{"slug": "reconquista", "label": "Reconquista", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconquista", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79791", "qid": "Q79791", "description": "period in the history of the Iberian Peninsula", "entries": 45, "years": 43, "span": [718, 1492], "span_label": ["718 CE", "1492 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 27}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 12}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "spain", "label": "Spain", "shared": 7}, {"slug": "iberian-peninsula", "label": "Iberian Peninsula", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "ferdinand-iii-of-castile", "label": "Ferdinand III of Castile", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "al-andalus", "label": "Al-Andalus", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "almoravid-dynasty", "label": "Almoravid dynasty", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-castile", "label": "Kingdom of Castile", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "cordoba-spain", "label": "Córdoba, Spain", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "alfonso-x-of-castile", "label": "Alfonso X of Castile", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "emirate-of-granada", "label": "Emirate of Granada", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "almohad-caliphate", "label": "Almohad Caliphate", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-portugal", "label": "Kingdom of Portugal", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-asturias", "label": "Kingdom of Asturias", "shared": 3}], "items": [{"year": 718, "year_label": "718 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Battle of Covadonga: Pelagius (Don Pelayo) is proclaimed king (caudillo), and defeats the Umayyad forces under Munuza, provincial governor of Asturias, at Picos de Europa (near Covadonga). This marks the beginning of the Reconquista, the Christian reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula. He founds the Kingdom of Asturias, and establishes a military base at Cangas de Onís (northwest of Spain) (or 722).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367661186#Western_Europe", "title": "718", "revid": 1367661186, "section": "Events › By place › Western Europe"}}, {"year": 722, "year_label": "722 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Battle of Covadonga: Visigothic nobleman Pelagius (Don Pelayo) defeats the Umayyad forces under Munuza, provincial governor of Asturias, at Picos de Europa (near Covadonga). This marks the beginning of the Reconquista, the Christian reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula. He founds the Kingdom of Asturias, and establishes a military base at Cangas de Onís (northwest of Spain) (or 718).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808641#Europe", "title": "722", "revid": 1340808641, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 878, "year_label": "878 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Reconquista: King Alfonso III of Asturias conquers the city of Coimbra (modern Portugal), which is under the Umayyad Caliphate.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353695287#Arabian_Empire", "title": "878", "revid": 1353695287, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 939, "year_label": "939 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 5", "text": "August 5 – Battle of Alhandic: Abd-al-Rahman III defeats the garrison of those loyal to Ramiro II at Zamora, in the context of the Spanish Reconquista.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656722#Europe", "title": "939", "revid": 1366656722, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1000, "year_label": "1000 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Sancho III of Pamplona became King of Aragon and Navarre. The Reconquista was gaining some ground, but the southern Iberian peninsula would still be dominated by Islam for centuries to come; Córdoba was the world's largest city at this time, with 450,000 inhabitants.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373370885#Christendom", "title": "AD 1000", "revid": 1373370885, "section": "Events › Christendom"}}, {"year": 1024, "year_label": "1024 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Roger I of Tosny, a Norman nobleman, leaves the battlefield of the Ebro Valley after terrorising the Saracens and capturing several towns and castles during the Reconquista in the Iberian Peninsula (modern Spain).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342213215#Europe", "title": "1024", "revid": 1342213215, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1070, "year_label": "1070 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 1", "text": "May 1 – After 353 years of being exiled to Lugo due to the Muslim occupation of the city of Braga, the Diocese of Braga is restored by order of Ferdinand I of León under Archbishop Pedro of Braga thanks to the advancing Christian forces during the Reconquista.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1327891061#Events", "title": "1070", "revid": 1327891061, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1083, "year_label": "1083 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Reconquista: Castilian forces under Alfonso VI reconquer Talavera de la Reina in the Taifa of Toledo (modern Spain).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267070185#Europe", "title": "1083", "revid": 1267070185, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1089, "year_label": "1089 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 24", "text": "June 24 – Reconquista: Viscount Gaston IV of Béarn (supported by French crusaders) reconquers the Aragonese city of Monzón from Emir Al-Mustain II of the Taifa of Zaragoza.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365270667#Europe", "title": "1089", "revid": 1365270667, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1096, "year_label": "1096 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Reconquista: King Peter I of Aragon conquers Huesca from the Moors of the Taifa of Zaragoza. He expands his domains to the south, conquering land from Al Andalus (modern Spain). The capital is moved from Jaca to Huesca.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365266324#Europe", "title": "1096", "revid": 1365266324, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1100, "year_label": "1100 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 18", "text": "October 18 – Reconquista: Peter I of Aragon conquers Barbastro (modern Spain) from the hands of the Almoravids.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365265768#Europe", "title": "1100", "revid": 1365265768, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1108, "year_label": "1108 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 29", "text": "May 29 – Battle of Uclés: Almoravid forces defeat the armies of Castile and León. The advance of the Reconquista is halted, and the Berbers re-capture the towns of Uclés, Cuenca, Huete and Ocaña. The Christians, many of nobility, are beheaded.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362166699#Europe", "title": "1108", "revid": 1362166699, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1120, "year_label": "1120 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 17", "text": "June 17 – Reconquista: Battle of Cutanda: The combined forces of Aragon and Navarre under King Alfonso the Battler crush the Almoravid army near Calamocha. Alfonso recaptures the fortified towns of Calatayud and Daroca.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1298169999#Europe", "title": "1120", "revid": 1298169999, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1153, "year_label": "1153 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Confronted with important financial difficulty due to the expenses of the Spanish crusade, the Republic of Genoa has to sell a third of the city of Tortosa (which they had conquered in 1148 during an expedition against the Almoravids) to Ramon Berenguer IV, count of Barcelona.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369184506#Europe", "title": "1153", "revid": 1369184506, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1158, "year_label": "1158 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Raymond of Fitero, Spanish monk and abbot, pledges to defend the fortress of Calatrava (guarding the roads to Córdoba and Toledo) from incoming Muslim raiders. It is the founding moment of the Order of Calatrava, the spearhead of the Iberian armies during the Reconquista.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1301998061#Europe", "title": "1158", "revid": 1301998061, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1165, "year_label": "1165 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Reconquista – Gerald the Fearless, Portuguese warrior and adventurer, seizes the city of Évora by surprise. The same year (or soon after), he takes Cáceres, Trujillo, Montánchez, Moura, Monsaraz and Alconchel from the Almohads.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362483614#Europe", "title": "1165", "revid": 1362483614, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1189, "year_label": "1189 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Reconquista: King Sancho I of Portugal (\"the Populator\") turns his attention towards the Moorish small kingdoms (called taifas) and begins a campaign in the south of his kingdom. With the help of crusader forces he conquers the town of Silves. He orders the fortification of the city, builds a castle and styles himself \"King of Silves\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362168718#Continental_Europe", "title": "1189", "revid": 1362168718, "section": "Events › By place › Continental Europe"}}, {"year": 1212, "year_label": "1212 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 16", "text": "July 16 – Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa: The Christian forces of King Alfonso VIII of Castile (\"the Noble\") decisively defeat the Almohad army (some 30,000 men) led by Caliph Muhammad al-Nasir. The victory gives a further impulse to the Reconquista but this leaves the Kingdom of Castile in a difficult financial position, as numerous soldiers have to be paid by the treasury.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354428304#Europe", "title": "1212", "revid": 1354428304, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1217, "year_label": "1217 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 18", "text": "October 18 – Reconquista: The city of Alcácer do Sal, located along the Sado River, is conquered from the Moors by troops of King Afonso II of Portugal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367488093#Europe", "title": "1217", "revid": 1367488093, "section": "Events › Other events by place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1218, "year_label": "1218 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July", "text": "July – In order to facilitate the movement of Reconquista, Pope Honorius III reverses Innocent III's earlier judgement, and declares King Ferdinand III (the Saint) legitimate heir to the Kingdom of León.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347207200#Europe", "title": "1218", "revid": 1347207200, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1224, "year_label": "1224 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February", "text": "February – King Ferdinand III (the Saint) announces his intention to resume the Reconquista against the realm of the Almohad Caliphate. Caliph Yusuf II al-Mustansir dies and is succeeded by Abu Muhammad al-Wahid, but in Al-Andalus, two competing pretenders also claim their rights to the throne: Abu Muhammad Ibn al-Mansur al-Adil in Seville and Abu Muhammad abu Abdallah al-Bayyasi in Córdoba. The chronic political instability on the Almohad site allows Ferdinand to begin his campaign victoriously in October, with the capture of Quesada in Spain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561506#January_–_March", "title": "1224", "revid": 1369561506, "section": "Events › January – March"}}, {"year": 1226, "year_label": "1226 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Sancho II of Portugal (\"the Pious\") launches an offensive against the Almohad Caliphate during the Reconquista, and takes the city of Elvas.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372695704#Europe", "title": "1226", "revid": 1372695704, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1230, "year_label": "1230 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Reconquista – King Alfonso IX of León defeats Ibn Hud al-Yamani (known as Almogàver by the Christians). This success opens the road to Badajoz to the Leonese troops. The Portuguese king Sancho II continues his offensive southward and takes Beja, Juromenha, Serpa and Moura.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1333053721#Europe", "title": "1230", "revid": 1333053721, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1233, "year_label": "1233 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Winter – Reconquista: King Ferdinand III of Castile (\"the Saint\") conquers the cities of Trujillo and Úbeda. The Castilian army besieges the city of Peniscola. Ferdinand forces Ibn Hud, ruler of the Taifa of Zaragoza, to sign a truce.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367489040#Europe", "title": "1233", "revid": 1367489040, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1234, "year_label": "1234 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Reconquista – King Sancho II of Portugal conquers the cities of Aljustrel and Mértola from the Moors.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364989988#Europe", "title": "1234", "revid": 1364989988, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1236, "year_label": "1236 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 29", "text": "June 29 – Siege of Córdoba: Castilian forces under King Ferdinand III (\"the Saint\") capture Muslim Córdoba from Emir Ibn Hud as part of the Reconquista of the Iberian Peninsula.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361428601#Europe", "title": "1236", "revid": 1361428601, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1240, "year_label": "1240 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Reconquista – King Sancho II of Portugal (\"the Pious\") conquers the city of Ayamonte from the Almoravids, securing the Portuguese position in Al-Andalus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361428406#Europe", "title": "1240", "revid": 1361428406, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1242, "year_label": "1242 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Sancho II (the Pious) conquers the cities of Tavira, Alvor and Paderne, in his continuing expansion against the Muslims, known as the Reconquista.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360512210#Europe", "title": "1242", "revid": 1360512210, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1244, "year_label": "1244 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 26", "text": "March 26 – Treaty of Almizra: King James I (the Conqueror) and King Ferdinand III (the Saint) agree on the distribution of Muslim lands yet to be conquered. All lands south of a line, from the cities of Biar to Villajoyosa through Busot, are reserved for the Crown of Castile. This ends further Aragonese expansion on the Iberian Peninsula.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360513044#Europe", "title": "1244", "revid": 1360513044, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1248, "year_label": "1248 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 23", "text": "November 23 – Reconquista: Siege of Seville: Castilian forces under King Ferdinand III of Castile (\"the Saint\") recapture the city of Seville from the Almohads, after a 16-month siege. Prince Alfonso X of Castile takes the city of Alicante.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1305121866#Europe", "title": "1248", "revid": 1305121866, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1249, "year_label": "1249 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Reconquista: King Afonso III of Portugal (\"the Boulonnais\") recaptures Faro and Silves in the Algarve from the Almohads, thus completing the expulsion of the Moors from Portugal. The Almohads also lose possession of Alicante in Al-Andalus (modern Spain).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362150898#Europe", "title": "1249", "revid": 1362150898, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1262, "year_label": "1262 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 14", "text": "September 14 – Reconquista: Castilian-Leonese forces led by Alfonso X conquer Cádiz. The city has been under Moorish rule since 711. The Muslims are ousted, and Alfonso repopulates the region (also called the Repoblación).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1275696322#Europe", "title": "1262", "revid": 1275696322, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1263, "year_label": "1263 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Reconquista – King James I of Aragon (\"the Conqueror\") captures Crevillent from the Moors and it becomes a part of the Kingdom of Valencia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1296179530#Europe", "title": "1263", "revid": 1296179530, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1263, "year_label": "1263 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Winter – Reconquista: King Alfonso X of Castile (\"the Wise\") conquers Niebla from the Moors, terminating any Muslim presence in the western region of Spain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1296179530#Europe", "title": "1263", "revid": 1296179530, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1264, "year_label": "1264 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 9", "text": "October 9 – Reconquista: Castilian forces under Alfonso X counter-attack and recapture Jerez de la Frontera after a siege. The rebel-held towns of Vejer de la Frontera, Rota, and Sanlúcar de Barrameda also fall to Alfonso. Muslims in the retaken towns are expelled and the mosques in Jerez are converted to churches. The region is settled by Christians from elsewhere.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1334426011#Europe", "title": "1264", "revid": 1334426011, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1272, "year_label": "1272 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Reconquista – King Afonso III eliminates the last Moorish community in Portugal at Faro, completing the reconquest of the west of the Iberian Peninsula.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362176275#Europe", "title": "1272", "revid": 1362176275, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1278, "year_label": "1278 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 5", "text": "August 5 – Reconquista: Siege of Algeciras – Castilian forces (some 30,000 men) led by King Alfonso X (\"the Wise\") besiege Algeciras (at this time under control of the Marinids). A fleet of 24 ships and some 80 galleys is placed in the Bay of Gibraltar to prevent the supply of the city from nearby Gibraltar. The fleet is made up of most of the members of the Order of Saint Mary of Spain, a military-religious order which is concentrated in naval warfare.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1334774897#Europe", "title": "1278", "revid": 1334774897, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1278, "year_label": "1278 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 29", "text": "September 29 – Reconquista: Aragonese forces led by King Peter III take the Muslim stronghold of Montesa, putting an end to two years of Mudéjar rebellion. The defeated Muslims are expelled from the realm and go into exile.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1334774897#Europe", "title": "1278", "revid": 1334774897, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1280, "year_label": "1280 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 23", "text": "June 23 – Reconquista: Battle of Moclín – Troops of the Emirate of Granada defeat those of the Kingdom of Castile and Kingdom of León.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362487782#Events", "title": "1280", "revid": 1362487782, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1281, "year_label": "1281 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June", "text": "June – Reconquista: Castilian forces led by King Alfonso X (\"the Wise\") and accompanied by his sons, the Infantes Sancho, Peter and John, invade the lowlands of Granada. Sultan Muhammad II of Granada sends a Moorish army, supported by many archers and cavalry, to repel them. Alfonso defeats the Moors in a battle near Granada's walls on June 25, but after the failure of the negotiations that follow, he leaves Granada.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351320525#Europe", "title": "1281", "revid": 1351320525, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1344, "year_label": "1344 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 26", "text": "March 26 – Reconquista: The Siege of Algeciras (1342–44), one of the first European military engagements where gunpowder is used, ends with the Muslim city of Algeciras surrendering and being incorporated into the Kingdom of Castile.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1292555127#January–December", "title": "1344", "revid": 1292555127, "section": "Events › January–December"}}, {"year": 1431, "year_label": "1431 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 1", "text": "July 1 – Reconquista: In Spain, the army of the Crown of Castile, led by Álvaro de Luna, defeats the Moors of the Emirate of Granada, led by the Sultan Muhammad IX, in the Battle of La Higueruela, fought at Vega de Granada.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361768961#July–September", "title": "1431", "revid": 1361768961, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1452, "year_label": "1452 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 17", "text": "March 17 – Reconquista – Battle of Los Alporchones (around the city of Lorca in Murcia): The combined forces of the Kingdom of Castile, and its subsidiary kingdom of Murcia, defeat the Emirate of Granada.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355060030#January–March", "title": "1452", "revid": 1355060030, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1491, "year_label": "1491 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 25", "text": "November 25 – Completing the Reconquista (the \"reconquest\"), The Granada War is effectively brought to an end (and the Siege of Granada extended for two months) with the signing of the Treaty of Granada between the Catholic Monarchs of Spain and the Moorish Emir of Granada.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360561378#October–December", "title": "1491", "revid": 1360561378, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1492, "year_label": "1492 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 2", "text": "January 2 – Fall of Granada: Muhammad XI, the last Emir of Granada, surrenders his city to the army of the Catholic Monarchs (Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile) after a lengthy siege, ending the ten-year Granada War and the centuries-long Reconquista, and bringing an end to 780 years of Muslim control in Al-Andalus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366150846#January—March", "title": "1492", "revid": 1366150846, "section": "Events › January—March"}}]}