Chapter 13 By vsunde Jan 27, 1487 Vasco da Gama sails across Indian Ocean to India Jan 27, 1487 Bartholomeu Dias rounds tip of Africa Jan 27, 1487 Portuguese begin exploring Africa Jan 27, 1492 Columbus reaches West Indies Jan 27, 1493 Treaty of Tordesillas signed Jan 27, 1498 England Sails to India Jan 27, 1500 Pedro Cabral lands in South America Jan 27, 1511 Albuquerque finda Melaka Jan 27, 1519 Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigates the world Period: Jan 1, 1521 to Jan 1, 1821 Spain Rules Mexico Jan 27, 1521 Aztecs defeted by Spanish Jan 27, 1555 Peace of Augusburg Jan 27, 1610 Henry Hudson discovers Hudson Bay Jan 27, 1615 Dutch sail to India Jan 27, 1624 Dutch Establish settelments in North America Jan 27, 1664 English take New Netherland Jan 27, 1699 French colonize Canada and Louisiana Period: Jan 1, 1756 to Jan 1, 1770 England Rules United States Period: Jan 1, 1763 to Jan 1, 1791 England Rules Canada Jan 27, 1782 Incas Defeated by Spanish Jan 27, 1865 Slaverey Abolished in United States