1492

Events in 1492 3

• 1415 – 1492 Piero della Francesca Renaissance · Italy Piero della Francesca (c. 1415 – October 12, 1492) was an Italian Renaissance master renowned for his serene, geometric compositions and innovative use of perspective and light.
• 1440 – 1492 Antoine Busnois Franco-Flemish composer Antoine Busnois was a significant composer and poet of the Burgundian court whose chansons and masses were widely admired across Europe.
• 1492 Columbus reaches the Americas A new world enters European scientific knowledge On 12 October 1492, Christopher Columbus made landfall in the Bahamas, opening sustained contact between Europe and the Americas. Beyond its enormous historical consequences, the discovery revolutionised geography, biology, botany, zoology, and medicine — introducing Europe to hundreds of unknown species, new foods, and entirely different ecosystems. It also demonstrated that the Earth was larger than ancient geographers had believed and accelerated the development of accurate global cartography.