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Oct 31, 1451
Birth of Christopher Columbus
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Jul 15, 1476
shipwrecked during battle with pirates, swims to Portugal and eventually makes jis was to Lisbon
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Jul 15, 1479
Columbus marries Felipa Perestrello e Moniz
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Jul 15, 1482
Columbus corresponds with famous cartographer Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli
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Jul 15, 1484
Columbus tries to persuade King John II of Portugal to sponsor a voyage across the Atlantic to Asia
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Jul 15, 1485
King John II doesnt support the voyage so Columbus turns to the King and Queen of Spain
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Jul 15, 1486
Columbus speaks with Queen Isabella but she refuses to make immediate decision turns the request to her advisors
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Dec 20, 1491
Spain initially turns down Columbus's request for his voyage but then agrees to support the voyage
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Apr 1, 1492
Columbus signs the Articles of Capitulation
The Articles of Capitulation is a contract with the Spanish government to support the Voyage -
May 1, 1492
Columbus is given three ships, the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria
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Aug 3, 1492
Columbus begins the Voyage to find a sea route to the far east
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Oct 6, 1492
Columbus's crew threatens mutiny but he convinces them to continue sailing
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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus reaches land
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Nov 15, 1492
Columbus explores the Caribbean Islands
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Dec 24, 1492
The Sanat Maria runs aground and is destroyed
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Dec 31, 1492
Columbus establishes a colony on the island of Hispaniola
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Period: Jan 1, 1493 to Dec 31, 1495
As Governor of the Spanish colony Columbus explores the Caribbean
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Jan 2, 1493
Columbus begins to sail back to Spain
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Mar 15, 1493
Columbus arrives in Palos, Spain
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Apr 15, 1493
Columbus meets with the King and Queen of Spain who agree to sponsor a second voyage
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Sep 25, 1493
Columbus begins his second voyage with 17 ships and 1,200 men
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Nov 15, 1493
Columbus returns to La Navidad and finds the colony destroyed and the colonists dead or missing
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Jul 15, 1495
Columbus is summoned back to Spain after the King and Queen hear that he has mismanaged the colony
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May 15, 1498
Columbus begins his third voyage
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Jul 15, 1500
Columbus is replaced as Governor of Hispaniola by Francisco de Bobadilla
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Jul 15, 1502
Columbus begins his fourth voyage
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Jul 15, 1503
Columbus is shipwrecked on Jamaica
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Jul 15, 1504
Columbus returns to Spain
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Jul 15, 1506
Columbus dies in Spain
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May 20, 1542
Columbus is re-buried in Hispaniola at the Cathedral of Santo Domingo