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Births on December 25

Antoinette de Bourbon
1493Dec, 25

Antoinette de Bourbon

Antoinette de Bourbon, French noblewoman (d. 1583)
Antoinette de Bourbon, Duchess of Guise (25 December 1494 – 22 January 1583), was a French noblewoman of the House of Bourbon. She was the wife of Claude of Lorraine, Duke of Guise.

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Events on 1493

  • 15Feb

    Columbus's letter on the first voyage

    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.
  • 4Mar

    Voyages of Christopher Columbus

    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.
  • 4May

    New World

    Pope Alexander VI divides the New World between Spain and Portugal along the Line of Demarcation.
  • 26Sep

    Inter caetera

    Pope Alexander VI issues the papal bull Dudum siquidem to the Catholic Monarchs, extending the grant of new lands he made them in Inter caetera.
  • 18Nov

    Puerto Rico

    Christopher Columbus first sights the island now known as Puerto Rico.