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May 5 – Christopher Columbus first sights Jamaica. [2] May 7 – The infant Amda Seyon II succeeds his father Eskender as Emperor of Ethiopia. May 31 – First Battle of Acentejo: Natives of the island of Tenerife, known as Guanches, defeat the invading Spanish forces. June 7 – Treaty of Tordesillas: Spain and Portugal divide the New World ...
Inter caetera ('Among other [works]') was a papal bull issued by Pope Alexander VI on the 4 May 1493, which granted to the Catholic Monarchs King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile all lands to the "west and south" of a pole-to-pole line 100 leagues west and south of any of the islands of the Azores or the Cape Verde islands.
At the time, the pope was then deep in the midst of arbitrating between the claims of the crowns of Portugal and Spain over Columbus's discoveries. The papal bull Inter caetera, delivering the pope's initial opinion, was issued on May 3, 1493, albeit there remained disputed details to work out (a second and third bull followed soon after). [41]
The First Battle of Acentejo took place on the island of Tenerife between the Guanches and an alliance of Spaniards, other Europeans, and associated natives (mostly from other islands), on 31 May 1494, during the Spanish conquest of this island. It resulted in a victory for the Guanches of Tenerife.
On November 22, he landed on Hispaniola and spent some time exploring the interior of the island for gold. He left Hispaniola on April 24, 1494, and arrived at the island of Juana on April 30 and Jamaica (called "Xaymaca" by the indigenous Taíno, meaning "land of springs") on May 5. Columbus named the island Santiago and used it as a mini ...
He landed on the island on 5 May 1494, during his second voyage to the Americas. [13] Columbus returned to Jamaica during his fourth voyage to the Americas. He had been sailing around the Caribbean for nearly a year when a storm beached his ships in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica, on 25 June 1503. Columbus and his men remained stranded on the island ...
The Pope issued edicts dated 3 and 4 May 1493.The third superseded the first two. A final edict, Dudum siquidem of 26 September 1493, supplemented the Inter caetera. [1]The first bull, Inter caetera, dated 3 May, recognized Spain's claim to any discovered lands not already held by a Christian prince, and protected Portugal's previous rights.
5–8 September 1494: Battle of Rapallo; 17 October 1494: skirmishes near Sant'Agata sul Santerno; 19–21 October 1494: Siege of Mordano 26–29 October 1494: Siege of Fivizzano; 8–9 November 1494: Florentine revolt against de' Medici; Mid-November – 28 November 1494: French occupation of Florence