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Dates That Made History
Season 1 · Episode 4
1492: The New World
8.027mMarch 24, 2018
1492 was officially the year the Americas were 'discovered', marking the end of the Middle Ages. Yet it's possible that Christopher Columbus setting foot on a West Indian beach in October obscures a far more complex story.
Episodes
- Episode 133 AD: The Crucifixion of Jesus
- Episode 224 September 622: The Hegira
- Episode 3323 BC: Death of Alexander the Great
- Episode 41492: The New World
- Episode 520 June 1789: The Tennis Court Oath
- Episode 611 February 1990: Liberation of Nelson Mandela
- Episode 724 August 79: Destruction of Pompeii
- Episode 86 August, 1945: Hiroshima