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Deaths. References. 1451. Year 1451 ( MCDLI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar . Events. January–December. January 7 – Pope Nicholas V issues a Papal Bull [1] to establish The University of Glasgow; classes are initially held in Glasgow Cathedral.
Christopher Columbus (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b ə s /; between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and European ...
painting of Christopher Columbus. Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) was an Italian trader, explorer, and navigator. He was born in Genoa, Italy, in the year 1451. "Christopher Columbus" is the English version of Columbus's name. His real name in Italian was Cristoforo Colombo.
1451. June – at the insistence of Parliament, Henry cancels all land grants made during his reign. 30 June – Hundred Years' War: Bordeaux surrenders to the French. 21 August – Hundred Years' War: Bayonne surrenders to the French, ending English rule in Gascony.
The Boundary Fire was a 2017 wildfire in Arizona that burned 17,788 acres (7,199 ha) of the Coconino and Kaibab National Forests. The fire was ignited on June 1 when lightning struck a spot on the northeast side of Kendrick Peak within the Coconino National Forest. The fire spread rapidly because of high temperatures, steep terrain, leftovers ...
Amerigo Vespucci (9 March 1451 - 22 February 1512) was an Italian merchant, explorer and cartographer. He was the first person to explain that the places discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492 were not part of east Asia , but an unknown continent which he called "The New World ".
