Europe and the Ottoman Empire: the end of the Middle AgesWars and battles
Fall of Granada
Muhammad XII (Boabdil), the last Emir of Granada, surrendered the city to the Catholic Monarchs, Isabella and Ferdinand: the last Muslim state on the Iberian Peninsula fell, and the Reconquista came to an end.
- Date
- 2 January 1492exact dateDate in the Julian calendar
- Place
- Granadatoday: Granada, Spain · Western and Central Europe
- Participants
- Isabella I of Castile, Ferdinand II of Aragon, Boabdil (Muhammad XII), Crown of Castile, Crown of Aragon, Emirate of Granada
- Threads
- Europe and the Ottoman Empire: the end of the Middle Ages
- Also known as
- Взятие Гранады; Конец Реконкисты
The capture of the city crowned the Granada War of 1482–1492; the siege of Granada itself lasted eight months. The terms of surrender guaranteed the Muslims freedom of religion, but they were soon broken: in 1492 the Jews were made to choose between baptism and leaving the country, and by 1501 the Muslims of Granada too were required to convert. With the war over, in April 1492 the monarchs accepted Columbus’s project.
Connections
Consequences
- First voyage of Christopher Columbus3 August 1492 – 15 March 1493 · Western and Central Europeafter the war the monarchs signed the Capitulations of Santa Fe with Columbus (17 April 1492)
Related events
- Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa16 July 1212 · Western and Central EuropeAfter Las Navas only the Emirate of Granada remained in Muslim hands on the peninsula; its fall in 1492 completed the Reconquista
- Expulsion and forced conversion of the Jews of Portugal5 December 1496 – October 1497 · Western and Central Europein 1492, the year Granada fell, the Catholic Monarchs expelled the Jews from Spain, and many of them fled to Portugal
Same participants
- Sicilian Vespers30 March 1282 · Western and Central Europevia Crown of Aragon
- Battle of Aljubarrota14 August 1385 · Western and Central Europevia Crown of Castile
- Columbus’s landfall on San Salvador12 October 1492 · Latin Americavia Crown of Castile
- Treaty of Tordesillas7 June 1494 · Western and Central Europevia Isabella I of Castile
Adjacent events in the thread
- Battle of Bosworth Field22 August 1485 · Western and Central Europe
- Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supperc. 1495 – 1498 · Western and Central Europe
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The same period
Sources
- Wikipedia (English): Granada War
- Wikipedia (Russian): Гранадская война
- Harvey L. P. Islamic Spain, 1250 to 1500. — Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990.
- Wikidata: Q1552718