Christopher+Columbus+Timeline


 * 1451 || Columbus is born in Genoa, the son of a prosperous wool merchant and weaver. By the age of 14, he takes to the sea. ||
 * 1476 || Columbus swims ashore after his ship is sunk in a battle with pirates off Portugal. He joins his brother Bartholomew, a cartographer, in Lisbon. ||
 * 1477-1484 || As a master mariner, Columbus makes merchant voyages as far as Iceland and Guinea. ||
 * 1479 || Columbus marries Felipa Perestrella e Moniz, daughter of a Portuguese nobleman. They settle on the island of Porto, near Madiera. ||
 * 1480 || Eldest son Diego is born. ||
 * 1484 || Columbus conceives of "The Enterprise of the Indies," but fails to convince King John II of Portugal to back the plan. Wife Felipa dies. ||
 * 1485 || Columbus moves to Spain, settling at Palos in Andalusia. ||
 * 1488 || Second son Fernando is born out of wedlock, to Beatriz Enriquez de Harana. ||
 * 1492/1/2 || Ferdinand & Isabela capture Granada, the last Moorish city in Spain. ||


 * 1492/8/3 || Departs from Palos, Spain (near Huelva) ||
 * 1492/9/6 || Departs Gomera (Canary Islands) after repair and refit. ||
 * 1492/10/12 || New world sighted at 2:00 a.m. by Rodrigo de Triana, [|somewhere in the Bahamas]. ||
 * 1492/10/29 || Arrives at Cuba. ||
 * 1492/11/22 || Martín Alonso Pinzón, captain of the //Pinta//, deserts the expedition off Cuba. ||
 * 1492/12/5 || Columbus arrives at Hispaniola. ||
 * 1492/12/25 || Flagship //Santa Maria// sinks off Hispaniola. Columbus founds La Navidad. ||
 * 1493/1/6 || Pinzón rejoins Columbus. ||
 * 1493/1/16 || Columbus departs Hispaniola for Spain in the Niña. ||
 * 1493/2/14 || Niña and Pinta are separated again in a fierce storm. ||
 * 1493/2/15 || Sights Santa Maria Island in the Azores. ||
 * 1493/3/4 || Arrives at Lisbon, Portugal. ||
 * 1493/3/15 || Niña and Pinta return separately to Palos, Spain. ||


 * 1502/5/11 || Departs from Cádiz, Spain, with four ships. ||
 * 1502/6/29 || Arrives at Santo Domingo, Hispaniola. ||
 * 1502/7/30 || Arrives at the Mosquito Coast, modern Nicaragua. ||
 * 1503/1/9 || Establishes garrison at Rio Belen. ||
 * 1503/4/6 || Garrison attacked by Indians and abandoned. ||
 * 1503/4/16 || Leaves Rio Belen for home. ||
 * 1503/6/25 || Sinking ships beached and abandoned at Jamaica, marooning crew. ||
 * 1504/6/29 || Crew rescued from Jamaica after more than a year on the island. ||
 * 1504/11/7 || Columbus returns to Spain. ||
 * 1506/5/20 || [|Columbus dies] at Valladolid. ||


 * 1493 September || The Grand Fleet of 17 ships departs Cádiz. ||
 * 1493/10/13 || Departs Hierro (Canary Islands), sailing WSW ||
 * 1493/11/3 || The island of Dominica sighted at dawn; Guadeloupe shortly after. ||
 * 1493/11/22 || Arrives at Hispaniola. ||
 * 1493/11/28 || Returns to Navidad, finds fort destroyed. ||
 * 1493/12/8 || Founds new colony of La Isabela. ||
 * 1494/4/24 || Sails from Isabela in search of mainland. ||
 * 1494/4/30 || Arrives at Cuba. ||
 * 1494/5/5 || Arrives at Jamaica. ||
 * 1494/5/14 || Returns to Cuba. ||
 * 1494/6/13 || Starts the return to Hispaniola. ||
 * 1494/8/20 || Returns to La Isabela on Hispaniola and takes up his role of governor. ||
 * 1494-1495 || Open warfare breaks out between the colonial Spaniards and the Taino. ||
 * 1496/3/10 || Departs from La Isabela for Spain. ||
 * 1496/6/8 || Reaches the coast of Portugal. ||


 * 1498/5/30 || Departs from Sanlucar, Spain, with six ships. ||
 * 1498/6/19 || Arrives at Gomera (Canary Islands); splits fleet into two squadrons. While one squadron makes for Hispaniola, Columbus heads for the Cape Verde Islands and a more southerly route across the Atlantic. ||
 * 1498/7/4 || Departs from the Cape Verde Islands. ||
 * 1498/7/31 || Arrives at Trinidad. ||
 * 1498/8/13 || Leaves the Gulf of Paria, arrives at Margartia. ||
 * 1498/8/19 || Arrives at the new city of Santo Domingo on Hispaniola. Columbus resumes his role as governor of the colony. ||
 * 1500 October || Columbus is arrested and sent home in chains. ||


 * 1502/5/11 || Departs from Cádiz, Spain, with four ships. ||
 * 1502/6/29 || Arrives at Santo Domingo, Hispaniola. ||
 * 1502/7/30 || Arrives at the Mosquito Coast, modern Nicaragua. ||
 * 1503/1/9 || Establishes garrison at Rio Belen. ||
 * 1503/4/6 || Garrison attacked by Indians and abandoned. ||
 * 1503/4/16 || Leaves Rio Belen for home. ||
 * 1503/6/25 || Sinking ships beached and abandoned at Jamaica, marooning crew. ||
 * 1504/6/29 || Crew rescued from Jamaica after more than a year on the island. ||
 * 1504/11/7 || Columbus returns to Spain. ||
 * 1506/5/20 || [|Columbus dies] at Valladolid. ||