feb 1, 1492 - Columbus sails to the Americas

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In 1492, Christopher Columbus, an Italian explorer sponsored by the Spanish monarchy, set sail westward across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a new route to Asia. Instead, he landed in the Caribbean, marking the beginning of European exploration and colonization of the Americas. Columbus’s voyages had profound and far-reaching effects, leading to the exchange of goods, cultures, and ideas between the Old and New Worlds and the eventual establishment of European colonies in the Americas.

Many other important events could have made this list, but we felt these 50 had an extraordinary influence on history during the medieval period.

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