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Jan 26, 1269
Marco Polo
He and three others embarked on what would become a 24 year journey to Asia from Venice. The would effect trade routes to Asia and how people would get from Europe to Asia. -
Jun 21, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias sails around the cape of good hope
Bartolomeu Dias, a Portuguese explorer sails around the cape of good hope, the southern most tip of Africa. He finds new ways to get to different parts of the world. -
Aug 3, 1492
Columbus finds the New World
On August 3, 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue to find the New World. This led to the colonization of the United States of America. -
Jan 1, 1513
Juan Ponce de Leon makes first exploration to Florida
A spanish explorer by the name of Juan Ponce de Leon finds Puerto Rico and the coast of what is now known as Florida. This leads to people settling and agriculturally growing them. -
Nov 15, 1532
Fransisco Pizarro conquers Incan Empire
The Spanish Explorer Fransisco Pizarro sails to Mexico and takes over. This leads to the fall of the once great Incan Empire. -
Jan 26, 1536
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
The expedition team of Francisco Vazquez de Coronado is credited with his discovery of the Grand Canyon and several other famous landmarks in the American Southwest while searching for the legendary Seven Golden Cities of Cibola which they never found. -
Nov 17, 1558
Philip the second lost to Elizabeth 1 first in the England war
The most powerful naval fleet in the world, the Spanish Armada, falls to Elizabeth 1 and England. This leads to England being "Top Dog" in Europe for centuries. -
Aug 24, 1572
St. Bartholomew's day Massacre
Throughout the French Wars of Religion, a wave a Catholic mob violence was targeted at the Huguenots and killed many. This led to more revolts and fights between Huguenots and Catholics. -
Charles I is executed
Charles I had dissolved the Parliament for 11 years and the Parliament got sick of it. Along with their leader Charles Cromwell, They chopped Charles' I head off. This led to eventually, a limited monarchy. -
Peter the Great names the capital city of Russia St. Petersburg.
Tsar Peter being the typical narcissist names the capital of Russia after himself, St. Petersburg. This leads to Russia centering around the city of St. Petersburg. -
Mary Wollstonecraft
Wrote the book "Mary" this was her only book she wrote. This was about he independence of a women and the man she falls in love with. Also it shows the women as a heroine which showed that women can have power. This had an effect on the women's rights movement. -
Holy Roman Empire Falls
After 30 years of intsense war the Holy Roman Empire falls to Napoleon Bonaparte and the french. This leads to the HRE splitting into 2 countries :Austria and Prussia.
