Atlantic World Timeline

Columbus sailed the ocean blue

Sep 17, 1492

Spain funded Columbus's journeys to venture west over the Atlantic to find a new route to Asia but instead landed on the Americas.

First enslaved Africans arrive in the Americas

Sep 17, 1511

African Slaves in the New World Spanish settlers bring slaves from Africa to Santo Domingo (now the capital of the Dominican Republic).

Cortés conquers Aztec Empire

Sep 17, 1521

Cortes arrives at modern day mexico and is welcomed and treated as a god by Monteszuma. He then conquers the aztecs with many strategies such a steel, germs, and guns.

Pizarro conquers Incan Empire

Sep 17, 1533

Pizzaro conquers the Incan empire after capturing the Incan god/king, Atahualpa.

English found Jamestown

Sep 17, 1607

English colonists arrive along the west bank of the James River in Virginia and founded the first permanent English settlement in North America.

English found Plymouth

Sep 17, 1620

English got a land grant from Sandys in 1620, and embarked in the ship Mayflower for the New World in September. They arrived at Provincetown Bay and later settled at what became Plymouth.

French and Indian War ends

Sep 17, 1763

The Seven Years' War, a global conflict known in America as the French and Indian War, ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by France, Great Britain, and Spain.