Timeline of Colombian History - 15th Century

15th Century

Year Date Event
1450 Meicuchuca is Zipa of Bacatá (to 1470)
1470 Saguamanchica is Zipa of Bacatá (to 1490)
1490 Nemequene is Zipa of Bacatá (to 1514)
Quemuenchatocha is Zaque of Hunza (to 1537)
1498 Spanish explorer Juan de la Cosa landed on what is today called Cabo de la Vela (Cape of Sails) in the Guajira Peninsula
1500 Rodrigo de Bastidas discovers the Colombian Caribbean littoral.

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