ch. 13 timeline By tbeckmann35 Jan 27, 1404 Portuguese begin exploring Africa Jan 27, 1488 Bartholomeu Dias rounds tip of Africa Jan 27, 1492 Columbus reached the West Indies Jan 27, 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas signed Jan 27, 1498 Vasco da Gama sails across Indian Ocean to India Jan 31, 1500 Pedro Cabral lands in South America Jan 27, 1511 Albuquerque finds Melaka Jan 31, 1518 First enslaved Africans taken from Africa to the New World Jan 27, 1521 Hernando Cortez defeated the Aztecs Aug 13, 1521 Spain gains control of Mexico Jan 27, 1522 Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigates the world Jan 27, 1524 francisco pizarro defeated the Incas Jan 27, 1555 Peace of Augsburg Jan 31, 1595 Dutch sails to India Feb 3, 1607 England gains control of U.S. Jan 31, 1608 French colonize Canada and Louisiana Jan 27, 1609 Henry Hudson discovers Hudson Bay Jan 31, 1609 England sails to India Jan 31, 1609 Dutch establish settlements on North America Jan 31, 1664 French colonize Canada and Louisiana Feb 3, 1760 England gained control of Canada Jul 4, 1776 England lost control of U.S. Sep 16, 1810 Spain loses control of Mexico Feb 3, 1865 Slavery was abolished in the U.S. Feb 3, 1905 England lost control of Canada