Columbus Day Trivia
33 facts you didn t know about this national holiday.
Columbus day trivia. Unofficially columbus day has been celebrated in the u s. Other facts about columbus. The largest of these was the one he founded on the island of hispaniola. If you re lucky enough to be able to take columbus day as a holiday you can thank the celebration of a misunderstanding for it.
Holiday that commemorates the landing of christopher columbus in the americas in 1492 and columbus day 2020 is on monday october 12. Columbus was a poor ruler who often was very harsh and brutal when governing. This is known as columbus day. Columbus day is meant to celebrate this arrival.
8 fun facts about columbus day. Christopher columbus was not the first european to discover america vikings had been here before him in the tenth century. Since the late 1700s but did not. Life 8 fun facts about columbus day.
The answers to the quiz are below. Patrick october 13 2013 june 10 2017 holidays life lists. Christopher columbus was an italian sailor born in genoa italy in 1451. Columbus day is a u s.
The holiday was fixed in 1971 to second monday of october every year. Not everyone celebrate this event some locales have named it indigenous peoples day. We thought it might be fun to see what you know about christopher columbus. Christopher columbus landed in bahamas part of the americas on october 12th 1494.
Columbus day trivia quiz officially columbus day is october 12. The anniversary of columbus first landing in the americas is celebrated in spain on 12th october. Columbus day trivia facts. He sailed with three ships and 90 crew members on the voyage that landed him in the bahamas.
1892 of columbus voyage.