Historical Events
Historic Discovery
Dec 5 Christopher Columbus discovers Hispaniola (El Espanola/Haiti)
Christopher Columbus
Santa María
Dec 25 Christopher Columbus' flagship the Santa María runs aground and sinks on the north coast of Hispaniola. The crew are left to found a colony as Columbus returns to Spain
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- Dec 26 1st Spanish settlement La Navidad in the New World is founded by Christopher Columbus (modern Môle-Saint-Nicolas in Haiti)
- Dec 31 100,000 Jews expelled from Sicily
