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Jan 27, 1420
Portuguese exploring
The Portuguese began to sail along the African Coast -
Jan 31, 1487
Batholomeu Dias
Rounds tip of Africa. Open sea routes between Europe and Asia -
Jan 27, 1488
Bartholomeu Dias
Round trip of Africa . -
Jan 27, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Reaches the West Indies -
Jan 27, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
Signed in 1494. Between Spanish and Portuguese -
Jan 31, 1498
Vasco da Gama
Took four ships and sailed across the indian Ocean to India -
Jan 14, 1500
Pedro Cabral
Lands in South America. Portuguese explorer -
Jan 27, 1510
Albuquergue
He finds Melka, which is a striving spice trade. -
Jan 31, 1518
First enslaved Africans
Taken from Africa to the New world and when slavery was abolished in U.S. Triangular trade -
Jan 27, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan
Circumnavigates the world. First person to sail around the world. -
Jan 27, 1520
Aztecs defeated
The spanish defeated the Aztecs -
Jan 31, 1521
Spanish rules Mexico(Beg. to End)
New Spain. Spanish conquest -
Jan 27, 1530
Incas Defeated
Incas defeated by Francisco Pizarro -
Jan 27, 1555
Peace of Augsburg
Catholic church being attacked and split up. -
England sails to India
Dutch east India company -
England rules Canada (beg. to end)
Britished ruled from 1605 til 1763 -
England rules U.S. (beg. to End)
1607 til 1776 Great Britian -
Henry Hudson
Discovered the Hudson Bay. -
Dutch sail to India
Henery hudson hired. founded hudson river -
Dutch establish settlements on N. Amer.
Voyage of Henery Hudson. NW passage -
English take New Netherland
English take over -
French colonize Canada and Louisiana
Frech held canada and Louisiana. Treaty of Paris