College History 1

By Thenewkid24
  • Aug 31, 1492

    America Discovered

    America Discovered
    Italian explorer, Christopher Columbus, discovered the Americas.
  • Aug 31, 1493

    Return to the Carribean Island

    Return to the Carribean Island
    Columbus returned to the Carribean island of hispaniola, present day Haiti, with seventeen ships that unloaded 1200 men and a virtual Noah's Arc.
  • Aug 31, 1494

    Treaty of Tordesilles

    Treaty of Tordesilles
    Spain secured its claim to Columbus's discovery in the Treaty of Tordesilles, dividing with Portugal the "Heathen Lands" of the New World.
  • Aug 31, 1513

    Balboa

    Balboa
    Balboa claims all lands touched by the Pacific Ocean for Spain.
  • Aug 31, 1519

    Hernan Cortes

    Hernan Cortes
    Hernan Cortes set sail from Cuba with 16 horses and several hundred men aboard eleven ships, bound for Mexico.
  • Aug 31, 1519

    Mexico's Defeat

    Mexico's Defeat
    Leader Hernan Cortes defeats Mexico for Spain.
  • Aug 13, 1520

    Aztecs Defeated

    Aztecs Defeated
    Cortes laid seige to the city of Tenochtitlan, defeating the Aztecs.
  • Aug 31, 1521

    Juan Ponce de Leon

    Juan Ponce de Leon
    Juan Ponce de Leon explored Florida, which he first thought was an island.
  • Aug 31, 1522

    Magellen's Journey

    Magellen's Journey
    Magellen's vessel completes their trip around the world.
  • Aug 31, 1524

    Giovanni da Verrazano

    Giovanni da Verrazano
    The French king sent an Italian mariner, Giovanii da Verrazano to probe the east coast.
  • Aug 31, 1532

    Francisco Pizarro

    Francisco Pizarro
    In South America, the very strong conqueror Francisco Pizarro defeated the Incas of Peru.
  • Aug 31, 1534

    Cartier

    Cartier journeys up the St. Lawerence River.
  • Aug 31, 1539

    De Soto

    De Soto
    De Sotot explores the Southeastand comes upon a river know as the Mississippi River.
  • Aug 31, 1540

    Coronado

    Coronado
    Coronado explores present-day Southwest and finds the Colorado river.
  • Aug 31, 1542

    Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo

    Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
    Juan Cabrillo had explored the California coast, but failed to locate the Sanfrancisco Bay or anything else that was interesting.
  • Aug 31, 1565

    St. Augustine

    St. Augustine
    The Spanish erected a fortress in this settlement in Florida, making it the oldest continually inhabited European settlement in the future U.S.

  • Battle of Acoma

    Battle of Acoma
    The Spanish severed on foot of each of its survivors. This is because the Spiniards abused the Pueblos.

  • A New Settlement

    A New Settlement
    Among conquering Mexico, The spanish founded and settled in New Mexico.

  • Pueblo's Conquered

    Pueblo's Conquered
    Spanish under Onate conquer Pueblo peoples of Rio Grande valley.

  • Rebellion of the Pope

    Rebellion of the Pope
    The pope, Korah, holds a rebellion in the settlement of New Mexico.