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Jan 1, 1420
Portugese begins exploring africa
They found new sources of gold and the southern coast of africa became known as the gold coast -
Feb 13, 1488
bartholemeu Dias rounded the top of Africa
he rounded the tip of africa because of reports of a route leading to India. he named it cape of good hope -
Oct 1, 1492
Columbus reaches west indies
Columbus reaches the West indies in october of 1492 -
Feb 13, 1494
treaty of tordesillas was signed
spain in portugal were afraid that the other one was going to claim new territories. this treaty made a line of demarcation extending north to south around the alantic ocean -
Feb 13, 1498
vasco da game sails across the Indian ocean to India
Went around cape of good hope to cut across the indian ocean and arrive off the port of Calcutta. -
Feb 13, 1500
pedro cabral lands in south america
perdro lands on the coast of south america. -
Feb 13, 1509
albuquerque finds melaka
Melaka is a spice trade port -
Feb 13, 1518
First enslaved Africans are taken
First enslaved africans were taken from Africa to the new world. -
Feb 14, 1519
Spain rules Mexico
spanish landed at Veramand in 1519 about 1560 the panish had expanded and controlled all of mexico -
Feb 14, 1520
Aztecs defeated by Herman Cortes and The Spainards.
Cprtes arrived at Tenochitlan and the Aztecs were not familliar with their types if weapons, toook montezuma hostage, -
Feb 14, 1520
Ferdinand Megellan circumnavigates the world.
Magellan passed throught the waterway into the pacific. he was killed by two natives and only one of his ships returned to spain afterwards -
Feb 14, 1535
Incas were defeated by Fransico Pizarro
Pizarro arrived bringing steel weapons which Inca's were unfamillar with, Atahuallpa was captured and Pizarro excuted him. Established new Inca captial after capturing the old one. -
Feb 14, 1555
peace of augsburg
There was religious warfare going on during this time, Charles V wanted unity in this empire and tried to do this by making them catholic, He was forced to seek peace after being unable to defeat Luthern Princes withhis miolitary forces. -
Dutch sail to India
Cp[etition between the English and The Portugeise for Indian Ocean trade -
Dutch establish settlements on North America
They moved people over there -
English sails to India
here they established trade relations -
Hudson bay is discovered
Discovered by Henry Hudson -
English take new netherland
Engish siezed New NEtherland ad renamed it New York -
French colonize canada and louisiana
French move people to canada and louisiana and start colonies.....