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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.
Isabella I ( Spanish: Isabel I; 22 April 1451 – 26 November 1504), [2] also called Isabella the Catholic (Spanish: Isabel la Católica ), was Queen of Castile and León from 1474 until her death in 1504. She was also Queen of Aragon from 1479 until her death as the wife of King Ferdinand II.
- 11 December 1474 – 26 November 1504
- Isabella of Portugal
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Pope Alexander VI (born Rodrigo de Borja; 1 January 1431 – 18 August 1503) (epithet: Valentinus ("The Valencian")) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 11 August 1492 until his death in 1503.
- 11 August 1492
- 17 September 1456, by Callixtus III
- 18 August 1503
- Pius III
Jan 1, 1992 · At one end of the debate, American Indians and other groups and scholars contend Columbus was a murderer whose “discovery” set off a long chain of events leading directly to the genocide of the...
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Columbus (played by Gérard Depardieu, lazily) is sure that the world is round, but the court rejects his proposal for an expedition. His dignified response consists of shouting "Raaaargh!", throwing his papers around and falling over a table. After half an hour of this sort of thing, Queen Isabella (Sigourney Weaver) finally stumps up the cash, may...
Some clouds roll back theatrically to reveal a palm-fringed Bahamian shore. Columbus sinks to his knees on the sand and renames the island San Salvador. He meets some of the locals. "We come in peace and with honour," he intones. "They are not savages, and neither will we be." Then he biffs off to Hispaniola to turn them all into slaves and steal t...
On another trip – the film conflates Columbus's second and third voyages – he settles at La Isabela. It appears to be the Caribbean's first luxury spa resort, complete with billowing white linen curtains, ironwork chandeliers, sisal matting and thick clusters of church candles. Recent archaeology and history suggest that women and Africans were pre...
The film portrays Columbus as a heroic protector of the Tainos, the indigenous people of Hispaniola. In real life, he did have a sense of religious duty towards the Tainos' souls and said they should be kept well enough "that they do not rebel", but displayed no humanitarian feeling. During a famine, he ramped up the tribute of gold the Tainos were...
The film invents a bad guy, gloating aristo slime Adrian de Moxica – possibly based on Adrian de Mújica, who was involved in a revolt on Hispaniola. But the evidence doesn't suggest Mújica was evil. Nor was he known for dressing up as the dark-haired twin of Lucius Malfoy, though watching the big goth stagger around Caribbean beaches in his sweaty ...
Historical events from year 1492. Learn about 36 famous, scandalous and important events that happened in 1492 or search by date or keyword.
Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) was an Italian trader, explorer, and navigator. He was born in Genoa, Italy, in the year 1451. "Christopher Columbus" is the English version of Columbus's name. His real name in Italian was Cristoforo Colombo. He was the son of a weaver named Domenico Colombo and a seamstress named Susanna Fontanarossa .
