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Aug 3, 1492
Christopher columbus
columbus landed on ayiti in 1492 and claimed the island for spain he renamed it la isla espanola. it became the first spanish settlement in the americas columbus and his sailors hoped to profit form their discovery, -
Toussaint Louverture
napoleon bonaparte's french troops finally captured toussaint and exiled hom to france, where he died. but the army of former slaves, led by the black general jean-jacques dessalines, went on to defeat the french forcew. -
Simon Bolivar
simon bolivar native venezuela its independence from spain in 1811. but the strugggle for independence had only begun. by 1821, bolivar had won venezuela's independence he then marched south into ecaudor. -
jose de san martin
san amrtin argentina had declared it'sindependence in 1816. however, spanish forces in nearby chile and peru still posed a threat. san martin left his army bolivar to command
