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Aug 25, 1451
birth
During his childhood, his family was poor and he only got an education until the age of fourteen. He studied at a Monastery and only learnt basic Latin and Mathematics. While he was at the monastery, he needed to be tutored. His father was a poor weaver. Because of this his father also worked as a gatekeeper and a wine merchant. His father’s name was Domino Columbo (Columbus is the way people refer to it now but his real sir name was Columbo). -
Period: Aug 25, 1451 to May 20, 1506
christopher columbus birth and death
christopher columbus was born between August 25 and October 31, 1451 and died in may 20 1506.nobody noes were he was born -
Jul 28, 1478
marrige
In 1478 he met and married a young woman named Felipa -
Aug 3, 1492
his first voyage
Having convinced the King and Queen of Spain to finance his voyage, Christopher Columbus departed mainland Spain on August 3, 1492. He quickly made port in the Canary Islands for a final restocking and left there on September 6. He was in command of three ships: the Pinta, the Niña, and the Santa María. -
Sep 24, 1493
his second voyage
Columbus left from Cádiz in Spain for his second voyage (1493-1496) on September 24, 1493, with 17 ships and about 1200 men -
May 30, 1498
his 3rd voyage
Columbus left the port of Sanlucar in southern Spain on May 30, 1498 with six ships, bound for the New World on his third voyage. After stopping at the islands of Porto Santo and Madeira, the fleet arrived at Gomera in the Canary Islands on June 19. At this point, the fleet split into two squadrons: three ships sailed directly for Hispaniola with supplies for the colonists there; but the other three, commanded by Columbus himself, were on a mission of exploration, attempting to find any lands so -
May 20, 1506
death
Christopher Columbus died in Valladolid, Spain, on May 20, 1506, at the age of 54. He had suffered through a long terminal illness that first showed symptoms on his third voyage eight years before.According to his son Fernando, the cause of death was 'gout.' But in those days, gout was a catchall diagnosis for anything that caused joint pain.
