This day in history. Read about what happened today. A short and interesting account of historical events and facts about this day as well as any other day of the year. Find historical birthdays, deaths, tragedies, war events, disasters and sports events.

This year in history
In the year 1492

	January 2nd	The last Arab stronghold in Spain was retaken by Spanish forces.
	March 30th	King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella signed the decree of Alhambra which included the expelling all Jews from the kingdoms of then Spain unless they convert to Roman Catholicism.
	April 8th	Lorenzo de Medici, ruler of Florence, died at the age of 43. He was one of the most celebrated rulers of the Italian Renaissance era and the architect of "the Golden Age" of Florence.
	August 3rd	Italian explorer, Christopher Columbus, began his historic journey from Palos de la Frontera, Spain.
	October 12th	Christopher Columbus landed on the Caribbean, he was under the impression that he had reached East Asia.

Click here to return to the Home page.

All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.