1493 - What happened in 1493 ?

January 1493

Wednesday 04:

Christopher Columbus leaves the New World, ending his first journey .

March 1493

Wednesday 15:

Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first trip to the Americas.

May 1493

Thursday 04:

Pope Alexander VI divides the New World between Spain and Portugal along the Demarcation Line.

July 1493

Friday 28:

Great fire in Moscow

September 1493

Sunday 24:

Christopher Columbus departs on his second expedition to the New World.

November 1493

Saturday 18:

Christopher Columbus first sights what is now Puerto Rico. He will land on it the following day and name it San Juan Batista.

Sunday 19:

Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to go ashore on an island he only saw for the first time the day before. He names it San Juan Bautista (later renamed Puerto Rico).

December 1493

Saturday 23:

The Latin edition of the Nuremberg Chronicle is published