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Europeans begin referring to the people they encounter in the Americas as "Indians."

Date: 1492

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This stems from a long-held assumption that colonists have landed in an unknown part of India. This is because Christian Europeans at the time believe that the Bible defines the parameters of the world, and encountering Native people in the Americas disrupts their assumptions.