12 January

Gregorian anniversary · يناير ١٢

Fall of Granada — the last emirate of al-Andalus surrenders سقوط غرناطة

Abū ʿAbdillāh Muḥammad XII hands the Alhambra to Ferdinand and Isabella, ending seven and a half centuries of Muslim rule in Iberia.

2 Rabīʿ al-Awwal 897 AH2 Jan 1492DayAttestedAndalusi · al-Andalus · Conquest

Events whose proleptic Gregorian date falls on this calendar day. Hijri stays canonical for early Islamic history; modern entries were recorded in Gregorian.