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Jan 1, 1451
columbus was born
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Period: Jan 1, 1465 to Jan 1, 1481
worked as a sailor started when he was 14
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Jan 1, 1476
columbus joined a ship bound for Northern Europe and sunk. The ship was attacked by another ship. Columbus swam ashore to Portugal.
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Jan 1, 1481
Columbus marries Felipa Perestrello and has a son named diego
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Jan 1, 1483
Felipa Perestrello dies
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Jan 1, 1485
columbus moves to spain after queen Isabella refuses to support his voyage
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Jan 1, 1486
Queen Isabella summons Columbus to royal court
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Jan 1, 1492
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella captured the southern spanish city of Granada and agree to support Columbus's voyage
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Aug 3, 1492
Columbus sets sail
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Oct 12, 1492
The pinta finds an island located in the bahamas
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Dec 10, 1492
Columbus returns to Palos, Spain
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Jan 1, 1493
columbus's second voyage sets sail
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Dec 12, 1498
columbus's third expidition sets sail
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Dec 12, 1500
Columbus returns from his voyage. He was arrested and shipped back to Spain
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Jan 1, 1502
Columbus sets sail on his 4th and final expidition
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Jan 1, 1503
Columbus is shipwrecked on Jamacia
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May 20, 1506
died
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Columbus day becomes a national holiday in the USA