1492-Dec.-25
1492-Dec.-25: The Santa Maria runs aground on a reef near what is now Cap-Haïtien, providing materials for the first settlement.
1492-Dec.-25: The Santa Maria runs aground on a reef near what is now Cap-Haïtien, providing materials for the first settlement. Columbus left behind a small contingent of men to maintain a Spanish presence while he returned to Europe.
Source · p. 14
Dubois, Avengers of the New World, 14