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Lief Eriksson lands in present day Newfoundland.
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Marco Polo travels from China to Italy.
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Mansa Musa makes a pilgrimage to Makkah.
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Renaissance spreads throughout Europe
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Joan of Arc defeats the English at French town Orleans.
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Johnannes Gutenberg uses movable metal type in printing.
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Bartholomeu Dias reaches the Indian Ocean.
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Christopher Columbus reaches America
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John Cabot sails to Newfoundland
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Vasco de Gama reaches India
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Songhai Empire rises in Africa. Rome becomes a major center of Renaissance culture.
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Balboa crosses the Isthmus of Panama.
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Martin Luther promotes church reform.
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Magellan begins circumnavigation of the world.
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Magellan's crew completes first world voyage.
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Cartier claims Canada for France.
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Iroqois for League of Five Nations
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England defeats Spanish Armada
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Jamestown settled.
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Pilgrims found Plymouth.
