Timeline

By Dylanjanas
  • Feb 1, 1418

    Prince Henry starts a Navigation School

    Prince Henry starts a Navigation School
    Prince Henry was the son of King John and encouraged exploration as much as possible. He built a school for navigators and map-makers.
  • Feb 1, 1488

    Bartholomeu Dias rounds the sothern tip of Africa

    Bartholomeu Dias rounds the sothern tip of Africa
    Bartolomeu was sent by Portuguese King John II to explore the coast of Africa and find a way to the Indian Ocean. Dias named the southern tip of Africa "Cape of Good Hope", but was lost at sea when exploring the cape in 1500.
  • Feb 1, 1492

    Christopher Columbus reaches the Caribbean

    Christopher Columbus reaches the Caribbean
    Leaving with 3 ships, Columbus reached an island, that is now the Bahamas, and set up a settlement with the scrap wood after the Santa Maria crashed.
  • Feb 1, 1494

    Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesilla

    Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesilla
    Newly discovered lands were split between the 2 countries by and imaginary line. The West belonged to Spain and the East was Portugals
  • Feb 1, 1498

    Vasco De Gamma Reaches the Port of Calicut

    Vasco De Gamma Reaches the Port of Calicut
    When he arived in India, the natives greeted the crew with guards, The gifts he brought for the Indian King wasn't silver or gold so he didn't want it.
  • Feb 1, 1521

    Ferdinand Magellan leads a spanish expiditon to the Philippenes

    Ferdinand Magellan leads a spanish expiditon to the Philippenes
    King Charles V of Spain gave Megellan ships and set off to the philipenes. After discovering the Philippenes, he got involved in a war and was killed in battle there.

  • Spain begins settlements in the Philippenes

    Spain begins settlements in the Philippenes
    After Magellan discovered the Philippenes, more Spanish fleets were sent there to claim it. The Spanish built settlements and even turned some locals to Roman Catholicism.

  • The Dutch establish a trading center on Java

    The Dutch establish a trading center on Java
    In 1602, the States-General of the Netherlands gave it a 21-year monopoly over the spice trade in Asia. They were able to wage wat, hold prisoners, and execute convicts.

  • France sets up its own East India Company

    France sets up its own East India Company
    This was founded in 1664 by King Louis XIV. This commercial company was made to compete with the British and Dutch East India companies in the East Indies.