Chapters 2-5 By cosmiclovecat Oct 6, 600 Central America reaches cultural peak (Maya) Oct 6, 900 Mayan empire collapses Oct 6, 985 Vikings settle Greenland Oct 6, 1001 Vikings settle Newfoundland Oct 6, 1200 Toltec empire collapses Oct 6, 1209 Franciscans founded Oct 6, 1325 Aztecs found Tenochtitlan Oct 6, 1451 Christopher Columbus is born Oct 6, 1485 Columbus decides to sail west to find Asia Oct 6, 1492 Columbus leaves Spain Oct 6, 1492 Columbus lands in Bahamas Oct 6, 1492 Columbus leaves Caribbean Oct 6, 1493 Columbus returns to Caribbean Oct 6, 1497 John Cabot spots North America Oct 6, 1499 Vespucci's first voyage Oct 6, 1502 5,000 Aztec human sacrifices Oct 6, 1503 Spanish begin importing African slaves Oct 6, 1504 Columbus returns to Spain Oct 6, 1506 Columbus dies Oct 6, 1507 Amerigo Vespucci is mistakenly credited for finding America first Oct 6, 1508 Spanish colonize Puerto Rico Oct 6, 1511 Spanish colonize Cuba Oct 6, 1513 Juan Ponce de Leon conquers Florida Oct 6, 1517 Protestant Reformation begins Oct 6, 1519 Spaniards (Hernando Cortez) invade Aztec Empire Oct 6, 1520 Aztecs rebel against Spanish Oct 6, 1521 Cortes retakes Aztecs Oct 6, 1522 Spanish conquer Yucatan Oct 6, 1526 Franciscans required to go on colonial expeditions by Spanish Oct 6, 1528 Spanish conquer Guatemala Oct 6, 1531 Francisco Pizarro conquers Incas Oct 6, 1550 Indians in West Indies are nearly extinct from disease Oct 6, 1598 Juan de Onate conquers New Mexico Oct 6, 1598 Indians in New Mexico revolt Oct 6, 1608 New Mexico becomes Spanish royal province Oct 6, 1610 Santa Fe becomes capital of New Mexico Oct 6, 1630 Catholic influence in New Mexico is dominant Oct 6, 1680 Pope's Rebellion Oct 6, 1694 Spanish reclaim New Mexico