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Hace 2 días · Map of the departments of Puerto Rico during Spanish provincial times (1886). The history of Puerto Rico began with the settlement of the Ortoiroid people before 430 BC. At the time of Christopher Columbus 's arrival in the New World in 1493, the dominant indigenous culture was that of the Taínos.
Hace 5 días · Populated for centuries by aboriginal peoples, the island was claimed by the Spanish Crown in 1493 following Christopher COLUMBUS' second voyage to the Americas. In 1898, after 400 years of colonial rule that saw the indigenous population nearly exterminated and African slave labor introduced, Puerto Rico was ceded to the US as a result of the Spanish-American War.
Hace 2 días · Mehmed, pronounced [icinˈdʒi ˈmehmet]; 30 March 1432 – 3 May 1481), commonly known as Mehmed the Conqueror (Ottoman Turkish: ابو الفتح, romanized: Ebū'l-fetḥ, lit. 'the Father of Conquest'; Turkish: Fâtih Sultan Mehmed ), was twice the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from August 1444 to September 1446 and then later from February 1451 to May 1481.
- August 1444 – September 1446
- Murad II
- 3 February 1451 – 3 May 1481
- Murad II
Hace 2 días · Due to confusion on early maps, the island accidentally got the name Christopher Columbus gave in honour of Saint Martin of Tours, when he first sighted Nevis on the saint's feast day on 11 November 1493. "Sint Maarten" is Saint Martin in Dutch. History
Hace 4 días · Avec la bulle papale de 1493, le pape Alexandre VI ordonna à l'Espagne de conquérir et de convertir les païens du Nouveau Monde au catholicisme [24]. Il la baptise « Juana » en l'honneur de la fille des rois catholiques d'Espagne, Jeanne dite la folle (1479-1555, Jeanne Ire d'Espagne).
Hace 2 días · The first successful settlement of São Tomé was established in 1493 by Álvaro Caminha, who received the land as a grant from the crown. Príncipe was settled in 1500 under a similar arrangement. Attracting settlers proved difficult, however, and most of the earliest inhabitants were "undesirables" sent from Portugal, mostly Sephardic Jews.
Hace 5 días · King's Day (birthday of King WILLEM-ALEXANDER), 27 April (1967); note - King's or Queen's Day are observed on the ruling monarch's birthday; celebrated on 26 April if 27 April is a Sunday; local holiday Sint Maarten's Day, 11 November (1985), commemorates the discovery of the island by COLUMBUS on Saint Martin's Day, 11 November 1493; celebrated on both halves of the island
