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