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1451
1451
Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa Italy -
1474
1474
At the age of 23, Columbus was hired as a sailor then went to Khios -
1477
1477
Columbus begins a series of voyages over the next seven years and traveled to Guinea and Iceland -
1479
1479
Columbus married Felipa Perestrello e Monis who was the daughter of a rich Portuguese nobleman -
1480
1480
Columbus and Felipa have a son together named Diego -
1485
1485
Felipa passes away at a young age. He then starts thinking about going to the Indies he also moved to Spain -
1487
1487
Columbus has another son named Fernando whose mother is Beatriz Enriquez de Arana -
1492
1492
On August 3, Columbus begins his journey to the Americas then
on August 10 he arrived at the Canary Islands after that on
October 12 the Pinta spots what is called the New World then the Santa Maria sank on December 25 -
1493
1493
On January 15 Columbus and both ships depart for Spain, leaving 39 men in La Navidad. However, the two ships are separated in a storm.On November 22, he returned to La Navidad and found that his men who he had left there eleven months ago had been killed and the colony was destroyed; so, he started a new one called Isabela. -
1494
1494
Columbus visits a few different areas like Cuba Jamaica Hispaniola -
1495
1495
Columbus enslaved 560 people against the wishes of the King and Queen -
1496
1496
On March 10 he headed back to Spain with the 560 slaves with about 200 died during the trip then on June 8 he arrived at the coast of Portugal -
1500
1500
In October Columbus was arrested by Bobadilla and sent back to Spain then he was jailed for six weeks in Spain before being released -
1503
1503
Christopher Columbus and his crew were lost in Jamaica -
1504
1504
Columbus was rescued from Jamaica -
1506
1506
On May 20 he died from reiter's syndrome at the age of 55