Nicks Nice New Nifty Ninja Timeline By nick.salcedo Jan 1, 1450 Printing Press Invented by Johannes Gutenburg Oct 12, 1492 Cristopher Columbus Lands in San Salvador May 25, 1498 Vasco De Gamma makes all water trip to India Apr 3, 1513 Ponce de Leon lands in Flordia Oct 31, 1517 German Monk Martin Luther nails his nintey five theses to church door Nov 8, 1519 Cortez conqures the Aztecs Jan 1, 1524 France sends Giovanni Verrazano to search for the Northwest Passage Nov 17, 1531 Pizzaro conqures 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 cathlic church and found the Anglican Church Jan 1, 1541 Hernando De Soto discovers the Mississippi River Jan 1, 1552 Bartolome de Las Casa writes A Shrot Account of The Destruction of The Indies Sep 1, 1565 St. Augustine, Flordia is Founded (Oldest city in U.S) Jul 1, 1585 Sir Walter Raleigh found Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolina Aug 8, 1588 Spanish Armada is Defeated and England becomes mistress of the seas Jan 1, 1593 Captain John White returns to Roanoke. Jan 1, 1607 Jamestown is founded by the London Company of England Jul 3, 1608 Samual de Champlain founded Quebec Jan 1, 1610 The Dutch send Henry Hudson to find the Northwest Passage Jan 1, 1623 The Dutch West India Company sends settlers to New Netherlands. Sep 10, 1624 Dutch West India Company sent settler to setle in New Netherlands Jan 1, 1626 Peter Minuit purchases Manhattan Island from the Native Americans Feb 1, 1626 New Amsterdam is founded by Peter Minuit. Mar 29, 1638 Peter Miniut helped the Sweedish found Ft. Christina on the Delaware river Jan 1, 1651 Ft. Christina is founded Jan 1, 1673 French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet explore the Mississippi River
