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1492: Conquest of Paradise is a 1992 epic historical drama film directed and produced by Ridley Scott, written by Roselyne Bosch and starring Gérard Depardieu, Armand Assante, and Sigourney Weaver. It portrays a version of the travels to the New World by the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus and the effect this had on indigenous peoples.
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Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who led four...
- Moxica
Adrián de Moxica (also written as de Múgica) (1453 – c....
- Columbus Quincentenary
A major volcanic eruption, 1452/1453 mystery eruption, has a subsequent global cooling effect (the eruption releases more sulfate than any other event in the previous 700 years). Portuguese navigator Diogo de Teive discovers the islands of Corvo and Flores, in the Azores.
United States. [edit] See also: List of 1952 box office number-one films in the United States. The top ten 1952 released films by box office gross in the United States are as follows: Highest-grossing films of 1952.
This day in 1452 marked the birth of the outstandingly powerful King Ferdinand II of Aragon. He and his wife Isabella of Castile were the monarchs in whose service Christopher Columbus made his famous first voyage to America.
1452 (MCDLII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1452nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 452nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 52nd year of the 15th century, and the 3rd year of the 1450s decade.
Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) The National Gallery, London. (Born Anchiano or Vinci, 15 April 1452; died chateau of Cloux, nr. Amboise, 2 May 1519). Florentine artist, scientist, and thinker, the most versatile genius of the Italian Renaissance.
What happened and who was famous in 1452? Browse important and historic events, world leaders, famous birthdays and notable deaths from the year 1452.
