-
Feb 12, 1100
first compass
The magnetic compass was first invented as a divice for divination as the early as the chinese Han Dynasty ( 206 BC ). -
Jan 1, 1200
Italian cities
Italian cities were producing coins with fixd values. -
Jan 13, 1400
Spanish and Portuguese
In the late 1400s Spanish and Portuguese desigers made in important advance in ship-building tecnology. -
Period: Feb 12, 1400 to Feb 12, 1500
european monarchs
During the 1400s and 1500s, the European monarchs supported exploration and colonization. -
Jan 1, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias sailed around the cape of good hope at southern tip of Africa. -
Period: Aug 12, 1492 to Oct 12, 1492
Cristopher columbus
Columbus set a sail from Palos, Spain. His three small ships
the nina, la pinta, and the santa maria, saild westward across the atlantic. On octuber 12 1492, the small fleet landed at a tiny island that columbus named san salvador. -
Period: Jan 1, 1493 to Jan 1, 1504
columbus
Between 1493 and 1504, columbus made three more voyages to the Indies, for the rest of his life he believed that he had landed off the coast of Asia. -
Feb 12, 1498
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama sailed eastward across the Indian Occean. -
Jan 1, 1513
Ponce de Leon
Ponce de Leon saild Northward to what now is Florida. -
Jan 1, 1519
Hernan Cortes
In 1519, with 11 ships and about 600 men, Hernan Cortes invaded Mexico. -
Jan 1, 1556
Charles V
Charles realized that the spaish and Holy roman empires had become too large for one man to rule. in 1556 he gave up his throne and divided the vast lands among members of his family.
Charles son, Philip II recived Spain and its possessions. -
Period: Jan 1, 1556 to
Philip II
Philip II was born and educated in Spain. He ruled from 1556 until his death in 1598. -
Jan 1, 1568
William of Orange
In 1568 william of Orange led a revolt against Philip. -
Period: Jan 1, 1568 to
The netherlands break from spain
In 1579 under williams leadership, the nothern provinces declared their independence from spain.
william ws killed in 1584, but his decendants continued the war with spain on and off until 1648. the southern provinces were heavily catholic and remained under spanish control as the spanish netherlands. -
Dutch East India Company
In 1602 the Dutch East India Company was founded, It had total control over trading between the netherlands and the east Indies.
