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Johannes Gutenburg invinted the printing press.
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Columbus lands in san salavor
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Vasco sails in every ocean
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Ponce lands in Florida
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Lutherism was created
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France sends Giovanni Verrazano to search for the Northwest Passage
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Jacques Cartier claims the St. Lawrence Seaway and parts of Canada for France
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Hernando De Soto discovers the Mississippi River
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Captain John White returns to Roanoke.
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Jamestown is founded by the London Company of England
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The Dutch send Henry Hudson to find the Northwest Passage
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The Dutch West India Company sends settlers to New Netherlands.
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New Amsterdam is founded by Peter Minuit
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Peter Minuit purchases Manhattan Island from the Native Americans
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Ft. Christina is founded
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French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet explore the Mississippi River