the Alhambra decree ordering the expulsion of the Jews from Spain, to be take effect from 31 July 1492.

* 1492 Summer – After the death of the former Duke, his son and heir, Juan Alfonso Perez de Guzman, 3rd Duke of Medina Sidonia saw his lordship over Gibraltar reluctantly renewed by the Catholic Monarchs.

* 1492 – Reconquista: the emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders.

* 1492 – Ferdinand and Isabella The Catholic Monarchs enter Granada, completing the Reconquista.

* 1492 – The first grammar of the Spanish language is presented to Queen Isabella I.

Lorenzo de ' Medici ( 1 January 1449 – 9 April 1492 ) was an Italian statesman and de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic during the Italian Renaissance.

* 1492 – Queen Isabella of Castille issues the Alhambra decree, ordering her 150, 000 Jewish subjects to convert to Christianity or face expulsion.

At this time, Michelangelo sculpted the reliefs Madonna of the Steps ( 1490 – 1492 ) and Battle of the Centaurs ( 1491 – 1492 ).

Following the breakup of Mali a local leader named Sonni Ali ( 1464 – 1492 ) founded the Songhai Empire in the region of middle Niger and the western Sudan and took control of the trans-Saharan trade.

* 1492 – Peace of Etaples between Henry VII and Charles VIII.

* 1492 – Jami, Persian poet ( b. 1414 )

* 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.

* In 1492, Christopher Columbus landed on the island of San Salvador in The Bahamas.

The known history of Cuba predates Christopher Columbus ' landing on the island during his first voyage of discovery on 28 October 1492.

Christopher Columbus landing on Hispaniola in 1492.

After the discovery of the West Indies by Christopher Columbus in 1492, the Spanish term Antillas was assigned to the lands ; stemming from this, " Sea of the Antilles " is a common alternative name for the Caribbean Sea in various European languages.

The Caribbean Sea was an unknown body of water to the populations of Eurasia until 1492, when Christopher Columbus first sailed into Caribbean waters on a quest to find a sea route to Asia.

Christopher Columbus reached the island of Hispaniola on his first voyage, in December 1492.

In 1492, a Spanish expedition headed by Christopher Columbus reached the Americas, after which European exploration and colonization rapidly expanded.

* 1492: Christopher Columbus lands in the New World, the Reconquista is completed in the Iberian Peninsula

The first voyage of Christopher Columbus to the New World took place in 1492 as well, beginning the development of the Spanish Empire.

Isabella and Ferdinand authorized the 1492 expedition of Christopher Columbus, who became the first known European to reach the New World since Leif Ericson.

Christopher Columbus setting foot in the New World, 1492.

Christopher Columbus landing on the island of Hispaniola in 1492.

The recorded history of Haiti began on 5 December 1492 when the European navigator Christopher Columbus happened upon a large island in the region of the western Atlantic Ocean that later came to be known as the Caribbean.

Christopher Columbus established a small settlement called La Navidad, near the modern town of Cap Haitien, built from the timbers of his wrecked ship Santa María, during his first voyage in December 1492.

Hispaniola is the site of the first European colonies in the New World, which were founded by Christopher Columbus on his voyages in 1492 and 1493.

Christopher Columbus arrived at the island during his first voyage to America in 1492, where his flagship, the Santa Maria, sank after running aground on Christmas Day.

In contrast, early European expansion in the " West Indies ", ( later known to Europeans as a separate continent from Asia that they would call the " Americas ") following the 1492 voyage of Christopher Columbus, involved heavy settlement in colonies that were treated as political extensions of the mother countries.

For Europe as a whole, 1500 is often considered to be the end of the Middle Ages, but there is no universally agreed upon end date ; depending on the context, events such as Christopher Columbus's first voyage to the Americas in 1492, conquest of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453, or the Protestant Reformation in 1517 are sometimes used.

* 1492 – Christopher Columbus's expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean, specifically in The Bahamas.

In August 1492, Christopher Columbus stopped at La Gomera in the Canary Islands, for wine and water, intending to stay only four days.

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