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1493

1493: The destruction of the first European settlement, la Navidad, occurs less than twelve months after Columbus’s arrival.

1493: The destruction of the first European settlement, la Navidad, occurs less than twelve months after Columbus’s arrival. Local Taino groups destroyed the fort in response to the predatory behavior of the Spanish garrison.

Source  ·  p. vii Geggus, Haitian Revolutionary Studies, vii