Indian names generally contain a given name followed by some number of secondary names. Secondary names are often patronyms, names derived from the father, grandfather or other paternal ancestor, village names, occupation names, or names of gods. Hindu given names are from Sanskrit.n the U.S. in 2014, it ranked 12781 in baby name popularity for girls with 8 occurrences. Less than 5 boys were given the name. View the Sahiba Name Popularity Page to see how the popularity trend for Sahiba has changed since 1880, or to compare the popularity of Sahiba to other names.
Christopher Columbus dies. On May 20, 1506, the great Italian explorer Christopher Columbus dies in Valladolid, Spain. Columbus was the first European to explore the Americas since the Vikings set up colonies in Greenland and Newfoundland in the 10th century.
Itâs sometimes said that what really killed off the entire Taino people was illness: European diseases to which they were not immune. This is a copout. Within three years of Columbusâs first landing on October 12, 1492, one-third of the Taino population was already dead.