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Rule of Haiti

Name: Rule of Haiti – Spain factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Spain · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records

1492–1494Date range

2Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1492

Ferdinand IIJanuary 1492

Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Colombus discovers Haiti & calls it Hispaniola

1494

Christopher Colombus1494

Isabella · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Founds the township of Isabella in Hispaniola, Haiti

Ferdinand II1494

Isabella · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Colombus founds the township of Isabella in Hispaniola, Haiti

Names involved

Christopher ColombusFerdinand II

Provenance

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