January 6 » The Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella enter Granada at the conclusion of the Granada War.
January 16 » The first grammar of the Spanish language (Gramática de la lengua castellana) is presented to Queen Isabella I.
July 31 » The Jews are expelled from Spain when the Alhambra Decree takes effect.
September 6 » Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time.
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.
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