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Year 1492 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. 1492 is considered to be a significant year in the history of the West, Europe, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Spain, and the New World, among others, because of the number of significant events that took place.
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1492 was a year in the Julian calendar, most notable for...
- Beatrice of Silva
Beatrice of Silva (Campo Maior, Portugal ca. 1424 – Toledo,...
- 1492 (Disambiguation)
The United States tests the first atomic bomb at the Trinity Site in New Mexico, July 16, 1945. The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, August 6, 1945. The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, August 9, 1945. Japanese Instrument of Surrender signed September 2, 1945.
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Feb 26, 2024 · 1492 Columbus lands at San Salvador (Bahamas) Columbus in the Americas by William Least Heat-Moon; Lois Wallace Based on the logbook of Columbus and numerous other firsthand accounts of his four voyages to the New World, this vividly detailed history also examines the strengths and weaknesses of Columbus as a navigator, explorer, and leader.
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This is a chronology and timeline of the colonization of North America, with founding dates of selected European settlements. See also European colonization of the Americas.
Colonial America Timeline (1492-1763) . To Pre-Revolutionary War » 1000 Leif Ericson explores the North American East Coast. 1492 Aug 3. Christopher Columbus sails on First Voyage. 1497 July. John Cabot on his first voyage searching for the Northwest Passage. 1499 Amerigo Vespucci finds the South American Coast. 1507 “America” is first used in a
Aug 7, 2019 · Updated on August 07, 2019. Traditionally, the age of exploration in America begins in 1492 with the first voyage of Christopher Columbus. Those expeditions began with a desire to find another way to the East, where the Europeans had created a lucrative trade route in spices and other goods.
A timeline of major events in the life of Italian-born navigator and explorer Christopher Columbus, whose four transatlantic voyages (1492–93, 1493–96, 1498–1500, and 1502–04) opened the way for European exploration, exploitation, and colonization of the Americas.
