Christopher Columbus, October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonist who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain. He led the first European expeditions to the Caribbean, Central America, and South America, initiating the permanent European colonization of the Americas. He discovered the viable sailing route to the Americas, a continent which was not then known to the Old World.
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1564: William Shakespeare's birth
William Shakespeare became a renowned English poet, playwright, and actor. His work includes 38 plays, 2 narrative poems, 154 sonnets, and other poems.
No original manuscripts of Shakespeare's plays exist. A group of actors from Shakespeare's company collected about half for publication after Shakespeare died.
From the various documents that have survived we know that he spelled his last name in various ways, none of which was "Shakespeare"
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