711AD to 1492 - 15 Things You Did Not Know About the Moors of Spain
1. The Spanish occupation by the Moors began in 711 AD when an African army, under their leader Tariq ibn-Ziyad, crossed the Strait of...
1400s - Africa's 'greatest explorer'
An African emperor who ruled Mali in the 14th century discovered America nearly 200 years before Christopher Columbus, according to a...
c.1480 to c.1550 - Juan Garrido
Born around 1480 in West Africa, Juan Garrido is the most prominent among the small group of African freeman who traveled to the Americas...
1492 - The Moor’s Last Stand and Blood and Faith review – the expulsion of Muslims from Spain
For centuries, visitors from the rest of Europe were disgusted by Spain. The problem was not that city streets remained unpaved, or that...
1499 - Niño, Pedro Alonso (c. 1468–c. 1505)
Pedro Alonso Niño was a Spanish explorer known as el Negro. A native of Moguer, Spain, Niño acted as pilot of the Santa María during the...
1500s - Esteban the Moor
Esteban, an enslaved North African, made the first contact with the native peoples of what is now the American Southwest. Fraught with...
1518 - Details of horrific first voyages in transatlantic slave trade revealed
Almost completely ignored by the modern world, this month marks the 500th anniversary of one of history’s most tragic and significant...
1600s - The Surprising History Behind America's Stand Your Ground Laws
The idea of the right to defend oneself may seem universal, but in her new book Stand Your Ground: A History of America’s Love Affair...
1607 - How the English occupied Kecoughtan, Virginia
Kecoughtan in Virginia was originally named Kikotan (also spelled Kiccowtan, Kikowtan etc.), the name of the Algonquian Native Americans...
1607 to 1763 - Virginia's Early Relations with Native Americans
The Indians living in the area where Jamestown was settled must have had mixed feelings about the arrival of the English in 1607. One of...