American History
Timeline created by deathjelly| Event Date: | Event Title: | Event Description: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/28/1200 | Cahokia reaches peak | 40,000 people, earth mound complexes | |
| 08/28/1300 | Black Death devastates Europe | ||
| 08/28/1485 | England pop. of 3 mil | ||
| 08/28/1492 | Columbus' First Voyage | Discovers Hispaniola & Cuba | |
| 08/28/1497 | John Cabot sails to NE coast of North America | ||
| 08/28/1498 | Columbus' Third Voyage | Reached the northern coast of South America | |
| 08/28/1500 | Brazil Discovered | by the Portuguese | |
| 08/28/1502 | Slave importation to Americas begins | ||
| 08/28/1513 | Vasco de Balboa crosses the Isthmus of Panama | ||
| 08/28/1517 | Martin Luther begins Protestant Reformation | ||
| 08/28/1518 | Hernando Cortes messes with Mexico | Leads 600 men into the interior, attacks Tenochtitlan, gives Aztecs smallpox, believes it a gift from god | |
| 08/28/1520 | Pope excommunicates Martin Luther | ||
| 08/28/1529 | King Henry VIII is refused a divorce by the Pope; English Reformation begins | ||
| 08/28/1532 | Francisco Pizarro begins conquest of Peru | ||
| 08/28/1538 | Peru is conquered | ||
| 08/28/1539 | Hernando de Soto begins expeditions starting in Florida | ||
| 08/28/1540 | Francisco Coronado explores New Mexico | ||
| 08/28/1550 | Spanish have explored coasts North to Labrador & Oregon | ||
| 08/28/1555 | Muscovy Company formed | ||
| 08/28/1558 | Bloody Mary dies, Elizabeth I becomes queen | ||
| 08/28/1565 | St Augustine 1st permanent American settlement | ||
| 08/28/1570 | New laws banned the most brutal conquests | by conquistadores- The Ordinances of Discovery | |
| 08/28/1578 | Sir Humphrey Gilbert receives 6 year land patent | ||
| 08/28/1581 | Levant Company formed | ||
| 08/28/1583 | Sir Humphrey Gilbert takes possession of Newfoundland, is lost at sea | ||
| 08/28/1585 | Barbary Company formed | ||
| 08/28/1588 | Guinea Company formed | ||
| 08/28/1598 | Don Juan de Onate founded a colony in New Mexico | ||
| 08/28/1600 | East India Company formed | ||
| 08/28/1603 | England pop. reaches 4 mil | ||
| 08/28/1603 | James I, Scotsman, Stuart, ascends English throne | ||
| 08/28/1606 | Onate removed as governor | ||
| 08/28/1607 | Jamestown founded by English | ||
| 08/28/1608 | Quebec founded by France | ||
| 08/28/1609 | Santa Fe founded | ||
| 08/28/1609 | Samuel de Champlain attacks Mohawks | ||
| 08/28/1609 | Henry Hudson sails up Hudson River | ||
| 08/28/1624 | Dutch West India Co. founds permanent trading posts on Delaware, Connecticut, & Hudson rivers | ||
| 08/28/1680 | Pueblos revolted in Onate colony | ||
| 08/28/1696 | Spanish crush Onate rebellion |
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