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Jan 1, 1450
Printing Press invented by Johannes Gutenburg
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Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus lands in San Salvador
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Jan 1, 1496
Hernando De Soto discovers the Mississippi River
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May 25, 1498
Vaco da Gama makes the all water trip to India
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Apr 13, 1513
Pince de Leon lands in Florida
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Oct 13, 1517
German Monk Martin Luther nails his ninety-five theses to the church door
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Apr 13, 1519
Cortex conquers the Aztecs
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Jan 1, 1524
France sends Giovanni Verrazano to search for the northwest passage
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Nov 16, 1531
Pizarro conquers the Incas
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Jan 1, 1534
Jacques Cartier claims the St. Lawrence seaway and parts of Canada for france
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Nov 1, 1534
King Henry VIII breaks from the Roman Catholic Church and founds the Angelican Church
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Jan 1, 1552
Bartolome de Las Casa writes A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies
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Sep 1, 1565
St. Augustine, Florida is founded (the oldest city in the US)
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Sir Walter Raleigh founds Roanoke Island off of the coast of North Caroline
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Spanish Armada is defeated and England becomes Mistress of the Seas
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Captain John White returns to Roanoke
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Jamestown is founded by the London Company of England
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Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec
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The Dutch send Henry Hudson to find the Northwest Passage
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Dutch West Inia Company sent settlers to settle in New Netherlands
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Peter Minuit purshases Manhattan Island from the Native Americans
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New Amsterdam is founded by Peter Minuit
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Ft. Christina is founded
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Peter Minuit helped the Swedish found Ft. Christina on the Deleware river
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The Dutch West Indis
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The French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet explore the Mississippi River
