Christopher Columbus founds La Navidad — 1492 Christopher Columbus established the first Spanish settlement in the New World, La Navidad, at the site of modern Môle-Saint-Nicolas in Haiti after his ship, the Santa María, ran aground and was wrecked. Babur, founder of the Mughal dynasty, dies — 1530  Babur, the first Emperor of the Mughal … Continue reading What Happened On 26 December