Americas and Oceania timeline

By ethanjkim
  • 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus makes his first voyage to the western hemisphere.
  • 1494

    Treaty of Tordesillas

  • 1500

    Brazil

    Brazil claimed for Portugal by Pedro Alvarez de Cabral.
  • 1518

    Smallpox

    Smallpox epidemic begins in the Caribbean
  • Period: 1519 to 1521

    Spanish

    Spanish conquest of Mexico
  • 1525

    Execution of Cuauhtemoc

  • Period: 1532 to 1540

    Spanish

    Spanish conquest of Peru
  • 1545

    Discovery

    Spanish discovery of silver near Potosi

  • Foundation

    Foundation of Port Royal (Nova Scotia)

  • Foundation

    Foundation of Jamestown.

  • Foundation

    Foundation of Quebec.

  • Foundation

    Foundation of New Amsterdam.

  • Foundation

    Foundation of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

  • Smallpox

    Smallpox epidemic in Guam.
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    War

    French and Indian war in North America.

  • Transfer of French Canadian possessions to British rule

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    Exploration

    Captain James Cook's exploration of the Pacific Ocean.

  • Establishment

  • Establishment

    Establishment of the first European colony in Australia.