{"id":1649,"canonical_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1492ce-oct-12--1649","name":"1492 CE, October 12","year":1492,"era":"CE","month":10,"day":12,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1492ce-oct-12--1649","iso-date":"1492-10-12","precision":"year-month-day","description":"\u003cp\u003e Christopher Columbus and his crew make landfall on October 12, 1492,\u0026nbsp; in the present day Bahamas archipelago on an island he names San Salvador, marking the European discovery of the Americas. Seventy days after departing on his first trip from Spain, on August 3, 1492,\u003c/p\u003e","additional_details":"\u003cp\u003eThe indigenous \u003ca jsname=\"TGaAqd\" class=\"DTlJ6d\" href=\"https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=7a941e0d451f7f12\u0026rlz=1C1OPNX_enUS1075US1075\u0026q=Ta%C3%ADno\u0026sa=X\u0026ved=2ahUKEwiB68XZ-9aQAxXhLTQIHfbxCYsQxccNegQIFBAB\u0026mstk=AUtExfA_9q00zN9sMLN_xvlaldyRmrjntkIBxYZTwOQUR-E1Dh3DUzlUYgKFK8yFKXmZ_xchhlRrR5JCkb0pcv15V5UpxYkBZBlPXz-REdFbprNCVBWZHoOqa0ZIQLrPkg9xeFylFJnrlHK00WeyvdL7rDIYVbixaqpZF_KYtVgLUqz7InchPr6OJ7pfQA4fEhsU6KSQ\u0026csui=3\" data-hveid=\"CBQQAQ\"\u003eTaíno\u003c/a\u003e people of the island called it Guanahani. The island became known later as Watling Island but it was officially named San Salvador in 1925. While many scholars now believe this Island is the most likely location, modern historians are still divided on the exact island. \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyages_of_Christopher_Columbus\"\u003eMore\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","photo":"https://k365fs.imgix.net/eH9etVoPTJm6UrTjleR0_Chistipher%20Columbus%20-%20Ridolfo_Ghirlandaio_Columbus-%20PD-R.jpg?auto=format,compress\u0026fit=clip\u0026max-w=1600","photo_width":483,"photo_height":383,"created_at":"2025-03-19T23:10:27-07:00","updated_at":"2026-05-08T12:05:31-07:00","breadcrumbs":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"October History","item":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/october"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"October 12","item":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/october-12"}]},"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Thing","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1492ce-oct-12--1649#eventK365","name":"1492 CE, October 12","headline":"Christopher Columbus and his crew make landfall on October 12, 1492, in the present day Bahamas archipelago... - 1492 CE","description":" Christopher Columbus and his crew make landfall on October 12, 1492,  in the present day Bahamas archipelago on an island he names San Salvador, marking the...","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1492ce-oct-12--1649","additionalType":"HistoricalEvent","inLanguage":"en","datePublished":"2025-03-19T23:10:27-07:00","dateModified":"2026-05-08T12:05:31-07:00","publisher":{"@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/#organizationK365"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://k365fs.imgix.net/eH9etVoPTJm6UrTjleR0_Chistipher%20Columbus%20-%20Ridolfo_Ghirlandaio_Columbus-%20PD-R.jpg?auto=format,compress\u0026fit=clip\u0026max-w=1600","width":483,"height":383},"temporalCoverage":"1492-10-12","isPartOf":[{"@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/#websiteK365"},{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/october","name":"What Happened in October History"},{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/october-12#pageK365","name":"What Happened on October 12"}]}}