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Jan 1, 1000
Leif Eriksson
Leif Eriksson l Leif Erikson was the first European to set foot in the new world . Opening a new land rich with resources for the Vikings to explore. But for some unknown reason, the Vikings only made a few voyages to the New World after Leif. -
Sep 24, 1271
Marco Polo travels from China to Italy.
In 1271, when he was 17 years old, he traveled to Asia with his father and uncle. On this journey, he became a favorite of Kublai Khan, the Mongol Emperor. He roamed through Mongolia and China for 17 years. He traveled farther into China than any European had gone before. -
Jan 1, 1324
Mansa Musa makes a pilgrimage to Makkah.
Mansa Musa began his obligatory hajj to Mekkah in 1324 with an impressive company. In his caravan he brought sixty-thousand people dressed in fine silk and eighty camels carrying two tons of gold. Among this throng Mansa Musa had twelve-thousand servants, five hundred of which carried staffs of gold. If this entourage had not caught the attention of the countries he crossed through, his generous giving would. -
Jan 1, 1400
Renaissance spreads throughout Europe
About 1450, European scholars became more interested in studying the world around them. Their art became more true to life. They began to explore new lands. The new age in Europe was eventually called %u201Cthe Renaissance.%u201D Renaissance is a French word that means %u201Crebirth.%u201D Historians consider the Renaissance to be the beginning of modern history. -
Apr 30, 1429
Joan of Arc defeats the English at French town Orleans.
Joan unsuccessfully tries to convince Dunois to launch an assault; other commanders make a failed sortie against English troops in the fortress of Saint-Pouair; Joan sends another message to the English telling them to lift the siege. -
Jan 1, 1456
Johnannes Gutenberg uses movable metal type in printing.
The invention of Gutenberg should be classed with the greatest events in the history of the world. It caused a revolution in the development of culture, equalled by hardly any other incident in the Christian Era. Facility in disseminating the treasure of the intellect was a necessary condition for the rapid development of the sciences in modern times. -
Mar 12, 1488
Bartholomeu Dias Reaches Indian Ocean
In 1488 the king sent him to the southern part of Africa. As Dias approached the are, he ran into a terrible storm that carried him of track and around South Africa which he named the cape of storms -
Oct 12, 1492
Columbus Reaches America
Christopher Columbus had a knew plan to reach Asia he though that if you sailed West that you would reach Asia but on the 12 of October they reached land. it wasn't Asia it was the Americas -
Jun 11, 1497
John Cabot sails to Newfoundland
Cabot's ship was named the Matthew, almost certainly after his wife Mattea. It was a navicula, meaning a relatively small vessel, of 50 tonables able to carry 50 tons of wine or other cargo. It was decked, with a high sterncastle and three masts. The two forward masts carried square mainsails to propel the vessel forward. The rear mast was rigged with a lateen sail running in the same direction as the keel, which helped the vessel sail into the wind. -
Sep 17, 1498
Vasco de Gama reaches India
India's Malabar Coast was at the centre of the spice trade - it was the main outlet for Kerala's large pepper crop - and the place where ships from the Indonesian Spice Islands came to trade cloves with Arab merchants from the Red Sea and Persian Gulf. The newcomers stayed for three months, and were initially well received by the Hindu ruler, the Zamorin. But the Muslim traders also held considerable influence at court, and were unwilling to relinquish control of the spice trade to the Christian -
Sep 25, 1500
Rome becomes a major center of Renaissance culture.
Rome became the center of the renaissance because of it culture the renaissance was a classical period. Rome had distinctive art and culture -
Sep 25, 1500
Songhai Empire rises in Africa.
The Songhai Empire was West African trading state centered on the middle reaches of the Niger River in what is now central Mali. The empire eventually extended west to the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, and east into present-day Nigeria and Burkina Faso. Considered one of the greatest African empires, from the early fifteenth to the late sixteenth century, Songhai was also one of the largest empires in West Africa, stretching all the way to presen -
Sep 25, 1513
Balboa crosses the Isthmus of Panama.
Vasco Nunez De Balboa was one of the early Spanish adventurers in the New World. He was born in 1475 and died in 1517. Having dissipated his fortune, he went to America, and was at Darien with the expedition of Francisco de Enciso in 1510. An insurrection placed him at the head of the colony, but rumours of a western ocean and of the wealth of Peru led him to cross the isthmus. On September the 25th 1513, he saw for the first time the Pacific, and after annexing it to Spain, and acquiring inform -
Sep 25, 1517
Martin Luther promotes church reform.
There are several ironies incumbent on Luther's pivotal role in history: 1) he doesn't really represent a break with the past, but rather a flash point where ideas and trends which had been smoldering in Europe for several centuries suddenly blazed aflame; 2) Luther initially saw himself as a great reformer of the Catholic church, a simple monk who thought the force of his ideas would single-handedly redirect the Leviathan of the church; in the end, however, he divided Christianity into two sepa -
Apr 27, 1519
Magellan begins circumnavigation of the world.
Megellan leaves port in 1519 in a goal to sail around the world. While in the service of the Spanish Crown, tried to find a westward route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia. This was the first successful attempt to circumnavigate the Earth in history. -
Oct 18, 1522
Magellan's crew completes first world voyage.
Magellans crew is the first to completely circumnavigate the world. Magellan didn't not suceed the journey he died in the middle of the journey -
May 24, 1534
Cartier claims Canada for France.
Jacques Cartier was sent by the King of France to explore the lands to the west on behalf of France. In three voyages, he explored what became Canada. He claimed the land for France. Cartier arrived in Newfoundland in June 1534 -
Sep 25, 1570
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England defeats Spanish Armada
The Spanish Armada was a fleet assembled and dispatched by King Phillip II of Spain in attempt to invade England in 1588. His attempt was unsuccessful. Queen Elizabeth I of England held the defeat of the armada as one of her greatest achievements, assisting the decline of the Spanish Empire. The armada had a mission of both political and religious aims. King Phillip, the leader of the Roman Catholic Spain -
Jamestown settled.
The James Settlement was the first permanent English settlement in North America. Named for King James I of England, Jamestown was founded in the Virginia Colony on May 24, 1607. -
Pilgrims found Plymouth.
When the Pilgrims came to Plymouth Colony in 1620 was when the first Thanksgiving was celebrated. Plymouth Colony was established on the shores of Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts. In England their religious beliefs weren't welcome. So they signed the Mayflower compact and sailed to Plymouth Colony.
