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I don't have sufficient context to write an accurate overview. You've provided only the word "year" as context, which doesn't tell me whether you're referring to the historical year 1492, Columbus's voyage, a book, a film, or something else entirely. Could you clarify what "1492" refers to?

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Instance of: leap year starting on Friday and ending on Saturday
Part of: 1490s
Followed by: 1493
Follows: 1491
Image: 1492y.png

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Commons category: 1492
Commons gallery: 1492
point in time: 1492-01-01
has list: list of state leaders in 1492
category for births in this time period: Category:1492 births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:1492 deaths
topic's main category: Category:1492

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Encyclopedic overview

October 12 – Christopher Columbus arrives in the Americas from Spain.

January 2 – Muhammad XI, last Moorish Emir of Granada, surrenders his city to the army of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile.

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