Discovery of the New World Timeline

Colombus Sailed the Ocean Blue

Oct 10, 1492

Christopher Colombus discovered America

First Enslaved Africans Arrive in the Americas

Oct 11, 1511

Cortes conquers Aztec Empire

Oct 13, 1521

Hernan Cortes and the Spanish Conquer the Aztec Empire

Pizarro Conquers Incan Empire

Oct 10, 1533

Francisco Pizarro and the Spanish Conquer the Incan Empire

English Found Jamestown

Oct 10, 1607

Jamestown became the first English settlement in the Americas, located in Virginia

English Found Plymouth

Oct 10, 1620

The Pilgrims settled in a place called Plymouth

French English War Ends

Oct 10, 1763

The English defeated the French in a war