# Fall of Granada (1492)

URL: https://christianity-history.com/timeline/1492-fall-of-granada
Location: Granada, Spain
Themes: War

Ferdinand and Isabella receive the surrender of Granada on 2 January 1492, ending the last Muslim state in Iberia and completing the Reconquista. The Jews are expelled the same year, and Muslims are forced to convert within a decade. At this point in the timeline (1492), the Bishop of Rome was Pope Alexander VI (11 August 1492 – 18 August 1503).

## Why it matters
It made Spain a wholly Catholic kingdom just as it began to carry Christianity to the Americas.

Pope at the time: [Pope Alexander VI](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-alexander-vi)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — Fall of Granada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Granada)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Fall of Granada](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Fall+of+Granada)
- [Wikipedia — Medieval Church (period overview)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Catholic_Church#Middle_Ages)