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Jan 31, 1418
Prince Henry starts a navagation school
Portuguese royal prince, soldier and patron of explores! In 1418 Prince Henry started a navagation school. -
Jan 31, 1469
Vasco de Gama reaches the port of Calicut on the Indian Ocean
Vasco de Gama was a portuguese explorer. One day in 1469 he reached the port of Calicut on the Indian Ocean. -
Jan 31, 1472
Christopher Columbus reaches the Caribbean
Christopher Columbus reached the Bahamas & explored the Caribbean. He also explored the coast of Centeral & South America. -
Jan 31, 1488
Bartolomeu Dias rounds the southern tip of Africa
Bartolmeu Dias was a nobleman of Portuguese royal household. He was a Portuguese explorer who sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488. -
Jan 31, 1492
Spain beings settlements in the Philippines
The Spanish Monarch completed the Reconquista in 1492. Spain began the settlements in 1492. -
Jan 31, 1494
Spain and Portugal sign the treaty of Tordesillas
The Treaty of Tordesillas was signed in 1494. The Treaty of Tordesillas divided the discovered lands outside Europe between Spain and Portugal. -
France sets up its own East India Company
Between 1602 and 1769 the VOC sent almost a million Europeans to work. The company name is shortend to VOC. -
Dutch establish a trade center on Java
In 1603 the Dutch decided to expand there trading , and made a trade center on Java. -
Ferdinand Magellan leads Spanish expedition to the Philippines
Ferdinand was the first European to reach the island. In 1521, Ferdinand Magellan's landed on a island in the Philippines.
