WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JULY 1493
Find out what all happened January to July 1493

Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the best-documented early printed books, is published. (12. July 1493)

Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first trip to the Americas. (15. March 1493)

Pope Alexander VI divides the New World between Spain and Portugal along the Line of Demarcation. (4. May 1493)

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. (4. March 1493)

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. (15. February 1493)

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