February 15 » While on board the Niña, Christopher Columbus writes an open letter (widely distributed upon his return to Portugal) describing his discoveries and the unexpected items he came across in the New World.
March 4 » Explorer Christopher Columbus arrives back in Lisbon, Portugal, aboard his ship Niña from his voyage to what are now The Bahamas and other islands in the Caribbean.
March 15 » Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first trip to the Americas.
May 4 » Pope Alexander VI divides the New World between Spain and Portugal along the Line of Demarcation.
November 3 » Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea.
November 18 » Christopher Columbus first sights the island now known as Puerto Rico.
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