Events
- 16 January – Christopher Columbus leaves the New World and sets sail for Spain. [1]
- 19 January – Treaty of Barcelona: Charles VIII of France returns Cerdagne and Roussillon to Ferdinand of Aragon.
- 1 March – Martín Alonso Pinzón returns to the city of Bayona in Spain from the voyage of discovery, sending the first notice about the discovery to the Catholic Monarchs ( Christopher Columbus is delayed by a storm in the Azores).
- 15 March – Christopher Columbus and Martín Alonso Pinzón return to Palos de la Frontera, the original port in Spain from where they started the first voyage of discovery.
- 4 May – In the papal bull Inter caetera, Pope Alexander VI decrees that all lands discovered 100 leagues (or further west) of the Azores are Spanish.
- 24 September – Christopher Columbus leaves Cádiz on his second voyage of exploration.
Births
- 9 December – Íñigo López de Mendoza, 4th Duke of the Infantado, nobleman [2]
Deaths
- Martín Alonso Pinzón, Spanish navigator and explorer (b. c. 1441)
References
- ^ "Famous People Who Died in 1493". OnThisDay.com. 1493. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
- ^ "Iñigo Lopez de Mendoza, 4. duque de Infantado, * 1493 | Geneall.net". geneall.net. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
Events
- 16 January – Christopher Columbus leaves the New World and sets sail for Spain. [1]
- 19 January – Treaty of Barcelona: Charles VIII of France returns Cerdagne and Roussillon to Ferdinand of Aragon.
- 1 March – Martín Alonso Pinzón returns to the city of Bayona in Spain from the voyage of discovery, sending the first notice about the discovery to the Catholic Monarchs ( Christopher Columbus is delayed by a storm in the Azores).
- 15 March – Christopher Columbus and Martín Alonso Pinzón return to Palos de la Frontera, the original port in Spain from where they started the first voyage of discovery.
- 4 May – In the papal bull Inter caetera, Pope Alexander VI decrees that all lands discovered 100 leagues (or further west) of the Azores are Spanish.
- 24 September – Christopher Columbus leaves Cádiz on his second voyage of exploration.
Births
- 9 December – Íñigo López de Mendoza, 4th Duke of the Infantado, nobleman [2]
Deaths
- Martín Alonso Pinzón, Spanish navigator and explorer (b. c. 1441)
References
- ^ "Famous People Who Died in 1493". OnThisDay.com. 1493. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
- ^ "Iñigo Lopez de Mendoza, 4. duque de Infantado, * 1493 | Geneall.net". geneall.net. Retrieved 2024-03-23.