1492Nov, 7
The Ensisheim meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, strikes the Earth around noon in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim, Alsace, France.
The Ensisheim meteorite is a stony meteorite that fell on November 7, 1492 in a wheat field outside the walled town of Ensisheim in then Alsace, Further Germany (now France). The meteorite can still be seen in Ensisheim's museum, the sixteenth-century Musée de la Régence. It is the oldest stony European meteorite fall from which there is still some meteoritic material preserved.
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Events on 1492
- 2Jan
Emirate of Granada
Reconquista: the Emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders. - 6Jan
Reconquista
The Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella enter Granada, completing the Reconquista. - 31Mar
Alhambra Decree
Queen Isabella of Castile issues the Alhambra Decree, ordering her 150,000 Jewish and Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity or face expulsion. - 12Aug
Canary Islands
Christopher Columbus arrives in the Canary Islands on his first voyage to the New World. - 5Dec
Hispaniola
Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic).