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.
April 17 » Spain and Christopher Columbus sign the Capitulations of Santa Fe for his voyage to Asia to acquire spices.
July 31 » The Jews are expelled from Spain when the Alhambra Decree takes effect.
August 12 » Christopher Columbus arrives in the Canary Islands on his first voyage to the New World.
October 28 » Christopher Columbus lands in Cuba on his first voyage to the New World.
December 25 » The carrack Santa María, commanded by Christopher Columbus, runs onto a reef off Haiti due to an improper watch.
April 30 » Mapuche leader Lautaro is killed by Spanish forces at the Battle of Mataquito in Chile.
July 6 » King Philip II of Spain, consort of Queen Mary I of England, sets out from Dover to war with France, which eventually resulted in the loss of the City of Calais, the last English possession on the continent, and Mary I never seeing her husband again.
August 10 » Battle of St. Quentin: Spanish victory over the French in the Italian War of 1551–59.
August 27 » The Battle of St. Quentin results in Emmanuel Philibert becoming Duke of Savoy.
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