January 2 » Reconquista: The Emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders.
March 31 » Queen Isabella of Castile issues the Alhambra Decree, ordering her 150,000 Jewish and Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity or face expulsion.
July 31 » The Jews are expelled from Spain when the Alhambra Decree takes effect.
October 28 » Christopher Columbus lands in Cuba on his first voyage to the New World.
November 7 » 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.
December 25 » The carrack Santa María, commanded by Christopher Columbus, runs onto a reef off Haiti due to an improper watch.
March 22 » Ferdinand II of Aragon commissions Amerigo Vespucci chief navigator of the Spanish Empire.
December 10 » The League of Cambrai is formed by Pope Julius II, Louis XII of France, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Ferdinand II of Aragon as an alliance against Venice.
December 29 » Portuguese forces under the command of Francisco de Almeida attack Khambhat at the Battle of Dabul.
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