Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A Quincentennial is an event or celebration of an event that occurred 500 years ago. It comes from the word quincentenary. Recently in North America, Quincentennial was often used specifically to refer to the arrival of Cristopher Columbus. The year 1992 saw many celebrations and protests surrounding his first voyage in 1492. External Links http://www.nativeweb.org/resources/speeches_statements_essays/statements/quincentennial/ The Cayman Islands celebrate a Quincentennial in 2003: http://www.cayman500.ky/ A Finger in the Wound : Body Politics in Quincentennial Guatemala, ISBN 0520212843 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.