Carson's Cool Timeline By croth66 Jan 1, 1450 Printing press invented by Johannes Gutenberg Jan 1, 1489 Giovanni Verrazano goes to search for Northwest Passage sent by France Oct 12, 1492 Christopher Columbus lands in San Salvador May 25, 1498 Vasco da Gama makes the all water trip to India Apr 3, 1513 Ponce de Leon lands in Florida Oct 31, 1517 German Monk Martin Luther nails his ninety-five theses to the church door Nov 8, 1519 Cortez conquers the Aztecs Nov 16, 1531 Pizarro conquers the Incas Apr 20, 1534 Jaques Cartier claims St. Lawrence Seaway/parts of Canada for France Nov 1, 1534 King Henry VIII breaks from the Roman Catholic Church and founds the Anglican Church May 8, 1541 Hernando De Soto discovers Mississippi River Jan 1, 1552 Bartolome de Las Casa writes A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies Sep 1, 1565 St. Augustine, Florida is founded (the oldest city in the US) Jul 1, 1585 Sir Walter Raleigh founds Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolina Aug 8, 1588 Spanish Armada is defeated and England becomes Mistress of the Seas Jan 1, 1590 Captain John White Returns to Roanoke Jan 1, 1607 Jamestown is founded by the London Company of England Jul 3, 1608 Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec Jan 1, 1609 The Dutch West India Company sends settlers to New Netherlands Jan 1, 1610 Dutch send Henry Hudson to find Northwest Passage Sep 10, 1624 Dutch West India Company sent settler to settle in New Netherlands Jan 1, 1626 New Amsterdam is Founded by Peter Minuit Oct 21, 1626 Peter Minuit purchases Manhattan Island from the Native Americans Jan 1, 1638 Ft. Christina is founded Mar 29, 1638 Peter Minuit helped the Swedish found Ft. Christina on the Delaware River Jan 1, 1673 French send Jaques Marquette and Louis Jolliet to explore Mississippi River
