
1502
1502 • Christopher Columbus lands at Trujillo and names the country 'Honduras'. |
1610
Age: 108y
1610 • The Manchu tribal leader Nurhaci breaks his relations with the Ming Dynasty of China, then under the aloof and growingly negligent Wanli Emperor; Nurhaci's line later becomes the emperors of the Qing Dynasty which overthrows the short-lived Shun Dynasty in 1644 and the remnants of the Ming throne in 1662. |