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Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus lands in the Bahamas
Columbus lands in the Bahamas but believes he found the new water route to Indies. -
Jun 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
Treaty between Spain and Portugal divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Portugal and Spain along a meridian, west of the Cape Verde islands. -
May 20, 1498
Da Gama reaches India
Da Gama reaches India. It was the first time anyone had travelled to India by sea from Europe. -
Sep 3, 1513
Ponce de Leon explores Florida
Ponce de Leon reached the east coast of Florida. Ponce named the land "Pascua de Florida" or feast of flowers because they first spotted land on April 2, 1513 on Palm Sunday. Then Claimed the land for spain. -
Oct 6, 1513
Balboa Claims land for Spain
Balboa claims all alnds touched by the Pacific Ocean for Spain. -
Aug 13, 1521
Cortes conquers Mexico for Spain
1519 - 1521
Cortes convince the Aztecs into believing that he was a god. Then he conquered the Aztec kingdom. -
Apr 27, 1522
Magellan's circumnavigation
Ferdinand Magellan's vessel completed its circumnavigation of the world. -
Jan 17, 1524
Verrazano explores North America for France
A Florentine explorer of North America, in the service of the King Francis I of France. -
Nov 15, 1532
Pizzaro crushes Incas
Pizzaro reached the Inca town of Cajamarca. There he tricked and ambush Atahuallpa. Later Pizzaro executed Atahuallpa -
Jun 9, 1534
Jacques Cartier Sailed Up the St. Lawrence River
The king ordered Jacques to find gold, spices and a water passage from France to Asia.
Two months later, on June 9, Cartier sailed into the waters of the St. Lawrence River in eastern Canada. He discovered an important waterway into the vast areas of Canada but didn't reach Asia -
May 18, 1539
De Soto explores the Southeast and discovers the Mississippi
1539 - 1542
Hernando de Soto explored the southeast and discovered the Mississippi River. -
Jan 1, 1540
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado explores southwest
1540 - 1542
Coronado explored present day southwest. He settled there and later became the governor of an important Mexican province. -
Oct 10, 1542
Cabrillo explores California coast for Spain
Cabrillo explored California coast for Spain and proved that it was not an island. -
Oct 2, 1565
St. Augustine
The spanish built a fortress at St. Augustine to protect the city -
Iroquois Confederacy
Iroquois Confederacy founded, according to Iroquois legend. -
Spanish conquer Rio Grande Valley
1598 - 1609
The Spanish conquer the Pueblo peoples of the Rio Grande Valley, under command of Ornate. -
Spanish found New Mexico
After the Battle of Acoma the Spanish claimed this land. About a year later, they named Santa Fe the capital city. -
Popé's Rebellion In New Mexico
An uprising of most of the Pueblo Indians against the Spanish. Pueblo killed 400 Spanish and drove the remaining 2,000 settlers out of the province. -
French expedition
La Salle ordered the French lead an expedition down the Mississippi River. -
Serra founds first California mission
A friar by the name of Junipero Serra founded the mission chain in Alta California in the Las Californias province in New Spain.
