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Leif Eriksson lands in present-day Newfoundland.
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Marco Polo travels to China from Italy.
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Mansa Musa makes a pilgimage to Makkah.
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Renaissance spreads throoughout Europe.
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Joan of Arc defeats the English at French town in Orleans.
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Johannes Gutenberg uses movable metal type in printing.
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Bartholomeu Dias reaches the Indian Ocaen.
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Christopher Columbus reaches America.
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John Cabot sails to Newfoundland.
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Vasco da Gama reaches India.
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Songhai Empire rises in Africa.
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Balboa crosses the Isthmus of Panama.
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Martin Luther promotes Church refom.
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Hernan Cortes lands in Mexico.
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Magellan%u2019s crew completes first world voyage.
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Cartier claims Canada for France.
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Iroquois form League of Five Nations.
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English defeats Spanish Armada.
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Jamestown settled.
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Pilgrims found Plymouth.