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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Age of Exploration & Encounter
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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus lands at San Salvador
Believing he reached India, Columbus calls the Natives Indians. Columbus names the tiny Island San Salvador. -
Jun 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
Splits South America between Spain and Portugal. -
Oct 28, 1521
Magellan dies in the Philippines
During his circumnavigation of the world, Magellan is killed in battle against the native Filipinos. -
May 23, 1543
Copernicus
Theory on heliocentric view of the universe published. -
Birth
Born at Deaconess Medical Center in Spokane, Wa.