May 15 Cheese & Bread rebellion: German mercenaries kills 232 Alkmaarse

May 15 Cheese & Bread rebellion German mercenaries kills 232 Alkmaarse

Jan 02 Spain recaptures Granada from the Moors (Granada Day)

Jan 23 "Pentateuch" (Jewish holy book) first printed

Jan 02 Spain recaptures Granada from the Moors (Granada Day)

Apr 17 Christopher Columbus signs contract with Spain to find the Indies

Apr 15 The birth of Leonardo da Vinci, Rennaisance man

Nov 15 In Spain, 6 Jews and 5 Conversos are accused of using black magic

Nov 15 Christopher Columbus notes first recorded reference to tobacco

Nov 05 Christopher Columbus learns of maize (corn) from the Indians of Cuba

Nov 05 Corn is discovered by Spanish explorers in Cuba.

Sep 25 Crewman on the Pinta sights "land"-a few weeks early

Dec 06 Haiti discovered by Columbus, at Mole Saint Nicolas

Dec 05 Columbus discovers Hispaniola (El Espanola) (Haiti)

Dec 06 Christopher Columbus discovers Hispaniola, later changed to Haiti

Aug 02 Jews are expelled from Spain by King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella

Aug 03 Christopher Columbus sets sail from Spain on a voyage that would take him to the present-day Americas.

Aug 01 Jews are expelled from Spain by King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella

Aug 03 Columbus sets sail from Palos, Spain for "Indies"

Oct 12 Columbus arrives in the Bahamas; the real Columbus Day

Oct 17 Columbus sights isle of San Salvador

Oct 28 Christopher Columbus discovers Cuba

Mar 21 Alonzo Pietro, pilot, sailed with Columbus

Mar 30 King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella sign decree expelling Jews from Spain

Mar 31 Queen Isabella of Castilia and Ferdinand of Aragon expels Jews

Mar 31 Queen Isabella of Castilia and Ferdinand of Aragon expels Jews, who had lent them money for Columbus' journey