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Feb 1, 1487
Bartholomeu Dias rounds tip of Africa
started his voyage -
Period: Jan 1, 1492 to
history
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Oct 12, 1492
Discovery of West Indies
Columbus discovered the West Indies. He specifically landed on the island of Hispaniola; now Haiti and the Dominican Republic -
Jun 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
divided newly discovered lands outside of europe between Spain and Portugal. -
Feb 1, 1497
Portugual
start to discivery Africa -
Feb 1, 1498
Da Gama
sails across indian ocean to india -
Feb 1, 1500
Cabral
lands in south america -
Feb 1, 1511
Albuquerque
finds Melaka -
Feb 1, 1518
Salves
brought first to brazil in 1518 and then was ended during the civil war -
Feb 1, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan
1519-1522 he sailed around the world, killed during the battle of Mactan and the rest of the crew went on but he was still given credit for sailing the world. -
Feb 1, 1521
Deated the Aztecs
Cortez deafeted the aztecs -
Feb 1, 1521
Spain ruling Mexico
ruled mexico for 300 huundred years 1521-1821 -
Feb 1, 1533
Inca deafeted
Francisco Pizzaro -
Feb 1, 1555
Peace of Augsburg
in 1555 temporarily reconciled the Protestant north and the Catholic south in the German -
Dutch establish settlements on North America
dates back to the 1590s -
French
start to settle in quebec, in llouisian in 1682 -
Durch
sails to india -
England
sails to india -
Henry Hdson
discovers river, hudson river -
English
take NEw Netherlands which is now new york -
England rules Canada
rules canada for about 100 years 1763-1867 -
England rules U.S.
ruked since they cane to the new world than ended in 1776
