1492
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| 1492 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1492 MCDXCII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2245 |
| Armenian calendar | 941 ԹՎ ՋԽԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6242 |
| Bengali calendar | 899 |
| Berber calendar | 2442 |
| English Regnal year | 7 Hen. 7 – 8 Hen. 7 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2036 |
| Burmese calendar | 854 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7000–7001 |
| Chinese calendar |
辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 4188 or 4128 — to — 壬子年 (Water Rat) 4189 or 4129 |
| Coptic calendar | 1208–1209 |
| Discordian calendar | 2658 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1484–1485 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5252–5253 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1548–1549 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1413–1414 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4592–4593 |
| Holocene calendar | 11492 |
| Igbo calendar | 492–493 |
| Iranian calendar | 870–871 |
| Islamic calendar | 897–898 |
| Japanese calendar |
Entoku 4 / Meiō 1 (明応元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1409–1410 |
| Julian calendar | 1492 MCDXCII |
| Korean calendar | 3825 |
| Minguo calendar | 420 before ROC 民前420年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 24 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2034–2035 |
Year 1492 (MCDXCII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
The year 1492 is considered to be a significant year in the history of the West, Europe, Christianity, Spain, and the New World, among others, because of the number of significant events to have taken place during it. Some of the events which propelled the year into Western consciousness, also listed below, include the completion of the Reconquista of Spain, the discovery of the West Indies, and the Expulsion of Jews from Spain.
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