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Polynesian ancestors settled in Samoa around 800 BC, They colonized the Society Islands between AD 1025 and 1120 and then spread to New Zealand, and other locations between AD 1190 and 1290
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The romans left Britain in 410. They left to assist in the war against Alaric. The British then ask the romans to return because of the increased attacks from multiple people.
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On June 8th 793, the Viking raid on the monastery of Lindisfarne sent shockwaves through Anglo-Saxon England.
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On October 14 1066, at the Battle of Hastings in England, the Norman forces of William the Conqueror defeated King Harold II of England. By the end of the all-day battle, Harold was dead and his forces were defeated.
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Manco Capac, leader of the Inca tribe, founded the city of Cuzco in approximately 1200.
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The natives of the island built the Moai statues on Easter Island in approximately 1400-1650 AD. Many know them as the Rapa Nui or the Easter Island Heads
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Columbus discovers America in 1492. He led his three ships the Nina, Pinta and the Santa Maria. His plan originally was to find the Indies (Asia) where the riches of gold, pearls and spices awaited.
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In 1518 Hernan Cortes, a military leader and explorer set out to explore Mexico but found himself in the new world.
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Montezuma was killed in 1520 after battles with the Spaniards with the return of Hernan Cortes.
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A Spanish navigator by the name of Mendana was the first to discover Polynesia. It took him thirty years but he finally got Spanish authorities to give him the expedition. He got four ships and left on April 9,
