Deaths on May 10

Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll

Died on May 10, 1493

Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1433)

Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll (c. 1433 – 10 May 1493) was a medieval Scottish nobleman, peer, and politician. He was the son of Archibald Campbell, Master of Campbell and Elizabeth Somerville, daughter of John Somerville, 3rd Lord Somerville. He had the sobriquet Colin Mulle, Bold Earl Colin.

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Events on 1493

15 Feb

Columbus's letter on the first voyage
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.
4 Mar

Voyages of Christopher Columbus
Explorer Christopher Columbus arrives back in Lisbon, Portugal, aboard his ship Niña from his voyage to what is now The Bahamas and other islands in the Caribbean.
4 May

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

Inter caetera
Pope Alexander VI issues the papal bull Dudum siquidem to the Catholic Monarchs, extending the grant of new lands he made them in Inter caetera.
18 Nov

Puerto Rico
Christopher Columbus first sights the island now known as Puerto Rico.

Deaths on May 10

Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll

Died on May 10, 1493

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Columbus's letter on the first voyage

Voyages of Christopher Columbus

New World

Inter caetera

Puerto Rico