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TimelineofChristopherColumbus

Timelineof
ChristopherColumbus'Life
AbrieftimelineofthelifeofChristopherColumbus,detailinghis
childhood,andhisfourvoyagestotheNewWorld.
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TheEarlyYearsofColumbus
Year

Mont h Day

Ev ent

1451

BorninGenoa,thesonofawoolmerchant
andweaver.

1476

Swimsashorewhenhisshipissunkina
battleoffPortugal.

1476

JoinshisbrotherBartholomew,a
cartographer,inLisbon.
MakesmerchantvoyagesasfarasIceland
andGuinea.

14771482
1484

Conceivesof"TheEnterpriseoftheIndies"
butfailstoconvinceKingJohnofPortugalto
backtheplan.

1485

MovestoSpain.

1492

Ferdinand&IsabelacaptureGranada,the
lastMoorishcityinSpain.

TheFirstVoyage
Year Mont h Day

Ev ent

1492

DepartsfromPalos,Spain(nearHuelva).

1492

DepartsGomera(CanaryIslands)afterrepairand
refit.

1492

10

12

Newworldsightedat2:00AMbyRodrigode
Triana,somewhereintheBahamas.

1492

10

29 ArrivesatCuba.

1492

11

22

1492

12

1492

12

25

FlagshipSantaMariasinksoffHispaniola,
ColumbusfoundsLaNavidad.

1493

PinznrejoinsColumbus.

1493

16

ColumbusdepartsHispaniolaforSpaininthe
Nia.

1493

14

NiaandPintaareseparatedagaininafierce
storm.

1493

15 SightsSantaMariaIslandintheAzores.

1493

1493

15 NiaandPintareturnseparatelytoPalos,Spain.

MartnAlonsoPinzn,captainofthePinta,
desertstheexpeditionoffCuba.
ColumbusarrivesatHispaniola.

ArrivesatLisbon,Portugal.

TheSecondVoyage
Year Mont h Day

Ev ent

1493

TheGrandFleetof17shipsdepartsCadiz.

1493

10

13 DepartsHierro(CanaryIslands),sailingWSW

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TheislandofDominicasightedatdawn
Guadeloupeshortlyafter.

1493

11

1493

11

22 ArrivesatHispaniola.

1493

11

28 ReturnstoNavidad,findsfortdestroyed.

1493

12

1494

24 SailsfromIsabelainsearchofmainland.

1494

30 ArrivesatCuba.

1494

1494

14 ReturnstoCuba.

1494

13 StartsthereturntoLaIsabela.

FoundsnewcolonyofLaIsabela.

ArrivesatJamaica.

1494

20 ReachesHispaniola.

1496

10 DepartsfromLaIsabelaforSpain.

1496

ReachesthecoastofPortugal.

TheThirdVoyage
Year Mont h Day

Ev ent

1498

30 DepartsfromSanlucar,Spain,withsixships.

1498

19

ArrivesatGomera(CanaryIslands)splitsfleet
intotwosquadrons.

1498

DepartsfromtheCapeVerdeIslands.

1498

31 ArrivesatTrinidad.

1498

13 LeavestheGulfofParia,arrivesatMargartia.

1498

19 ArrivesatHispaniola.

1500

10

Columbusisarrestedandsenthomeinchains.

TheFourthVoyage
Year Mont h Day

Ev ent

1502

11 DepartsfromCadiz,Spain,withfourships.

1502

29 ArrivesatSantoDomingo,Hispaniola.

1502

30 ArrivesattheMosquitoCoast,modernNicaragua.

1503

EstablishesgarrisonatRioBelen.

1503

GarrisonattackedbyIndiansandabandoned.

1503

16 LeavesRioBelenforhome.

1503

25

1504

29 CrewrescuedfromJamaica.

1504

11

1506

ShipsbeachedandabandonedatJamaica,
marooningcrew.
ColumbusreturnstoSpain.

20 ColumbusdiesatValladolid.

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