1492-Dec.-25
1492-Dec.-25: The Santa Maria runs aground near modern-day Cap-Haïtien, leading to the construction of La Navidad.
1492-Dec.-25: The Santa Maria runs aground near modern-day Cap-Haïtien, leading to the construction of La Navidad. This settlement was built using salvaged timber from the ship and housed the first Spanish garrison in the New World.
Source · p. 18
Girard, Haiti: The Tumultuous History, 18