Explorer Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

Living place: Genoa

Birthday: 31-10-1451

Global rank: #6637

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Who is Explorer Christopher Columbus?
Italian explorer and navigator who, sponsored by the Spanish crown, set out to claim the East Indies. His travels led to the Spaniards of the Americas, also known as the New World.
Although he was not the first European explorer to reach the Americas, his voyage began the Spanish colonization on October 12, 1492.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He worked as an apprentice of a business agent for prominent Genoan families.

Family life info

He married the daughter of Porto Santo governor Filipa Moniz Perestrelo in 1479. He had two sons named Diego and Ferdinand Columbus.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Explorer Christopher Columbus?
His four journeys in search of the East Indies were inspired in part by the writings of Marco Polo.

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When was Explorer Christopher Columbus born?
Christopher Columbus was born in 31-10-1451, death year is , at the age of 573.
Where is Explorer Christopher Columbus's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, of Italy. is a Explorer, whose Zodiac is Scorpius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Goat. Christopher Columbus's global rank is 6637 and whose rank is 2 in list of famous Explorer.
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Events in 1451 and 31-10

Birthday Christopher Columbus (31-10) in history

  • Day 31-10 year 1517: To mark the beginning of the Protestant Reformation in Germany, Martin Luther passed the 95 Theses in front of the Wittenberg Palace church.
  • Day 31-10 year 1846: Heavy snowfall leaves the Donner Party stranded in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
  • Day 31-10 year 1864: Nevada became the 36th state.
  • Day 31-10 year 1941: Work on the Mount Rushmore monument was completed.
  • Day 31-10 year 1956: Rear Admiral G. J. Dufek became the first person to land an airplane at the South Pole.
  • Day 31-10 year 1984: Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated.
  • Day 31-10 year 1992: Pope John Paul II admitted that the Roman Catholic Church had erred in convicting Galileo of heresy 350 years earlier.
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