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Jan 1, 1405
Zheng He takes his first voyage
Zheng He, the famous Chinese explorer, will set off on his first voyage. -
Jan 1, 1419
Prince Henry founds first navigation schoo,l.
Portugal would cpome to have many navigation schools becasue Prince Henry wanted to travel and take over the spice trade, and convert people to Christianity. -
Jan 1, 1433
Ming China adopts isolation policy after Zheng He's 7th voyage.
This policy would end up leading to the fall of Ming China. China would only trade with certain people, and would isolate themselves from everyone else. -
Jan 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus lands in Hispaniola
Christopher Columbus will discover America(not the first person), thing that he has landed in India. -
Jan 1, 1494
Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas
The Portuguese and the Spanish agree on an even line to split the newly discovered land. This is important becsue it is the main reason that people in these two areas speak Spanish and Portuguese. -
Jan 1, 1498
Vasco de Gama reaches India
Vasco de Gama foinally finds a trade route to India, and will set up a trading post in Calicut. This will lead to the eventual success the Portuguese had in the spice trade. -
Tokugawa Leyasu becomes shogun of Japan
This leads to the moving of the capital from Kyoto to Edo. Also, he founds the Tokugawa shogunate. He even made the alternate attendance policy, for daimyos, which states that they have to come and live a year in Edo with their family every other year. This shogunate will last for 250 years. -
Manchus establish Qing dynasty in China
The Ming dynasty is overthrown, and the Qing dynasty annd the Manchus will take over and earn China's respect by following Chinese customs.
