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Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll
1493May, 10

Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll

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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    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.
  • 4Mar

    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.
  • 4May

    New World

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

    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.
  • 18Nov

    Puerto Rico

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