January 2 Spain recaptures Granada from the Moors (Granada Day) January 23 "Pentateuch" (Jewish holy book) 1st printed March 21 Alonzo Pietro, pilot, sailed with Columbus March 30 King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella sign decree expelling Jews from Spain March 31 Queen Isabella of Castilia and Ferdinand of Aragon expels Jews April 17 Christopher Columbus signs contract with Spain to find Indies April 30 Columbus is given royal commission to equip his fleet April 30 Spain announces it will expels all Jews May 15 Cheese and Bread rebellion: German mercenaries kills 232 Alkmaarse August 2 Jews are expelled from Spain by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella August 3 All Jews are expelled from Spain August 3 Columbus sets sail from Palos, Spain for "Indies" August 11 Rodrigo de Borja becomes Pope Alexander VI September 6 Columbus' fleet leaves Gomera, Canary islands September 9 Columbus' fleet sets sail west September 25 Crewman on Pinta sights "land"-a few weeks early October 2 King Henry VII of England invades France October 7 Columbus misses Florida when he changed course October 8 Columbus' fleet about 400 sea miles from Puerto Rico October 11 Columbus' ships sites land on the horizon (Bahamas) October 12 Columbus arrives in Bahamas October 12 Flemish rebel leader Philip van Kleef surrenders October 13 English Admiral Poynings fleet occupies Lock October 14 Columbus leaves San Salvador; arrives in Santa Maria of Concepcion October 16 Columbus' fleet anchors at "Fernandina" (Long Island, Bahamas) October 17 Columbus sights isle of San Salvador (Watling Island, Bahamas) October 19 Columbus sites "Isabela" (Fortune Island, Bahamas) October 21 Columbus lands on San Salvador Island October 21 Columbus' discovers America (Oct 12, 1492 Julian calender) October 24 24 Jews are burned at stake in Mecklenburg Germany October 25 Christopher Columbus and ship Santa Maria land in Dominican Republic October 25 Columbus' fleet sites "Zandislands" (Ragged Island Range, Bahamas) October 25 Columbus' ship Santa Maria lands at Dominican Republic October 26 Columbus' fleet anchors on Ragged Island Range, Bahamas October 26 Lead pencils 1st used October 27 Christopher Columbus discovers Cuba and claims it for Spain November 5 Christopher Columbus learns of maize (corn) from Indians of Cuba November 9 Peace of Etaples (Henry VII and Charles VIII) November 15 Christopher Columbus notes 1st recorded reference to tobacco November 15 In Spain, 6 Jews and 5 Conversos are accused of using black magic November 21 Pinta under Martin A Pinzon separates from Columbus' fleet December 5 Columbus discovers Hispaniola (El Espanola/Haiti) December 6 Haiti discovered by Columbus, at Mole Saint Nicolas December 25 Columbus' ship Santa Maria docks at Dominican Republic December 26 1st Spanish settlement in New World founded, by Columbus December 31 100,000 Jews expelled from Sicily
