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Jan 1, 1400
LEBANON
Mamluke Rule from 1282. -
Jan 1, 1455
PORTUGAL - Cadamosto
Cadamosto reached the mouth of the Gambia River in West Africa. -
Aug 3, 1492
SPAIN - Columbus
Christopher Columbus sets sail for India. -
Oct 12, 1492
SPAIN - Columbus
Columbus reaches San Salvadore. -
Jun 24, 1497
ENGLAND - Cabot
John Cabot found Newfoundland -
Jul 8, 1497
PORTUGAL - De Gama
De Gama set sail to make his way around Cape Good Hope. -
May 21, 1498
PORTUGAL - De Gama
De Gama became the first European to set foot on Indian soil. -
Sep 5, 1500
PORTUGAL - Gaspar
Gaspar discovered Greenland. -
Sep 6, 1500
PORTUGAL
Brazil claimed for Portugal. -
Nov 7, 1503
SPAIN - Columbus
Columbus finds Jamaica. -
Sep 25, 1513
SPAIN - Balboa
Balboa discovers the Pacific Ocean. -
Jan 1, 1516
LEBANON
Fall of Mamluke rule and beginning of Ottoman rule. -
Sep 20, 1516
SPAIN - Menendez
Menendez attacked and massacred everyone in Fort Caroline. -
Aug 10, 1519
SPAIN - Magellan
Magellan set sail to circumnavigate the world. -
Nov 8, 1519
SPAIN - Cotres
Cortes reaches Tenoichtitlan. -
Sep 4, 1520
SPAIN - Magellan
Pacific Ocean named due to its calm waters. -
May 7, 1521
SPAIN - Magellan
Magellan arrives at Guam. -
Sep 4, 1521
SPAIN - Cortes
Cortes defeats the entire Aztec Nation. -
Aug 1, 1533
SPAIN - Pizzaro
Pizzaro defeats the Inca and returns with three times more than Cortes at the Aztec. -
Sep 6, 1534
FRANCE - Cartier
Cartier discovers Montreal and St. Lawrence River. -
May 30, 1539
SPAIN - De Soto
De Soto set sail for the Bahamas to find the Fountain of Youth and lands in Florida. -
Aug 7, 1540
SPAIN - Coronado
Coronado sets out on an Expedition through Mexico to find Cibola, the famed "City of Gold". -
Sep 4, 1541
SPAIN - De Soto
Mississippi River discovered. -
FRANCE - Champlain
Champlain settled Montreal. -
ENGLAND - Hudson
Henry Hudson discovered the bay that would become New York Harbor. -
LEBANON
Prince Fakhr EdDine returns from exile. -
NETHERLANDS
Batuia colonized by the Dutch. -
NETHERLANDS - Coen
Lothen taken by force. -
LEBANON
Prince Fakhr EdDine defeats Mustafa Pasha at Anjar. -
LEBANON
Execution of Prince Fakhr EdDine II at Constantinople. -
NETHERLANDS - Tasman
Tasman discovered the shore of Tasmania. -
NETHERLANDS - Tasman
Tasman discoveres New Zeland. -
FRANCE - Joilet
Lois Joilet discoveres Mississippi River. -
FRANCE - Cadillac
Cadillac set sail for Canada -
FRANCE - Cadillac
Cadillac founded Detroit.
