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1451
Christopher Columbus's birth
Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa , Italy. He was a famous explorer , who was known for discovering America and he called it "the new world" https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiDuMOu3rPoAhUJyIUKHbmcDrgQFjABegQIDRAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyewitnesstohistory.com%2Fcolumbus.htm&usg=AOvVaw13-TCkDMhH_NVN83-4urAE -
Period: 1451 to 1506
Christopher Columbus
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1476
Columbus swims ashore after his ship is sunk in a battle with pirates off Portugal. He joins his brother Bartholomew in Lisbon.
He got a job in a merchant ship when he was a teenager . When Columbus was on his way to England in 1476. He and his crew were attacked by a ship of French pirates. Though he was hurt, he was able to swim about 6 miles to the shore of Lisbon Portugal, while holding on a large piece of wood from the ship.
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1478
Columbus makes merchant voyages as far as Iceland and Guinea.
Following a shipwreck off the coast of Portugal in 1470, he swam ashore and settled in that country. Between 1477 and 1482 Columbus made merchant voyages as far away as Iceland and Guinea. But in 1484, his “Enterprise of the Indies” idea fell on deaf ears when he presented it to King John of Portugal.
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1479
Christopher Columbus's marries Felipa Perestrella
Columbus married Felipa Perestrello e Monis, the daughter of a wealthy Portuguese family.
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1480
Eldest son Diego is born
Diego Columbus, Spanish Diego Colón, (born 1479/80, Porto Santo, Madeira Islands—died February 23, 1526, Montalbán, Spain), eldest son of Christopher Columbus and viceroy of the Indies for 15 years, who spent most of his life in legal battles to secure the Columbus claims.
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1488
Second son Fernando is born
Ferdinand Columbus (Spanish: Fernando Colón also Hernando, Portuguese: Fernando Colombo, Italian: Fernando Colombo; c. 24 August 1488 – 12 July 1539) was a Spanish bibliographer and cosmographer, the second son of Christopher Columbus.
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1492
Christopher Columbus's first voyage(Portugal)
Christopher Columbus departed on his first voyage from the port of Palos (near Huelva) in southern Spain, on August 3, 1492, in command of three ships: the Niña, the Pinta and the Santa Maria.
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1495
Christopher Columbus's second voyage (Hispaniola)
Columbus hoped to make landfall at Hispaniola (where he had left 40 men the previous January). He sighted land in the West Indies at dawn on Sunday, November 3. The transatlantic passage of only 21 days was remarkably fast. He named the island he saw Dominica.
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1498
Christopher Columbus's 3d voyage (Venezuela)
On his third voyage, Christopher Columbus became the first European to reach the mainland of South America, when he landed in what is now Venezuela on August 1st, 1498.
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1499
Columbus resumes his role as governor of the colony.
On his third voyage, Christopher Columbus became the first European to reach the mainland of South America, when he landed in what is now Venezuela on August 1st, 1498. https://www.adamsmith.org/blog/columbus-reached-venezuela -
1500
Columbus is arrested and sent home in chains.
Francisco de Bobadilla, (died June 1502, at sea near Hispaniola), Spanish soldier who arrested Christopher Columbus on Santo Domingo (the island of Hispaniola) after dissensions had arisen between Columbus and several of the Spanish adventurers who served under him.
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1502
Christopher Columbus's 4th voyage (central America)
On May 11, 1502, Christopher Columbus set out on his fourth and final voyage to the New World with a fleet of four ships. His mission was to explore uncharted areas to the west of the Caribbean in hopes of finding a passage to the Orient.
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1506
Christopher Columbus's dies
Columbus died because of a heart failure , in May 20, 1506 , Valladolid, Spain.
https://www.historyonthenet.com/how-did-christopher-columbus-die
