Columbus Reaches the Americas: October 12, 1492
Rodrigo de Triana's shout on the Pinta triggered a chain of events that launched centuries of European colonization in the Americas. Columbus immediately seized the moment to claim the promised pension for himself, while his journal entries revealing plans to enslave the Lucayan people and convert them by force set a brutal precedent for future interactions with Indigenous populations.
October 12, 1492
534 years ago
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What Else Happened on October 12
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couronnement de Louis III l'Aveugle comme roi d'Italie.
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