Conquest of Canary Island. Tabea and Valeria

Genoese tours in the African Atlantic are documented for the first time

1291

The expedition of the brothers Vandino and Ugolino Vivaldi was guided by Mallorcan pilots, their trail was documented until they passed through the Strait of Gibraltar.

Lancelloto Mallocello

1312

Malocello was a navigator and explorer of the Republic of Genoa.
He was the first documented visit which was established in Lanzarote, remaining there for almost twenty years.
Having built a castle on the island that would be used in the early fifteenth centuryby the Norman conquerors Jean de Béthencourt and Gadifer de La Salle.

Expedition of the Portuguese

1341

The landing on Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria is confirmed, the passage in front of Tenerife and the most insecure visit of El Hierro to La Palma.

Death of Luis de la Cerda

1348

In 1340 king Felipe VI of France appointed Luis Count of Clermont and Talmont, and in 1344 Pope Clement VI appointed him sovereign prince of the Canary Islands. He died without being able to complete his feudalization project of the Canary Islands.

Expedition of the Mallorquines

1352

Expedition of Arnold Roger with 30 missionaries and the collaboration of 12 natives.

Arrival of Basque ship to the Canary Islands

1377

Martín Ruíz
de Avedaño had been pushed by a storm to the coast of Lanzarote.

conquest of Lanzarote

1402

The conquest of Lanzarote, was the first conquest of the Canary Islands, it was easy to conquer because it only had 200 men who defended the island. Finally the conquest in 1404.

Conquest of Fuerteventura

1402

This island was conquered by Jean Béthencourt, and his nephew. They disembarked from Lanzarote.

Start of Señorio conquest

1402

The Conquista señorial, carried out by Castilian nobility in exchange for a covenant of allegiance to the crown

Conquest of El Hierro

1405

There was no resistance from the small Aboriginal population that was largely sold as a slave, repopulating the island with Norman and Castilian settlers.

Conquest of La Gomera

1450

La Gomera was conquered by the nephew de Béthencourt, who defeated the Count of Mist.
Finally La Gomera was conquered by Díaz de Pedraza in the year 1450.

Finish of Señorio conquest

1450

Start of Realengo conquest

1477

The Conquista realenga, carried out by the Spanish crown itself, during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs.

Conquest of Gran Canarias

1483

Under the command of Juan Rejón, in 1478, the Castilian army met with the opposition of the indigenous Canaries, who were under the command of Semidán and Doramas. The natives defeated the Castilians, and Rejón was replaced by Pedro de Vera who managed to kill Doramas and stop Semidán in 1483.

Cristóbal Colón visit the Canary Islands

1492

The Santa María, La Pinta and La Niña caravels departed from Palos de la Frontera to the Canary Islands, the last port before leaving in search of an alternative route to Las Indias.

Conquest of La Palma

1493

In 1492 he landed on the island with 900 men and, despite finding resistance in the local Indians, and his chief Tanausú , they finally achieved the conquest in a few months after capturing Tanausú and letting him starve to death.

Battle of Acentejo

1494

Was a warlike confrontation that occurred during the European conquest of the island of Tenerife, between the Castilian conquerors and the aboriginal Guanches.

Conquest of Tenerife

1496

The conquest of Tenerife was between the years was between 1494 and 1496 was the last of the conquests of Béthencourt's nephew.

Finish of Realengo conquest

1496