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May 9, 1419
Prince Henry forms navigators' school
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Period: May 9, 1487 to May 4, 1488
Dias' voyage to Cape of Good Hope
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May 9, 1492
Columbus lands in the Western Hemispere
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May 9, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
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May 9, 1497
Cabot sails to North America
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Period: May 9, 1497 to May 9, 1498
Da Gama's first voyage to India
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May 9, 1500
Cabral claims Brazil
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May 9, 1502
Vespucci produces map of New World
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Period: May 9, 1519 to May 9, 1522
Magellan's expedition; Cortes captures Mexico
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May 9, 1524
Verrazano sails to North America
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Period: May 9, 1530 to May 9, 1535
Pizarro captures Peru
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Period: May 9, 1533 to
Ivan the Terrible rules Russia
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May 9, 1534
Cartier sails up the St. Lawrence River
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Period: May 9, 1581 to
Golden Age of the Dutch Republic
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James I brings Stuart rule to England
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Jamestown established
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Quebec established
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Reign of Louis XIII in France
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Michael Romanov re-establishes czarist rule in Russia
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Thirty Years War
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Hohenzollerns come to power in Prussia
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English Civil War
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Reign of Louis XIV in France
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Cromwell rules England
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Restoration
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Edict of Fontainebleu
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Glorious Revolution
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Peter the Great rules Russia
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War of Spanish Succession