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.
In 1479 or 1480, his son Diego Columbus was born. Between 1482 and 1485, Columbus traded along the coasts of West Africa, reaching the Portuguese trading post of Elmina at the Guinea coast. Some records report that Filipa died in 1485. It is also speculated that Columbus may have simply left his first wife.