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Oct 3, 1451
Columbus was born
Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa. Christopher Columbus had three younger brothers and a sister called Bartolomeo, Giovanni Pellegrino, and Giacomo. (sorry due to some techinical difficulties the date and months of this timline is wrong) -
Feb 3, 1470
Columbus became a pirate
Columbus travelled the seas as a pirate, or Privateer, attacking ships belonging to the Moors. -
Feb 3, 1476
Columbus almost dies
Christopher Columbus swims ashores when his ship is sunk in a battle off Portugal.
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Feb 3, 1477
Columbus starts a job
Christopher Columbus joined his brother Bartolomeo in Lisbon to work as a cartographer -
Feb 3, 1479
Columbus is married
Christopher Columbus married Felipa Perestrello Moniz. Her father had been explorer called Bartolomeu Perestrello who had been involved with the discovery of the Madeira Islands. Felipa gave Christopher Columbus her dead father's charts of the winds and currents of the Portuguese possessions in the Atlantic. -
Feb 5, 1484
No Patronage
Christopher Columbus fails to gain the patronage the King of Portugal to enable him search for a trade route to the Indies. -
Feb 5, 1486
Not Again
Columbus displays his plans to the Spanish court but is refused any patronage. -
Feb 5, 1491
Rise of hope
Columbus again appeals to King Ferdinand of Spain for patronage but he was again refused. A priest called Father Perez went on behalf of Christopher Columbus to plead Queen Isabella to fund Columbus promising that he would be able to convert different religions to Christianity -
Feb 5, 1492
Acheivment
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain finally agree to act as patrons to Christopher Columbus and provide money and ships. -
Aug 5, 1492
Bye Bye Spain
He leaves Palos, Spain in search of the Indies on his ship which is called the Santa Maria.The other two ships were called the Pinta and the Nina
Martin Alonso Pinzon commanded the Pinta and his brother, Vicente Yanez Pinzon commanded the Nina.The three ships carried 120 men -
Sep 5, 1492
A stop
The ships reach the Canaries under favorable conditions. -
Oct 10, 1492
Land Ahoy
October: Land seen by one of the Pinta's crew and they land on Watling's Island in the Bahamas, West Indies. The discoverers name the island San Salvador and Columbus believes that he has reached the passage to India and China. -
Dec 10, 1492
Settlement
The Santa Maria sinks off the coast of Hispaniola but Christopher Columbus establishes the first Spanish settlement in the New World. -
Feb 10, 1493
The return
Columbus starts the return journey to Spain -
Mar 10, 1493
News
Christopher Columbus arrives at Palos in Spain bringing his news of the New World. -
Sep 10, 1493
New adventure
The Second voyage of Christopher Columbus consisting of 16 ships carrying about 1500 men including Juan Ponce de Leon. Columbus explores Hispaniola (Jamaica) and encounters the fierce Carib native indians. He establishes a Spanish settlement in Haiti and searches for gold. -
Sep 10, 1494
Return to Spain
Christopher Columbus returns to Spain -
May 10, 1498
New World
The Third voyage of Christopher Columbus started from Seville, Spain with six ships. -
Jul 10, 1498
Pearls
Christopher Columbus arrived at the Cape Verde Islands, near Trinidad. He crosses over to the mainland where he discovered pearls. -
Feb 10, 1500
Injustice
King orders their imprisonment of Columbus as thinking that they consider themselves as kings. They are sent home in chains. The Spanish people were horrified at this injustice. Therefore Christopher Columbus proposed yet another voyage of discovery. -
Feb 10, 1502
Voyage
Fourth and final voyage of Christopher Columbus leaves from Cadiz, Spain, with four ships -
Feb 10, 1504
A return journey
Christopher Columbus returns to Spain. -
Feb 10, 1506
A sad ending
Christopher Columbus dies at the Spanish court at Valladolid by congestive heart failure. In the age of 55.