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Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century
Decades: 1460s  1470s  1480s  - 1490s -  1500s  1510s  1520s
Years:1489 1490 1491 - 1492 - 1493 1494 1495


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Year 1492 (MCDXCII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1492

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Columbus' voyage to the Americas is considered one of the most significant journeys in history.

Births

Deaths

    Upper Paleolithic
  • 10th millennium BC | 9th millennium BC | 8th millennium BC
  • 7th millennium BC | 6th millennium BC | 5th millennium BC

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14th century was that century which lasted from 1301 to 1400.

Events

  • The transition from the Medieval Warm Period to the Little Ice Age
  • Beginning of the Ottoman Empire, early expansion into the Balkans

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15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500.

Events

  • 1402: Ottoman and Timurid Empires fight at the Battle of Ankara resulting in Timur's capture of Bayezid I.
  • 1402: The conquest of the Canary Islands signals the beginning of the Spanish Empire.

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As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 through 1600.

See also: 16th century in literature

Events

1500s

  • 1500s: Mississippian culture disappears.

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During the twentieth century, it became popular to look at that century's decades as historical entities in themselves.
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  • 1490: Tirant lo Blanc

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  • Peter Henlein builds the first pocketwatch

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14th century - 15th century - 16th century
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14th century - 15th century - 16th century
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15th century - 16th century
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14th century - 15th century - 16th century
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Ethiopia - Eskender, Emperor of Ethiopia (1478-1494)
  • Adal Sultanate - Muhammad ibn Azhar ad-Din, Sultan (1488 - 1518)
  • Kongo - João I, Manikongo (1470 - 1509)
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    • This is the calendar for any leap year starting on Sunday (dominical letter AG), such as 2012.


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    Julian calendar was a reform of the Roman calendar which was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 ab urbe condita). It was chosen after consultation with the astronomer Sosigenes of Alexandria and was probably designed to approximate the
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    January 2 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

    Events

    • 366 - Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire.

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    Boabdil (a corruption of the name Abu Abdullah, or, in full, Abu 'abd-Allah Muhammad XII, Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد
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    During the medieval period, Moor became a common term to refer to the Muslims of Islamic Spain and North Africa, who were of Arab or Berber descent. The name remains associated with the Muslims of Spain even today, despite being archaic and inaccurate, as it lumps Muslim and
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    Granada

    La Alhambra from Mirador San Nicolás

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    Time Zone : CET (GMT +1)
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