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Year 1492 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. 1492 is considered to be a significant year in the history of the West , Europe , Christianity , Islam , Judaism , Spain , and the New World , among others, because of the number of significant events that took place.
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The Voyages of Christopher Columbus. Between 1492 and 1504, the Italian navigator and explorer Christopher Columbus led four transatlantic maritime expeditions in the name of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain to the Caribbean and to Central and South America. These voyages led to the widespread knowledge of the New World.
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- European discovery and colonization of the Americas
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- Christopher Columbus and Castilian crew (among others)
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In the United States, Columbus Day is a holiday that celebrates Columbus's arrival in the New World on October 12, 1492. [24] The World's Columbian Exposition , which happened in 1893 in Chicago , Illinois , was held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Columbus visiting the Americas.
The year 1492 was an important year in the history of the world. It was a leap year starting on Sunday in the Julian calendar. The most important events centred around Spain. Muslim forces were finally expelled (sent away) from Spain.
The Reconquista (Portuguese and Spanish for "reconquest") or the reconquest of al-Andalus was the successful series of military campaigns that European Christian kingdoms waged against the Muslim kingdoms following the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula by the Umayyad Caliphate.
