Descubrimiento de América
Descubrimiento de América is held on October 12. Mexico. This event in the second decade of the month October is annual.
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More than five centuries after the discovery of America, October 12 is commemorated as Columbus Day in memory of that struggle waged by the indigenous people and the Spanish colonizers in 1492, after the Genoese sailor Christopher Columbus discovered the New World. .
The link between the Old and New Worlds became a significant link on October 12, 1492. Both were interconnected, thus initiating their cultural, commercial and religious exchange, one of the most important events in the history of humanity.
In Mexico, the Congress of the Union decreed on September 24, 1892 that this day be declared a national holiday. From 1917 it was called Columbus Day, at the initiative of President Venustiano Carranza. Later, Emilio Portes Gil made this civic celebration official and Congress approved on October 10, 1929 that October 12 would be a national holiday, called Columbus Day and the Anniversary of the Discovery of America.
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