⚔️📍 San Salvador, Bahamas1492
Columbus Lands in the Americas
Christopher Columbus made landfall in the Bahamas after 33 days at sea, encountering the Lucayan Taíno people. He believed he had reached the East Indies and called the inhabitants 'Indians.'
Columbus's landing initiated 500 years of European colonization of the Americas, resulting in the deaths of up to 90% of the indigenous population from disease and conquest.
Outcome
European colonization of Americas begins; indigenous civilizations ultimately destroyed