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Important Historical Events of the year 1493, Year 1493 in History

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List of 1493 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1493

What happened in the year 1493?

Date Event
February 15, 1493 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 4, 1493 Explorer Christopher Columbus arrives back in Lisbon, Portugal, aboard his ship Niña from his voyage to what are now The Bahamas and other islands in the Caribbean.
May 4, 1493 Pope Alexander VI divides the New World between Spain and Portugal along the Line of Demarcation.
July 12, 1493 Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the best-documented early printed books, is published.
September 9, 1493 Battle of Krbava Field, a decisive defeat of Croats in Croatian struggle against the invasion by the Ottoman Empire.
September 9, 1493 Christopher Columbus, with 17 ships and 1,200 men, sails on second voyage from Cadiz.
September 26, 1493 Pope Alexander VI issues the papal bull Dudum siquidem to the Spanish, extending the grant of new lands he made them in Inter caetera.
November 3, 1493 Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea.
November 4, 1493 Christopher Columbus reaches Leeward Island and Puerto Rico.
November 18, 1493 Christopher Columbus first sights the island now known as Puerto Rico.
November 19, 1493 Christopher Columbus goes ashore on an island called Borinquen he first saw the day before. He names it San Juan Bautista (later renamed again Puerto Rico).