Template:OpenHistoricalMap/On this day/01/02

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1492
In the Granada War, the Nasrid city of Granada falls to the Crown of Castile.
1540
St Peter’s Abbey is dissolved in Gloucester, England, to be refounded as a cathedral the following year by Henry VIII.
1900
The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal is completed in Illinois, diverting the Chicago River from Lake Michigan into the Mississippi River watershed.
1927
In the Lombardy region of Italy, Gallarate is transferred from the province of Milan to the province of Varese.
1976
The kibbutz of Kishorit is founded as Kishur in northern Israel.
1995
Makiti becomes a city in Metro Manila.
2012
Golden’s Deli closes after 30 years in business in Staten Island, New York.