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  • Printing Press is Invented by Johannes Gutenberg. I Really Like Him for This
    Jan 1, 1450

    Printing Press is Invented by Johannes Gutenberg. I Really Like Him for This

  • Christopher Columbus Lands in San Salvador
    Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Columbus Lands in San Salvador

  • Vasco da Gama Makes the all Water Trip to India
    May 25, 1498

    Vasco da Gama Makes the all Water Trip to India

  • Ponce de Leon Lands in Florida
    Apr 3, 1513

    Ponce de Leon Lands in Florida

  • German Monk Martin Luther Nails His NInety-Five Theses to the Church Door
    Oct 31, 1517

    German Monk Martin Luther Nails His NInety-Five Theses to the Church Door

  • Oct 22, 1524

    France sends Giovanni Verrazano to search for the Northwest passage

  • Cortez Conquers the Aztecs
    Nov 8, 1529

    Cortez Conquers the Aztecs

  • Pizarro Conquers the Incas
    Nov 16, 1531

    Pizarro Conquers the Incas

  • Oct 22, 1534

    Jacques Cartier claims the St. Lawrence Seaway and parts of Canada for France

  • King Henry VIII Breaks From the Roman Catholic CHurch and Founds the Anglican Church
    Nov 1, 1534

    King Henry VIII Breaks From the Roman Catholic CHurch and Founds the Anglican Church

  • Oct 22, 1541

    Hernando De Soto discovers the Mississippi River

  • Bartolome de Las Casa Writes "A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies
    Jan 1, 1552

    Bartolome de Las Casa Writes "A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies

  • St. Augustine, Florida is Founded (The Oldest City in the U.S.)
    Sep 1, 1565

    St. Augustine, Florida is Founded (The Oldest City in the U.S.)

  • Sir Walter Raleigh Founds Roanoke Island off the Coast of North Carolina

    Sir Walter Raleigh Founds Roanoke Island off the Coast of North Carolina

  • Captain John White returns to Roanoke

  • Spanish Armada is Defeated an d England Becomes Mistress of the Seas

    Spanish Armada is Defeated an d England Becomes Mistress of the Seas

  • Jamestown is founded by the London Company of England

  • The Dutch send Henry Hudson to find the Northwest Passage

  • Samuel de Champlain Founded Quebec

    Samuel de Champlain Founded Quebec

  • The Dutch send Henry Hudson to find the Northwest Passage

  • The Dutch send Henry Hudson to find the Northwest Passage

  • Dutch West India Company Sent Settler to Settle in New Netherlands (Parts of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Connecticut)

    Dutch West India Company Sent Settler to Settle in New Netherlands (Parts of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Connecticut)

  • The Dutch West India Company sends settlers to New Netherlands

  • Peter Minuit Purchases Manhatten Island from the Native Americans

  • New Amsterdam is founded by Peter Minuit

  • Peter Minuit Helped the Swedish Found Ft. Christina on the Delaware River

    Peter Minuit Helped the Swedish Found Ft. Christina on the Delaware River

  • Ft. Christina is Founded

  • French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet explore the Mississippi River