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 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.
September 9 » Battle of Krbava Field, a decisive defeat of Croats in Croatian struggle against the invasion by the Ottoman Empire.
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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