Talk:1492
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interesting to read a commentary on spain and 1492...they didn't seem to like / want anybody at that time did they?
According to the ALhambra Decree the Jews were to leave Spain by the end of July, so what is the basis for the date of their expulsion here as 3rd August? waht is going on???
[edit] Gregorian Calendar
At the top it tells you what day the year started on in the Gregorian Calendar, but that calendar wasn't even invented in 1492!
[edit] Nationality of Cristopher Columbus
Cristopher Columbus wasn't italian. Nobody knows his birthplace.
- Interestingly the very day that he set sail, so did a whole bunch of Jews as they were expelled from Spain. Perhaps history has omitted details of his story to make it sound more glorious, but perhaps he was a Jew who set sail on the day of the mass expulsion and instead of going to Portugal, he kept going. Obviously if it was a Jew that hit the New World first, Spain would try and downplay that detail but make this person of mysterious parentage as a national hero of Spain. Valley2city 19:15, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
