Age of Exploration

age of exploration

Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Dec 30, 1800

First Voyage

Jun 27, 1405

Zheng He takes first voyage

Navigation School

Sep 29, 1419

Prince Henry the Navigator founds a school of Navigation on the southwest coast of Portugal for mapmakers, instrument makers, shipbuilders, scientists, and sea captains.

Columbus

Aug 3, 1492

Columbus makes first voyage, lands in the Carribean.

Columbus finds land

Oct 12, 1492

Columbus' crew spots land and the find the Carribean, thinking it was China.

Treaty of Tordesillas

Mar 3, 1494

Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas, stating that everything to the west of an imaginary line cutting through the americas would be Spain's and everything to the east would be Portugal's.

Slaves

Mar 11, 1511

First African slaves arrive in the Americas.

Florida

Dec 21, 1513

Juan Ponce de Leon lands on current day Florida and claims it for Spain.

Cortes and the aztecs

Mar 30, 1521

Cotres conquers the Aztec Empire.

Arrival in the Philippines

Aug 8, 1521

A Spanish expedition led by Ferdinand Megellan arrived in the Philippines.

Pizzaro and the Incas

Feb 28, 1533

Pizzaro conquers the Incan Empire.

Jamestown

Jun 19, 1607

English found Jamestown

Quebec

Apr 2, 1608

Samuel de Champlain founds Quebec

Java

Nov 16, 1619

Dutch open trade with Java

Qing Dynasty

Jul 19, 1644

Manchus establish Qing Dynasty in China

Charles I

Sep 28, 1649

Charles I of england is Executed

French Indian war

Nov 27, 1754

French and Indian War begins.

Independence

Jul 4, 1776

American colonies declare independence from Britain

French Revolution

Nov 17, 1789

Storming of Bastille ignites French Revolution.

China Britain Trade

Dec 27, 1793

Britain seeks to trade with China