Sophie Hayes's History Timeline By 19hayess Jan 1, 1450 Printing Press invented by Johannes Gutenburg Oct 12, 1492 Christopher Columbus lands in San Salvador Jan 1, 1496 Hernando De Soto discovers the Mississippi River May 25, 1498 Vaco da Gama makes the all water trip to India Apr 13, 1513 Pince de Leon lands in Florida Oct 13, 1517 German Monk Martin Luther nails his ninety-five theses to the church door Apr 13, 1519 Cortex conquers the Aztecs Jan 1, 1524 France sends Giovanni Verrazano to search for the northwest passage Nov 16, 1531 Pizarro conquers the Incas Jan 1, 1534 Jacques Cartier claims the St. Lawrence seaway and parts of Canada for france Nov 1, 1534 King Henry VIII breaks from the Roman Catholic Church and founds the Angelican Church 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 of the coast of North Caroline 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 8, 1608 Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec Sep 3, 1609 The Dutch send Henry Hudson to find the Northwest Passage Sep 10, 1624 Dutch West Inia Company sent settlers to settle in New Netherlands parts of New York, New Jersey, Deleware and Connecticut Jan 1, 1626 Peter Minuit purshases Manhattan Island from the Native Americans Jan 1, 1626 New Amsterdam is founded by Peter Minuit Jan 1, 1638 Ft. Christina is founded Mar 19, 1638 Peter Minuit helped the Swedish found Ft. Christina on the Deleware river Jan 1, 1664 The Dutch West Indis Jan 1, 1673 The French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet explore the Mississippi River
