1493 facts for kids
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
| Decades: | 1460s 1470s 1480s – 1490s – 1500s 1510s 1520s |
| Years: | 1490 1491 1492 – 1493 – 1494 1495 1496 |
Events
- January 4 – Christopher Columbus leaves the New World.
- March 15 – Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first trip to the Americas.
- July 28 – Great fire in Moscow.
- September 9 – Battle of Krbava field between defending Croatian nobles and invading Ottoman Turk forces.
- November 19 – Christopher Columbus goes ashore on an island he saw for the first time only the day before. He names it San Juan Bautista (later renamed Puerto Rico).
- December 23 – Georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle is published.
Images for kids
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Hartmann Schedel's 1493 map of the world
See also
In Spanish: 1493 para niños
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